Crown Princess - My Thoughts

[Working 2 Cruise]

There have been many things said about the Crown recently and I wanted to post a couple of observations.

 

1. Embarkation day snafus. There always be some... We had delayed embarkation and crowds at late traditional was a fiasco. However, I've learned not to get there until about 8:15 or 8:20 on the first day (thank you Pam!). It was great after that.

 

2. Food was the best we have ever had in the MDR. We also had great waiters which truly made late traditional wonderful and our choice moving forward.

 

3. I never had a watered down drink on this ship!

 

4. Comfortable beds...

 

5. Activities were plentiful. Because my husband was ill, we missed a lot, but still had a great time.

 

6. Eyes, I have to admit, I am as smoker... :) I'm sure that I'm going to try again to quit (I quit for three years once cold turkey) soon. However, here's what happened... Out of the very few smoking sections on the ship, there's a very nice one, deck 16 aft. Non-smokers would hog the section set for smokers!!! Some of them said, the smoke doesn't bother us... Those people would hog the tables and chairs for the majority of the day and, as such, smokers would have to stand... Why? Non-smokers have 99% of the ship, why steal precious space from us?

 

Rant over.

 

I loved my cruise on her and even though I had only sailed on the Sapphire and Golden, I enjoyed the Crown very much.

 

All in all, it's a great ship and I'm booked on her for the cruise of a lifetime, 28 days round-trip La-Tahiti!

[Kamloops50]

Going to be on the Crown on Jan 19/16.

[shredie]

My first time on Crown in January. Looking forward to it.

[skf]

Crown is a great ship...one of my favorites.

Steve

[jean s]

I agree that Crown is a great ship. Our most recent cruise on Crown was wonderful.

[Jldevlin]

Just off her as well and the beds were the best !!!! I think we slept more on this cruise than any other one ...2 for one beers in the afternoon, enough to stock the fridge!!

fabulous crew... I love this ship ..

[san diego sue]

Are all cabin type beds changed out to new ones?

I am going to be on Crown for Tahiti- Hawaii cruise and was thinking to bring a Egg crate topper. We will have a balcony cabin on Caribe deck. My back was killing me on the recent Grand Princess cruise in November. Just got back from Ruby. If I didn't ask for a mattress topper, would have been miserable. It made a bit of a difference but by day three, my hip was killing me and continued till I got home. Never had hip problem so it was sleeping on my side on a concrete slab that did it.They don't use Egg crate toppers , just a thin pillow top pad.

[tjcletsgo]

There have been many things said about the Crown recently and I wanted to post a couple of observations.

 

1. Embarkation day snafus. There always be some... We had delayed embarkation and crowds at late traditional was a fiasco. However, I've learned not to get there until about 8:15 or 8:20 on the first day (thank you Pam!). It was great after that.

 

2. Food was the best we have ever had in the MDR. We also had great waiters which truly made late traditional wonderful and our choice moving forward.

 

3. I never had a watered down drink on this ship!

 

4. Comfortable beds...

 

5. Activities were plentiful. Because my husband was ill, we missed a lot, but still had a great time.

 

6. Eyes, I have to admit, I am as smoker... :) I'm sure that I'm going to try again to quit (I quit for three years once cold turkey) soon. However, here's what happened... Out of the very few smoking sections on the ship, there's a very nice one, deck 16 aft. Non-smokers would hog the section set for smokers!!! Some of them said, the smoke doesn't bother us... Those people would hog the tables and chairs for the majority of the day and, as such, smokers would have to stand... Why? Non-smokers have 99% of the ship, why steal precious space from us?

 

Rant over.

 

I loved my cruise on her and even though I had only sailed on the Sapphire and Golden, I enjoyed the Crown very much.

 

All in all, it's a great ship and I'm booked on her for the cruise of a lifetime, 28 days round-trip La-Tahiti!

 

I have to admit, I was one of the people who coveted a lounge chair in the aft area of deck 16-17. It took two days before I realized I was in the smokers section:o

 

That's the best deck of the ship!

[cruzsnooze]

Eyes, I have to admit, I am as smoker... :) I'm sure that I'm going to try again to quit (I quit for three years once cold turkey) soon. However, here's what happened... Out of the very few smoking sections on the ship, there's a very nice one, deck 16 aft. Non-smokers would hog the section set for smokers!!! Some of them said, the smoke doesn't bother us... Those people would hog the tables and chairs for the majority of the day and, as such, smokers would have to stand... Why? Non-smokers have 99% of the ship, why steal precious space from us?

 

!

Unless it is restricted to smokers only it is fair game. I wish you luck beating that habit to never be a slave to a cigarette again.

[Earplug]

Are all cabin type beds changed out to new ones?

I am going to be on Crown for Tahiti- Hawaii cruise and was thinking to bring a Egg crate topper. We will have a balcony cabin on Caribe deck. My back was killing me on the recent Grand Princess cruise in November. Just got back from Ruby. If I didn't ask for a mattress topper, would have been miserable. It made a bit of a difference but by day three, my hip was killing me and continued till I got home. Never had hip problem so it was sleeping on my side on a concrete slab that did it.They don't use Egg crate toppers , just a thin pillow top pad.

 

We were on the Crown last week. I think we had one of the old beds in C614. Not very comfortable.

[Zuki]

Loved my first cruise on Crown Princess. Uncomfortable bed and all. We had a lively group of passengers and quite some interesting 'episodes' on board

 

San Pedro IMO is a complete and utter cluster.

[OCruisers]

Thanks so much for your report. We have also enjoyed cruising on Crown several times.

Agree, there are very few places for smokers on that ship. Good for some BUT rather bad for others. Speakeasy (the cigar bar) is a friendly place to smoke indoors. ;)

LuLu

[Colo Cruiser]

Are all cabin type beds changed out to new ones?

I am going to be on Crown for Tahiti- Hawaii cruise and was thinking to bring a Egg crate topper. We will have a balcony cabin on Caribe deck. My back was killing me on the recent Grand Princess cruise in November. Just got back from Ruby. If I didn't ask for a mattress topper, would have been miserable. It made a bit of a difference but by day three, my hip was killing me and continued till I got home. Never had hip problem so it was sleeping on my side on a concrete slab that did it.They don't use Egg crate toppers , just a thin pillow top pad.

 

 

There is no way to tell if all the mattress's are changed out unless you talk with everyone in every stateroom. They will never be all new at the same time.

They are changed out on an ongoing basis so there are always going to be bad mattress's on any Princess ship unless its brand new.

Our CB cruise had the same experience you describe with our mattress. Unacceptable!!

Edited December 24, 2014 by Colo Cruiser

[Woobstr112G]

Nina;

 

Glad you enjoyed the Crown and thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts. We get our turn for a four day coastal in January of 2016.....:):):)

 

Bob

[PathfinderEss]

Thanks for your report.

[Colo Cruiser]

There have been many things said about the Crown recently and I wanted to post a couple of observations.

 

1. Embarkation day snafus. There always be some... We had delayed embarkation and crowds at late traditional was a fiasco. However, I've learned not to get there until about 8:15 or 8:20 on the first day (thank you Pam!). It was great after that.

 

2. Food was the best we have ever had in the MDR. We also had great waiters which truly made late traditional wonderful and our choice moving forward.

 

3. I never had a watered down drink on this ship!

 

4. Comfortable beds...

 

5. Activities were plentiful. Because my husband was ill, we missed a lot, but still had a great time.

 

6. Eyes, I have to admit, I am as smoker... :) I'm sure that I'm going to try again to quit (I quit for three years once cold turkey) soon. However, here's what happened... Out of the very few smoking sections on the ship, there's a very nice one, deck 16 aft. Non-smokers would hog the section set for smokers!!! Some of them said, the smoke doesn't bother us... Those people would hog the tables and chairs for the majority of the day and, as such, smokers would have to stand... Why? Non-smokers have 99% of the ship, why steal precious space from us?

 

Rant over.

 

I loved my cruise on her and even though I had only sailed on the Sapphire and Golden, I enjoyed the Crown very much.

 

All in all, it's a great ship and I'm booked on her for the cruise of a lifetime, 28 days round-trip La-Tahiti!

 

 

 

Thanks for the thoughts, glad you had a great cruise. :)

[DavyJoneses]

I have to admit, I was one of the people who coveted a lounge chair in the aft area of deck 16-17. It took two days before I realized I was in the smokers section:oThat's the best deck of the ship!

 

Now that was funny.:)

[Working 2 Cruise]

Loved that deck 16 aft. Loved the aft pool too! Although it wasn't heated, but I enjoyed the cool water, not everyone did!

 

Bob, I know you'll have a great cruise on her but you have an interesting one coming up in 2015 and I envy you!

[san diego sue]

I am going to bring a Egg crate with me on my long Crown cruise in October.

If I wind up with new mattress, will donate it to another suffering person with old mattress.We are going back on the Ruby for two weeks in March and I will have to bring egg crate then too. They are so cheap, will leave it on the ship

so next person can have comfort.

[shredie]

Are all cabin type beds changed out to new ones?

 

 

I don't know if it's me and my charmed life again or what, but I haven't had a bad bed on any Princess ship in at least two years. I am crossing my fingers and knocking on wood that I'm still lucky on the Crown in January.

[Kamloops50]

I am going to bring a Egg crate with me on my long Crown cruise in October.

If I wind up with new mattress, will donate it to another suffering person with old mattress.We are going back on the Ruby for two weeks in March and I will have to bring egg crate then too. They are so cheap, will leave it on the ship

so next person can have comfort.

 

Why not ask for an egg crate for the ahead of time? We ask for one on all our Princess cruises.

 

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[RickEk]

We were on Crown Princess last week in an inside cabin and our beds were very comfortable, with the best pillows I've ever had on Princess (non-Suite). FYI, the Lotus Spa pool was heated and not crowded. The swim against the current feature was disconnected though... there was a sign explaining why, something about health regulations.

Edited December 24, 2014 by RickEk

[capriccio]

I don't know if it's me and my charmed life again or what, but I haven't had a bad bed on any Princess ship in at least two years. I am crossing my fingers and knocking on wood that I'm still lucky on the Crown in January.

 

Nor have we on 8 cruises on 5 different ships in the past 2 1/2 years.

[SoCal Cruiser78]

Nor have we on 8 cruises on 5 different ships in the past 2 1/2 years.

 

It seems to be the luck of the draw. I was on the Golden recently, and my mattress was old (stained), thin and hard with a large "divet" in the center. Others in a nearby cabin commented on how nice their thick pillowtop mattress was. I understand they are slowly replacing them on an ongoing basis.

[LabGuy64]

Glad to hear at least some good posts about the beds....although I suppose we can get a topper if it is too hard.....Will be on the Crown for our firt trip in april '15 and are very much looking forward to it! just a 7 day coastal but will be a great getaway.