Short review of Crown 12/12/15 Mexico

[Sandy R]

We disembarked the Crown last Saturday. We had a great time. The Crown has been kept up nicely. The common areas look good. Our cabin was clean when we arrived, our stewardess was efficient and friendly, the beds seemed comfortable to us. We had fresh towels twice a day and our bed linen was changed regularly.

 

We ate twice at the Crown Grill and the food was consistently good. We also ate at Sabatini's and will miss it when it's replaced by Share. We noticed the Salty Dog was practically empty most nights, so I feel it might not be there when we board the Crown again in April.

 

We ate breakfast every morning at the Horizon Court and found it fine. The made-to-order eggs area was never busy so I'm wondering if passengers just don't know about it. The weather was warm so most days we ate lunch outside around the pool at the Pizza counter or the Grill.

 

We liked "Magic To Do". It was nice to finally see a new show. But we noted that Explorer's Lounge had very little nightly entertainment except for music and dancing and passenger volunteer shows like the Marriage Game. Due to the lack of evening entertainment, the Princess Theater was filled to capacity at each show. Passengers were arriving 20 to 30 minutes prior to show time to be assured of getting a decent seat. On the other hand, the Piazza had regularly scheduled entertainment throughout the day and evening.

 

We weren't overjoyed about returning to Mazatlan but we thoroughly enjoyed the city this cruise. There are now a group of volunteer ex-pats that greet cruise passengers just outside the terminal building... a nice touch. I had read about the blue stripe that had been painted along the roadways and sidewalks from the ship terminal to Old Town. Obviously, it isn't for everyone but we enjoy walking so we opted to "follow the blue line". There were 4 ships in port, so we had lots of company during our walk. All along the way, more ex-pat volunteers greeted passengers. We stopped to talk to several of them. There was also a police presence via motorcycles. Once in Old Town, more ex-pats were there to greet passengers. We have never felt so safe in Mazatlan as we did this cruise.

[Colo Cruiser]

Thanks for your comments.

 

Did you just walk to the malcone or did you take a tour?

[Keith1010]

Thanks for your review/report.

 

Keith

[Sandy R]

No Tour... we walked to Republic Square. We explored for awhile and other volunteers gave us directions to the Cliff Divers. After seeing the divers, we took a pulmonia back to the ship. All those walking were given a 4 page brochure called "Follow The Blue Line". The brochure says the walking route itself, from the ship into Old Town is 3/4 of a mile.

[srpilo]

Good to hear good things about Mazatlán

 

 

Thanks for the Crown and MR update

Srpilo

[wblynch]

Thanks for the review. We loved Mazatlan last November. Will be on Crown Princess next month. Can't wait. Last chance to try Sabatinni's (should add, I have no interest in Share)

Edited December 21, 2015 by wblynch