janetz Posted March 27, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Hi all Looking at a partial Panama Canal cruise for early December As far as the ship, witch would you choose and why? Thanks ahead 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbeagle Posted March 27, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I would choose the Emerald over the Crown. We were on both ships recently and the Emerald was much nicer. The Crown looked like it could use a dry dock overhaul. We are booked again on the Emerald for March 2021 through the Panama Canal from Fort Lauderdale to Vancouver. Also, the Emerald didn’t seem to be quite as crowded as the Crown was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetz Posted March 27, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Thanks so much 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted March 27, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 27, 2020 The 2 ships are nearly identical (both "Crown Class") and are only 1 year apart in age: Crown Princess maiden voyage was in June 2006. Emerald Princess entered service in April 2007. We've been on both several times and prefer them to the Royal/Regal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetz Posted March 27, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted March 27, 2020 😊 We have been on the Regal, Royal and Caribbean Princess Never the Crown class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennybenny Posted March 27, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 27, 2020 We've been on both and like both ships. My preference leans towards the Emerald, but that's because we absolutely love SHARE and we don't get to cruise on a ship that has SHARE often. It happens to be a restaurant we love, but sooo many do not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted March 27, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 27, 2020 They are almost identical. We have been on both in the last year. Not much difference. Crews were great on both. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potstech Posted March 27, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 27, 2020 If all goes as planned we will be on the Dec 9 Crown cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted March 27, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 27, 2020 is either ship having "problems" ? ( non-corona related ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetz Posted March 27, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Thanks so much 😊 With reduced deposit and refundable fare I believe we will book for January 4th We need something to look forward to Stay well fellow cruisers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2+2 Posted March 28, 2020 #11 Share Posted March 28, 2020 6 hours ago, BarbinMich said: The 2 ships are nearly identical (both "Crown Class") and are only 1 year apart in age: Crown Princess maiden voyage was in June 2006. Emerald Princess entered service in April 2007. We've been on both several times and prefer them to the Royal/Regal. We have been on both also. I would not go again. Also prefer Regal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted March 28, 2020 #12 Share Posted March 28, 2020 17 hours ago, janetz said: 😊 We have been on the Regal, Royal and Caribbean Princess Never the Crown class The Ruby/Emerald/Crown are most similar to the Caribbean. The latter has some slightly different public deck space arrangement as to where you find things, but essentially the same ship with a small number of cabin differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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