crown review - mar 29 - apr 5

[sadie8]

Thank you for your honest review. We were on the Crown Princess in January and our TA represented Princess as five star and RCCL as four star. In our opinion they are equal. We are sailing Celebrity in January, still looking for the five star experience.

[B40 Tha Cruisa]

Thank you for your honest review. We were on the Crown Princess in January and our TA represented Princess as five star and RCCL as four star. In our opinion they are equal. We are sailing Celebrity in January, still looking for the five star experience.

 

Even Celebrity wont offer you a 5-star experience. You have to pay the big bucks for that, AKA Crystal Cruises.

[KKB]

Thank you for your honest review. We were on the Crown Princess in January and our TA represented Princess as five star and RCCL as four star. In our opinion they are equal. We are sailing Celebrity in January, still looking for the five star experience.

 

you need to pay for it.

 

Celebrity, RCCL, Princess, NCL, Holland, Disney, Carnival are all considered midpriced cruises, even though pricing and product vary a bit. We felt our Princess and Disney cruises were fairly equal in all areas except PRICE. My parents have cruised the first 4 I listed and while they have preferences, found no SIGNIFIGANT differences.

 

You will need Crystal & other FAR more expensive lines to find that 5 star experience.

[SFLfam]

My Wife and I were on the same cruise and loved it!! Having been on a couple of Carnival cruises (will never go back). We loved the intamacy and elegance of the Crown Princess. We loved that it never seemed crowded, (we avoid buffet lines). Anytime dinning was great, max time we waited for a table for 2 was 15 minutes. The food was fine, but we don't cruise for the food. If you go on a cruise to find a five star dining experience uou won't find that at the regular dining rooms. You will need to pay a surcharge for Crown Grill or Sabatinis.

 

I was suprised after reading many posts of people getting lost on the ship. I don't see how this is possible when they have a map next to the elevators. I know your on vacation but common read a map!! We never had to walk thru a hallway of rooms to access any of the ships facilities.

[bauermj]

Its tough to take a review seriously when it lists about 20 bad things, and arguably 2 good things. I have a hard time believing that a cruise could really be that bad.

[tapdancer_pm]

Its tough to take a review seriously when it lists about 20 bad things, and arguably 2 good things. I have a hard time believing that a cruise could really be that bad.

 

lol.......I agree!!

[Clutterlady]

Its tough to take a review seriously when it lists about 20 bad things, and arguably 2 good things. I have a hard time believing that a cruise could really be that bad.

 

Well said.......thank you!!

[minnesota pam]

I was also on this same cruise and I'm sorry you didn't like it. I didn't find anything to really complain about but I do prefer RCI. I feel they give just a little bit more in food, service and entertainment. I've sailed NCL, Carnival, RCI and now Princess and by far, NCL has the best "Broadway" style production shows. My daughter has been a dancer since age 3 (now 28) and she didn't even want to go to the shows after the first one because of the bad choreography and bad dancing. It is was what it was.

 

I didn't feel MUTS was hard to see during the day or too loud. On the sea day, all three of us took naps on deck and I am a very light sleeper--no problems with the sound. I also didn't experience problems with the drink waiters. In fact, most of the time they came by without stopping unless we stopped them. Food was not the best but very good and good selections except for the desserts. Have had better on other lines but nothing to complain about.

 

Overall, I DID enjoy Princess and loved the Crown--never felt crowded except when we were getting back on leaving Grenada.

 

Oh--I DO have a BIG COMPLAINT but not with Princess. I find it so nervy of ADULTS--yes ADULTS cutting in line. This happened so many times on this cruise. My daughter spoke up a couple of times--(Good for you, Katie) and some did go to the end of the line, others--not so much. Come on--GROW UP. Are you still in second grade? (I've said my piece about this and I'm now off my soap box).

 

Thank you for your honest review. It was appreciated. I will cruise Princess again if the price and itinerary are right.

[shark_bait]

I was also on this same cruise and I'm sorry you didn't like it. I didn't find anything to really complain about but I do prefer RCI. I feel they give just a little bit more in food, service and entertainment. I've sailed NCL, Carnival, RCI and now Princess and by far, NCL has the best "Broadway" style production shows. My daughter has been a dancer since age 3 (now 28) and she didn't even want to go to the shows after the first one because of the bad choreography and bad dancing. It is was what it was.

 

I didn't feel MUTS was hard to see during the day or too loud. On the sea day, all three of us took naps on deck and I am a very light sleeper--no problems with the sound. I also didn't experience problems with the drink waiters. In fact, most of the time they came by without stopping unless we stopped them. Food was not the best but very good and good selections except for the desserts. Have had better on other lines but nothing to complain about.

 

Overall, I DID enjoy Princess and loved the Crown--never felt crowded except when we were getting back on leaving Grenada.

 

Oh--I DO have a BIG COMPLAINT but not with Princess. I find it so nervy of ADULTS--yes ADULTS cutting in line. This happened so many times on this cruise. My daughter spoke up a couple of times--(Good for you, Katie) and some did go to the end of the line, others--not so much. Come on--GROW UP. Are you still in second grade? (I've said my piece about this and I'm now off my soap box).

 

Thank you for your honest review. It was appreciated. I will cruise Princess again if the price and itinerary are right.

 

Fully agree with you and your daughter about the Broadway Type Shows on NCL. They were fantastic and much better than any of the Broadway Type Shows we've ever seen on Princess. Problem was that on our cruise that show was pretty much it, not much else going on, where there seems to be lots going on on a Princess ship.

 

Wondering if the line cutting that was happening was in the buffet areas? Some of the buffet areas are now being set up as station's where you go to a station instead of standing in one line for everything. If this was the case I know if feels like line cutting but it actually moves things along faster for everybody.

[shark_bait]

I was also on this same cruise and I'm sorry you didn't like it. I didn't find anything to really complain about but I do prefer RCI. I feel they give just a little bit more in food, service and entertainment. I've sailed NCL, Carnival, RCI and now Princess and by far, NCL has the best "Broadway" style production shows. My daughter has been a dancer since age 3 (now 28) and she didn't even want to go to the shows after the first one because of the bad choreography and bad dancing. It is was what it was.

 

I didn't feel MUTS was hard to see during the day or too loud. On the sea day, all three of us took naps on deck and I am a very light sleeper--no problems with the sound. I also didn't experience problems with the drink waiters. In fact, most of the time they came by without stopping unless we stopped them. Food was not the best but very good and good selections except for the desserts. Have had better on other lines but nothing to complain about.

 

Overall, I DID enjoy Princess and loved the Crown--never felt crowded except when we were getting back on leaving Grenada.

 

Oh--I DO have a BIG COMPLAINT but not with Princess. I find it so nervy of ADULTS--yes ADULTS cutting in line. This happened so many times on this cruise. My daughter spoke up a couple of times--(Good for you, Katie) and some did go to the end of the line, others--not so much. Come on--GROW UP. Are you still in second grade? (I've said my piece about this and I'm now off my soap box).

 

Thank you for your honest review. It was appreciated. I will cruise Princess again if the price and itinerary are right.

 

Fully agree with you and your daughter about the Broadway Type Shows on NCL. They were fantastic and much better than any of the Broadway Type Shows we've ever seen on Princess. Problem was that on our cruise that show was pretty much it, not much else going on, where there seems to be lots going on on a Princess ship.

 

Wondering if the line cutting that was happening was in the buffet areas? Some of the buffet areas are now being set up as station's where you go to a station instead of standing in one line for everything. If this was the case I know it feels like line cutting but actually moves things along faster for everybody.

[minnesota pam]

The buffets were NOT the problem, that was very smooth, people very nice and orderly.

 

The cutting in lines I was referring to was when we had to stand in line to get back on the ship at the ports, people clearly knew that there was a line to get back on but didn't go to the end--they butted right in front of people towards the middle/front of the line. And when we were in line back in San Juan going through customs a man and a lady butted right in front of us when they had just heard a staff person saying that they were not in the US citizen line and that the line they needed to be ended farther back. Did they go to the end of the line like everyone else who was in the wrong line--NOOOOOO; they cut right in front of us and knew they butted in. My daughter said that it was not nice to butt in and said that they needed to go to the end of the line. They didn't go to the end of the line but went BEHIND us. They still butted in front of all the rest of the people behind them. These were adults over 40.

[turquoisesea]

I was also on this same cruise and I'm sorry you didn't like it. I didn't find anything to really complain about but I do prefer RCI. I feel they give just a little bit more in food, service and entertainment. I've sailed NCL, Carnival, RCI and now Princess and by far, NCL has the best "Broadway" style production shows. My daughter has been a dancer since age 3 (now 28) and she didn't even want to go to the shows after the first one because of the bad choreography and bad dancing. It is was what it was.

 

I didn't feel MUTS was hard to see during the day or too loud. On the sea day, all three of us took naps on deck and I am a very light sleeper--no problems with the sound. I also didn't experience problems with the drink waiters. In fact, most of the time they came by without stopping unless we stopped them. Food was not the best but very good and good selections except for the desserts. Have had better on other lines but nothing to complain about.

 

Overall, I DID enjoy Princess and loved the Crown--never felt crowded except when we were getting back on leaving Grenada.

 

Oh--I DO have a BIG COMPLAINT but not with Princess. I find it so nervy of ADULTS--yes ADULTS cutting in line. This happened so many times on this cruise. My daughter spoke up a couple of times--(Good for you, Katie) and some did go to the end of the line, others--not so much. Come on--GROW UP. Are you still in second grade? (I've said my piece about this and I'm now off my soap box).

 

Thank you for your honest review. It was appreciated. I will cruise Princess again if the price and itinerary are right.

 

I have to agree with MN Pam. Hard to believe that so many of us on that cruise have posted and have a variety of, but overwhelmingly positive, experiences to share. I can't believe you had the cutting in line problem - we did ,too! :eek: Isn't that strange. It started during embarkation and continued. I am missing the ship as I write.....

[KKB]

My folks keep trying to get us to try RCCL cuz they like it a bit better than Princess, and we want to, but Princess keeps throwing out the great deals!

 

We have only seen the big shows on Disney, which are supposed to be the best in the industry...and frankly, eh...nothing to write home about. So I doubt I would be impressed by anyone else's! Not DH's thing, which is fine, our evenings are filled w/ Newlywed game or karaoke, casino and dancing late at the disco...Princess trumped Disney on these! (NO casino on Disney--I get it--GREAT nightclub area, but totally dead!:()