Crown Princess

[Sunbeam]

We came back late Saturday evening. Our week on the Crown Princess was great even if it took us a few days to find our way around on the ship.

CHECK-IN -The check-in went very smoothly : the bus left the Marriott in Condado area at 12 :40 and at 13 :30 we were in our cabin.

CABIN - Our cabin (E731) was very comfortable; we enjoyed the larger balcony, the walk-in closet and having a bathtub it was larger to take our shower.

FOOD - After reading comments on the food, we were gladly surprised to find that it was good, well presented and varied. My husband said the coffee was good, no bitter taste. We enjoyed the fact that we could order fresh fruits in our cabin.

POOLS : we found the areas around the pools a bit cramped, but having the balcony helped a lot. We would go swimming and sit on our balcony afterwards.

EXCURSIONS - We took excursions in almost all the ports (St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Bonaire, Aruba, San Juan) : 4 through Princess and 1 private. As we had already taken an excursion on Grenada on a previous cruise, we just walked around.

ANYTIME DINING - We did enjoy anytime dining because we wanted a table for 2.

MUTS – Movies Under The Stars, we went one evening and it was quite different to watch a movie outside. The choices of films were good.

DISEMBARKATION : It went smoothly also.

SAN JUAN AIRPORT : very busy airport. The whole process was not so bad : 20 minutes to give our checked luggage and 45 minutes to pass security. This is where we found that it looked a bit disorganized : the line-up was very long and people were getting upset, vocal, pushing and passing in front of others until they added another security guard to help the process. Also an X-Ray machine broke down and they did not redirect the people to other machines but just left us in that line, so we just passed under the rope and went to another line.

DISLIKES - There were a few minor details that we did not like :

our cabin was almost never ready until late in the morning even if we did put the little tag (Service please) to indicate to our cabin stewart that it ready for him,

people leaving their dirty dishes with or without food in the hallway when they were eating in their cabin.

[cruisetarp]

Thanks for the review Sunbeam - sounds like you had a good time.

[JoeyandDavid]

Sunbeam thanks for your review of the Crown Princess.. Glad you had a good time!

Joey

[mercedes]

Thanks for the review.

[rogue]

Thaks for the nice review, Sunbeam. We were on the Crown last year, and love her.