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p The Crown Princess is an older ship but still elegant.The staff was wonderful and the cruise was a great experience.The food in the main dining room was very good and the buffet was great and had nice variety every day.We had dinner in Sabatini#39;s one evening and I would definately recommend everyone should have dinner in the restaurant at least once while one they ship. The cost was well worth the experience! p The only challenge we had was watching the show in the evening. The theater was not large enough to accommadate everyone even with two shows every night. It was always standing room only with some people sitting in the eisles. We avoided most show and spent evening in the variety of lounges where we listened to live music and enjoyed the company of fellow cruisers we met on the ship. p Overall we enjoyed our cruise and would definately recommend it.

p The Sea Princess is an older ship andneeded some sprucing up. There seemed to be alot of work being done while we were sailing. They were replacing carpets in the halls and painting alot. I know that they need to keep up with the repairs but it seemed like everything was being done at once. p Our room steward was awesome everyone in our group loved him and even left him an extra tip! I just wish the rest of the ship#39;s staff was asgreat. I felt the the dining room staff was constantly hurrying us to finish and move on. There wasn#39;t much personal service, we were on the last Alaska cruise of the seasonI was told by several staff members that they just wanted the cruise to end so they could leave for Australia. p The food was good but I felt the buffet was predictable. We didn#39;t have much variety and the desserts were beautiful to look at but didn#39;t taste the best. p The bright side, we got some awesome photos and he beauty of Alaska did help with any negativity we felt about the cruise and the fact that the cruise is roundtrip locally out of San Francisco was a positive for all of us.