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Crown Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Crown Princess

7 Night Southern Caribbean Explorer (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 28, 2007

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

well your sure can't say, "if you been on one ship, you've been on them all" Princess Cruise line has a floor plan all of it's own. It's like a maze, everything is around a corner, it was fun stumpling among new areas. Besides not liking the $10 charge per day, per person for tipping which can be quite expensive if there are husband, wife and 3 kids like my case. That's $400 which not typical of what I would tip the 4-5 primary people that directly deals with you on a daily basis. I'd rather have the contol of who I tip and how much. I thought the food was good, lots of variety, the shows, live bands all exceeded my expectations.

Ports of call

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

3 out of 5
Beautiful Island to the eyes. it was great to see flat land after going to St. Thomas, & St. Kitts. I just appreciated the beauty of the Island, however it's not alot to do, it's more laid back not the busy hussle & bussle which is great for a change

St. George's, Grenada

3 out of 5
Be careful about buying the spices. Must be packed in your suitcase that your checking. I made a mistake and put them in my carryon and sure enough they took everything away from me at the check point. Talk about a sad momment

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
My favorite Island, been there numerous times and always enjoy
Don't Miss: Beach and watersports

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
I was very disappointed because this was my first time arriving to this Island on a Sunday. BIG MISTAKE! All the shops I have made my acquaintance with were closed. These shops owned by Chrisitan believers and were most assurely in Church on Sunday so I missed out on several things I had in mind on getting
Don't Miss: Side street stores have better prices than those on the main street

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
We did an Island tour which was very informative but due to the shortnness of time we did not have a chance to take advantage of the beautiful beaches I heard others talking about
Don't Miss: The Beach

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
I was very disappointed because this was my first time arriving to this Island on a Sunday. BIG MISTAKE! All the shops I have made my acquaintance with were closed. These shops owned by Chrisitan believers and were most assurely in Church on Sunday so I missed out on several things I had in mind on getting
Don't Miss: Side street stores have better prices than those on the main street

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

3 out of 5
Beautiful Island to the eyes. it was great to see flat land after going to St. Thomas, & St. Kitts. I just appreciated the beauty of the Island, however it's not alot to do, it's more laid back not the busy hussle & bussle which is great for a change

St. George's, Grenada

3 out of 5
Be careful about buying the spices. Must be packed in your suitcase that your checking. I made a mistake and put them in my carryon and sure enough they took everything away from me at the check point. Talk about a sad momment

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
My favorite Island, been there numerous times and always enjoy
Don't Miss: Beach and watersports

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
We did an Island tour which was very informative but due to the shortnness of time we did not have a chance to take advantage of the beautiful beaches I heard others talking about
Don't Miss: The Beach

Pros: On board activities (computer & cooking classes) Everyday I was discovering an area on the ship that I had not seen before

Cons: The daily charge of $10 a day per person for tips. I'd rather tip those personally that made my cruise experienece memorable. The way they do it you have no control over who gets what.

Recommends Crown Princess? Yes!

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1 Comment

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.