Our First Cruise With Princess
Crown Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
9 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)
Sail date: July 23, 2007
Ship: Crown Princess
Cabin type: Oceanview
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 14 years ago
Review summary
Crown Princess is a BIG Ship! It is also well appointed and very clean. Our physically challenged cabin (E304) was the best layout I have ever cruised in. There was plenty of open floor space, queen sized bed with two large night stands with 6 drawers each, a desk with cabinet & 'fridge and three large closets. We also had a small table and two chairs as well as a desk chair. There was a convenient space open between the end of the closets and the arc of the cabin door to allow storage for my wife's wheelchair. Our window was supposed to have a "fully obstructed" view, but this was only some equipment for the lifeboats and would only really affect photography out of the window. By far our favorite place on the ship was Club Fusion. We spent more time here than any other room on board. Bingo, Karaoke, Trivia Games and other events took place here and the room is equipped with many large screen monitors that allow a view of the action no matter where you sit. Other venues we especially enjoyed were the Explorer's Club and the Princess Theater. The Casino is large and offered two non-smoking nights on our 9-day cruise. The staff was fantastic. From waiters in the dining room, to bar staff, to cabin steward, to cruise staff we were treated royally. The ship is a relatively smooth sailer. The most movement we experienced was after leaving Bermuda and sailing into some rough weather that had passed over the island earlier in the day. On the down side, the only designated handicapped seating in theater areas is in the Princess Theater. This is a problem because several of the show options are offered in other venues, such as the Explorer's Lounge that do not have designated wheelchair areas. Another problem is the very heavy doors on the Lido and outside decks, all of which have wheelchair actuators that do not work (and are no longer even connected). Dining in the Lido deck restaurants (Horizon Court and Cafe Caribe) is also dificult for wheelchair passengers as the layout of the bufet, with multiple islands and a meandering pathway through thme means that passengers with plates are walking in all directions and crossing back and forth at random. After the first couple of days, we opted to have breakfast in the open seating DaVinci Dining Room and were glad of the choice. Overall the plusses balanced or exceeded the minuses so we would probably cruise with Princess again.Ports of call
Pros: The Cruise Staff, the Service, the food and the layout of the physically challenged cabin.
Cons: Physically Challeged Access not as good as advertised
Recommends Crown Princess? Yes!
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