Why does it cost extra to have great meals.

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Crown Princess

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 05, 2016

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E217

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was excellent with one exception, The room was great and the steward was efficent in keeping it clean, the ship was clean,everyone was friendly. I liked the hot dog and hamburger option as well as the Pizza and Ice Cream. But, I have now been on 8 cruises with 7 different cruise lines. We were not satisfied with the Buffet line. It looks good but the taste was not there. I think it is wrong to have to pay extra to get a great tasty meal. I can see having some speciality restaurants, but believe the buffet can be tasty and have a greater variety of options. Have more varity and have some taste. I can see that feeding masses you must be somewhat restrictive on adding spices and taste. But why must we pay extra for a tasty meal? The buffet always seemed like we were at the generic choice, even the potatoes had no taste. We had the money to buy good food, but did not as it was a matter of principle. We should get good food with the cruise without having to pony up more money.

Ship experiences

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It was as expected with no problem.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

wherescynbeen    8 years ago

We love Princess, but have to admit that on both our Princess cruises we found the buffet to grow tiresome fairly quickly. We feel they paled in comparison to the buffets on the Norwegian cruises we've taken and even the lowbrow Carnival Inspiration 3 day we did out of LA! I guess they want people to sit down in the dining rooms or something. Room service is going to be limited no matter what line you're sailing with.

cruzrbachoua    8 years ago

How was the main dining room food...I find that quite yummy and it is included in the cost of the cruise no extra money. .unless you count the clothes as it does require casual nice outfits no swimwear like you can do at the buffet. There is also a grill with dogs and burgers that was free and the pizza place is free along with the international cafe in the piazza is free

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