Pleasant CA Coastal Cruise - as expected

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Coastal - West Coast

rachelannwinter

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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Crown Princess

7 Night California Coastal (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2016

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: P223

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I was very pleased with this cruise for husband Gary and myself. As we live in southern California and March has very variable weather, we did NOT pre-book any shore excursions, but did get off at all ports.

It's easy to use public transportation in San Francisco and San Diego. Note that Santa Barbara's electric shore and Old Town shuttle at Wharf is only 25 cents for seniors; although it's not a HopOn-HopOff tour, the city is so small & cost so low, you can easily go to end of ride, then start again & stop at agreed-upon attraction.

Again, we were very pleased with Crown Princess ship, attentive ship staff and their food service, and the stops.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Could always use more enrichment speakers for older cruisers who don't pool, gamble, dance.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Lots of children on spring break, but programs must have been good, as they WEREN'T underfoot or in way

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Steward very attentive; cabin standard small size for interior room but we don't stay in room anyway.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California Did not visit port

Would be good to have alternative to their rather steep port parking ($17 day)

San Francisco, California Did not visit port

We always enjoy using their trolleys and walking about accessible port. Except for Alcatraz, you don't really need to book excursion through ship.

Santa Barbara, California Did not visit port

Can get about shore & Old Town very easily on extremely inexpensive electric trolley (50 / 25 cents for regular/ seniors).

3 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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SusanJerry 8 years ago

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