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Crown Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5
Crown Princess

14 Night North Cape & Norwegian Fjords (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 12, 2017

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Disappointed and changed my view of cruising. Was our first cruise and definitely our last cruise. The only positives : the deserts, cakes and croissants were delicious but otherwise definitely not the standard I expected. The Crown Grill also left a lot to be desired. Staff were gracious and polite but never again!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast on account of wheelchair priority

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
food : the only good thing I can say is that deserts, cakes and croissants were delicious but otherwise food repetitive and canteen standard. Meat in any form was too tough to chew and we all resorted to skipping dinner in the Botticelli restaurant and picking on a few things daily, like chips, burgers and pizza from the pool bar. Definitely not the standard I expected. The Crown Grill also left a lot to be desired. Staff were gracious and polite though.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The morbidly obese and the infirm put us off using pools

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Staff were gracious and polite. Room service poor, had to ask for our sheets to be changed. Poor cleanliness of bathroom.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Soiled upholstery, sticky chairs and tables in public areas

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Bed linen old, yellowing and torn. Duvet cover too small for duvet so not full coverage, looked horrible and not pleasant to sleep in. Glass balcony doors and balcony glass greasy and smeared, needed cleaning. Mattresses sunken and needed throwing out and replacing.

Ship tip

Don't board unless you like Butlins

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

Stavanger, Norway

3 out of 5

Flaam, Norway

3 out of 5

Geiranger, Norway

3 out of 5

Hellesylt, Norway

3 out of 5

Trondheim, Norway

3 out of 5

Honningsvag, Norway

3 out of 5

Tromso, Norway

3 out of 5

Gravdal, Lofoten Islands

3 out of 5

Alesund, Norway

3 out of 5

Bergen, Norway

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast on account of wheelchair priority did
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11 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Cynthia06    6 years ago

Wow, who died and made you the judge? Didn’t go to the pool because of obese and infirm people? I thought you were in a wheel chair? I’m glad you won’t be cruising again, need happy people on the ship.

AZTX    7 years ago

Great! Shorter lines for the rest of us.

aidannoble    7 years ago

I wouldn't stop cruising because of this. Ive been on 5 and they are the best vacations ever. Maybe this wasn't the cruise line/ship for you. Theres many lines and ships out there and you should definitely try again another time

serialcruiser1    7 years ago

sorry to hear that what were the other negatives that were so problematic

Dave2147    7 years ago

Was on the Crown a few years ago and it was great. Too bad.

cruzrbachoua    7 years ago

reguenrher863 it is a princess ship...1 that is plagued with 1off issues...certainly doesnt reflect most princess cruises

hilldonnam    7 years ago

What didn't you like? That just may not have been the cruise line for you.

reguenther863    7 years ago

crown grill?? which cruise line us this on?

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