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Crown Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Crown Princess

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2018

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: R628

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I hadn’t been on a Princess Cruise before and wanted to compare them to other cruise lines I sail on. I would probably cruise with them again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was very efficient except no one was available to help find room.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Specialty Restaurants were wonderful. Horizon Buffet wasn’t anything special. Lots of food but rather bland.

Crown Grill

5 out of 5

Absolutely delicious!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Enjoyed special entertainment better than ship stage shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Lots of closet space. Bed was very comfortable.

Ship tip

Ask before you book if they have a private cruise group onboard. We had a 800 person group called Concerts at Seas onboard. They took over club venues in the evenings and had their own entertainers. Very frustrating to many of us since we couldn’t use some major facilities onboard.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Just went from airport to cruise port.
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St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
We took a private island tour. Island is very poor and needs better infrastructure.
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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Rented a car and toured the hurricane destruction. The Island has many years of work ahead to repair and rebuild.
Thumbs Up

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
They also have lots to do to repair damage.
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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
We took a private tour to Porta Plata. Rum factory and chocolate factory tours were fun. Our taxi driver was wonderful. Very poor island. Sad to see.
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
We got randomly chosen to go through a customs inspection. Very frustrating. As we had done the EZ check bags and boarding passes on the ship. We didn’t have our bags available etc.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks
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graham123    6 years ago

😎😎
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markcross    6 years ago

The new Princess luxury beds are pretty good, I'm ordering one for my home
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GIL155    6 years ago

Thanks for being adventurous. I hope your next Princess cruise treats you well.
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