Very boring, for old people

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 88

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Crown Princess

10 Night Southern Caribbean Medley (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 17, 2018

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E105

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The ship is full of old people, many are very unfriendly and hate kids - they have no problem making some nasty comment to you in the morning and will ruin your whole day! Evening entertainment is just horrible with the same singers and dancers every night and the same funeral music at the Plaza every night. Half of the nights there were no single seat left for 7:15 pm show in the Princess Theatre, which is old and small. During 10-night cruise there were no magician, acrobats, etc. that you usually see on other ships. There was one band (Project 5) that was great but they usually put them in the smallest lounge with no seats left. Day care was closed several times for 'family fun' - i.e. you have to entertain your own kids! They have to be kidding me! The purpose of a day care is for adult to have some free/alone time and not work as a babysitter on your vacation! We were on Princess Regal 2 yrs ago and it was actually more fun than this ship (the ship is newer), although there was the same very old crowd with some nasty people. The food and service was good in general... In summary, if you are under 75 yo avoid Princess cruises all together - they are not fun at all. My mom (72 yo) who was with us on this cruise was very bored, and questioned all the time why would anyone her age would want to be on this ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

2 out of 5
Hato caves are not very interesting, and crowded. Beaches are man-made (Mambo, Cabana, etc.) and full of people, nothing to see at all - we wanted to run away in 1h. City is cool but we've seen it before...

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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9 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

cbc30781    5 years ago

Wow, spent 25 days on the Crown in the Med and a transatlantic back to Florida in October and November 2018. Never had any issues nor problems you claim to have had. Everything was great! Sorry your cruise was not what you expected.

Kmelvin    5 years ago

Couldn’t help notice a year ago you had similar complaints and gave the Regal 2 stars. This time you gave the Crown 4 stars, what was so much better?

dhandy48    5 years ago

Some people are habitual complainers.

buckyboy    5 years ago

Your family must be very difficult to please. We went on the Crown and it was our favourite ship. We're only in our fifties and love the relaxed atmosphere on Princess.

Blondy    5 years ago

Boy do you hate much! Read the description when you book your cruise, Princess is for the 40-year-olds are over and people don’t hate kids specially on that ship. We loved it! And going on one again soon.

cruzrbachoua    5 years ago

Oh what a crying shame you had to take care of your own children...we love princess and we are in our 40s....we dont care for the party vibe so we love the laid back and relax vibe of princess ...everyone vacations differently which is why there are several different lines who offer different options...princess just isn't for you

Davinci1978    5 years ago

I cruised with my 3 kids two older teenagers and one was 14. Absolutely loved it. We were on Ruby Princess. Honestly couldn’t have asked for anything better

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