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Crown Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Crown Princess

10 Night Southern Caribbean Medley (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2020

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

A wonderful selection of ports of call . Ship needs more overhaul and I hear that is happening in Oct 2020. We shall see because we are booked for Jan 2021. Not sure if the Ocean Ready Medallion app has caused staff to be less interactive with passengers, but I hope that remedies itself soon, you go on a cruise to feel attended to and have fun. You expect supreme customer service -as we have had on past cruises with Princess.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Got there early, got on early, love to start the cruising experience as soon as possible. The medallions were great.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food good, great variety, just wish more "normal selections" once in a while.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools good, but crowded and I hated that people "marked" their chairs and never used them. Could never get a place near the pool at prime pool time, even starting to look at 8am!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The Princess performers were just ok, the princess band was on spot great, the guest singers and performers were excellent and the cruise director was funny and engaging.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room steward was excellent. The waitstaff not as quick or attentive on this cruise.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Design is great but ship is in need of repair and upgrades. Strong sewer smell on the decks most days and some people had their cabins overflow twice!!!! Not okay.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was perfect. Chairs on balcony were falling apart though.

Ship tip

Be patient and get to venues early for shows, oh and stake out your pool spot at crack of dawn.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
Love the water taxi, Los Olas and beach. Traffic is awful

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island) Did not visit port

Boat power broken

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
We had been there before so took ferry to St John

Roseau, Dominica

4 out of 5
We got an excursion from the boat . Loved the rain forest island .

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5
Loved this island. We grabbed a tour on the island. Eddie and Michael were great with A & E Tours!

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Hopped on tour with Sunrise Tours, Farid!! He is great, tooks us to ALL important spots plus a few hidden gems! He is very knowledgeable. My favorite port of all I have traveled to.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Had a blast. We rented side by side off road vehicles and were able to see the whole island. We had been there before so knew a little bit about what we wanted to do. Grabbed them right as you leave the cruiseport.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Went smoothly, only delayed a few minutes
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

DottieDiehl    4 years ago

I certainly hope they take care of the sewage issue before we cruise her in February 2021

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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