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Item: Crown Princess
Rating: 4.6
Author: Bohemio

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Bohemio

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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7 Night Inside Passage With Glacier Bay National Park (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2022

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C227

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great service, entertainment and food...but we are also very disappointed that they cancelled first Ketchikan and later Icy Strait Point. SHAME ON PRINCESS CRUISES!!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

GREAT SERVICE & FOOD

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

FITNESS CENTER

Entertainment

5 out of 5

EXCELLENT SHOWS, MUSICIANS & PERFORMERS

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

WELL KEPT CABIN. BALCONY CHAIRS: OLD, NEED TO BE REPLACED.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

THE EXCURSION TIME ARRIVING TO THE GLACIER AREA WAS ONLY 1 HOUR. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ENJOY THE PLACE AND WALK TO THE FALLS.

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

WE TOOK THE WHITE PASS YUKON TRAIN....WORTH THE PRICE PAID!

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Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5

The ship arrived late, plus not enough shuttles were available to take the people to downtown Victoria. We have to wait more than 30' under the rain & cold weather. Our plans were put upside down by Crown Princess.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

10 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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1960cruiser 2 years ago

All Princess ships have propeller shafts, but I heard the newer generation ships will have azipods. The ship is due for dry dock in Sept to fix the propulsion issue. Also, I heard that all people who are cruising on Crown Princess were notified of issue, so it should not be a surprise that this is happening.

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Muffykins123 2 years ago

So sorry your Alaskan trip wasted. I would reach out to risk management to get FCC for another trip.

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RoyalCruzer 2 years ago

It's not part of cruising when they know about their issues well in advance. It's just a bad cruise line with bad executives.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry you missed the ports of call. Glad you enjoyed the rest of the cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 2 years ago

Sorry the ports were canceled, but that’s just a part of cruising

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

Willwork, cancellations occur when the ship can not make the speed required to arrive in a timely manner. It seems to be happening a lot more recently, probably due to the ships just sitting around without maintenance. I do not know much about azipods since my main experiences are the old shaft system, but I wonder about the maintenance on azipods what with them being submerged all the time.

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RoyalCruzer 2 years ago

Their propulsion system is not working properly and they have known it for a while. They are ripping g you and everyone else off. Sorry for your disappointment. They'd not invest in their maintenance and this is the result.

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willwork4cruz 2 years ago

Well....Why did they cancel the ports? We can't feel sorry for you if we don't know the reason. They never cancel ports just to upset guests. They lose a lot of money when they cancel.

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