The tequila cruise!……

Item: Crown Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: wwrobert

Crown Princess Cruise Review

wwrobert

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 8

Helpful Votes: 94

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

15 Night Hawaiian Islands (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 07, 2022

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C703

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

With the free drink package, we had some days that we had tequila parties and enjoyed the sea days. We have never had a drink package on any previous cruise that we have been on, so it was hard to do 15 drinks a day. I think the most was 7 on a few days, I don’t know how people do the 15 drinks. With everything being free on this cruise and the great balcony upgrade for $80 total this cruise was by far the best one we had been on so far. Hopefully the March 2023 Caribbean cruise will be as great as this cruise was, with it all being free too.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth with the medallion blue lane

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The Salty Dog Gastropub

5 out of 5

Good burgers and fries.

International Café

5 out of 5

Great staff making coffee’s at this place. Food options always good to get here.

Horizon Court

3 out of 5

Lunch food was great, dinner sessions weren’t that good. Chaos, everyone goes in every direction. Better to go after an hour when it opens.

24 - Hour Room Service

5 out of 5

Unlimited tequila some days 🥃

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Same old same old.

Gatsby's Casino

5 out of 5

Great staff, small ship so not a large casino and options.

Calypso Reef And Pool

3 out of 5

Too cold for the pool anytime.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Movies Under The Stars

5 out of 5

Great, but cold at night.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff are always great, shout-out to Nikia at the international cafe, beyond nice. Also our room steward nailk, wonderful guy

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Staff always cleaning 🧹

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had an interior room but received an email to bid on an upgrade to other rooms. I put a bid in for $40 for each person for an Oceanview room, we were given an upgrade to a balcony for the $40 price which was great, the ship wasn’t full and since we have sailed with princess several times before I think that’s why they gave us a balcony instead of an Oceanview, no complaints. So always put in the lowest bid if you know the ship isn’t full or sold out.

Ship tip

Sign up with princess on the emails, I have received so many offers through that process. This cruise to Hawaii without airfare cost us $370 each, and we got $200 of it back as onboard spending money. We also had the free drink package with service charge (75.00 Aday ) free Wi-Fi the whole trip and free gratuities paid to crew. And our next cruise to the Caribbean in March 2023 ( 14 day cruise) has all that stuff included that I just mentioned above for the same price.

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Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

This place was interesting, it had a downtown area that was nice, lots of shopping and food to eat. It’s a great area after an excursion to roam around and find some deals on stuff and get some local food to eat. Winery excursion was fun, after the wine kicks in it gets better,lol 🍷

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Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Nice port, great views but missed the lava.

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Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

Had a small beach area you could go too. Small shopping area not much more. Roosters 🐔 everywhere, nice to look at though .

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Kahului, Maui

4 out of 5

Since they changed the ports, this area is horrible, they have a small shopping area but that is it. The port on the other side of Maui is so much better.

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Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Great place to spend the day. Went to the beach area, lots of shopping around everywhere. Lyft ride cost $20 from ship. Walked back to ship, did much of the shopping on the tree back to ship.

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