Crown food disappointment

Crown Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Crown Princess

16 Night Hawaiian Islands (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 09, 2024

Ship: Crown Princess

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

Repetitive food in the buffet. Repetitive entertainment. Food was lacking taste in buffet. Lack of excursion options for people with mobility difficulties. Staff was great! Have another raise booked for 2026 but I will probably cancel and use different cruise line. This was our 2nd time on Crown and things just weren't as good as the first time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Same food day after day in the buffet and very bland. For good food we ate at the specialty restaurants when possible.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Trivia day after day, multiple times a day gets old. Entertainment was better 4 years ago. Couple production shows were okay.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Time for a new ship! Toilet problems, leaking roof, sewage smell at times, ship is rusty.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
B748. Great cabin but alot of movement.

Ship tip

If you are younger than 65 this may not be the cruise line for you.

Ports of call

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

3 out of 5
Whale watching. Saw a few tail flops and a baby breach but was overall disappointed we didn't see more whales and breaches.

Ensenada, Mexico

1 out of 5
La bufadora blow hole. Poor and dirty country! Vendors in your face pushing you to buy their items. Blow hole was ok but nothing spectacular. Stay on ship.

San Francisco, California

1 out of 5
Did not venture away from our hotel.

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5
Helicopter tour of the canyon and Napali coast was out of this world. Jack Harter helicopter tour was AMAZING!!

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5
Polynesian Cultural Center was nice but I expected a bit more. If you have kids and are younger than 65yr it may be nice for you.

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Took a long time to disembark. We had to be out of our cabin at 8:30am and had to meet in a crowded Crown Grill. We waited an hour and a half to get off the ship.
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