Crown Princess - Reviews

We had so many other people sitting around us that felt like we did. This was our first Princess and our last Princess cruise.

Not quite the experience that we expected, but still enjoyed the cruise. The stops at Bruges and Bilbao were particularly good.

Princess does their best to provide 5 star service. My only problem was with the internet, partly due to Hotmail trying to text me a code while I am at sea...so I could get on the internet but not Hotmail. Gmail worked fine. Facebook worked too. You know the Internet service is slow when even the comedian puts it into his act for laughs. Granted, we were at sea for over a week so we had to rely on Satellites from sea... a bit tedious. However, everything else was pleasant and well organized.

We booked the cruise because of the itinerary. We do not and did not like the large ship. We prefer smaller ships +/- 1000. Princess overcharges for excursions and nickel and dimes you to death with incidentals. We will never book a Princess - or any Carnival owned cruise - again.

Prior research and planning paid off handsomely. Also take advantage of shipboard previews the previous evening if possible to get the most out of your tours.

Our only issue & this is a major issue. We paid for the transfer from the airport to the hotel. We booked a pre-cruise 3 days in London before boarding the ship. We arrived at 5:30 am and there was no one to collect us. It took 3 hours and the help of a Princess Rep, who was there to collect passengers for another cruise, to get us a car to get to the hotel. This was 3 hours of London time that was lost. It was no way to start a vacation.

We will NOT go on a Crown Princess again. What a shame. Problems w/Blarney Castle. As advertised long lines may be expected but line was over 2.5 hrs to get to castle entrance. Therefore, we did not get to see castle. False advertising. We should be refunded our excursion fee.

See previous comments at each port and evaluations of staff and services. Outstanding vacation!

Best cruise and port cities!!! Full days touring so not able to spend evenings seeing entertainment. Also missed our early dining several times due to tours coming in very late to ship.

Disappointed compared to previous. Still had fun and relaxed. We had perfect weather and calm seas. Want to try a different cruiseline next time (this was our third cruise, all on Princess)

This cruise was well worth the investment. We went to several new locations.

Princess’ service is very good and they do everything they can to give you an enjoyable experience. This itinerary was perfect for us in that we had 2 sea days at the beginning which enabled us to unwind. Then, we had one “at sea” day at the end which enabled us to recover from the activities. Everything went smoothly and my criticisms are all minor.

Overall a very nice cruise. We enjoy the southern islands. The weather was somewhat uncooperative. We did similar trips in Nov and Dec with nicer weather.

This whole trip is one to remember. Had a great time, the ship was great, the Islands could not have been better, the beaches were clean and beautiful and a wonderful time was had by all

Cruise was overall very nice. Had a little trouble with the cleanliness of our room and how worn and dated some of the areas were on the ship but had a nice time. Hope they refurbish the Crown soon!

Beautiful ship and wonderful itinerary! We had great weather. Ship is really nice.

The cruise was relaxing and wonderful. We were impressed with the buffets. The service was excellent.

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.

This was our first Princess cruise but it might be our last - we have had better experience on other cruise lines.

Cruise travel agent, Chappy Chapman, was spot on with his comments and recommendations. We will follow his advice on future cruises. He is the best