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I was on the 16 night Greenland cruise as well and I had no issues either. I thought the ship was clean and yes showing it’s age but that did not take away from my excellent cruise.

I was just on CB for 16 nights and both Planks and Steamers were open. Yes, you are correct, they rotated every other night. One night Steamers, next night Planks. Only open for dinner. Not a seafood lover, I ate at Planks twice and it was excellent.

I am also on this same cruise and have not been able to pick boarding times either. I am done trying and will just show up at the port.

I am guessing that you feel exactly how Princess was hoping….they want you to think this is MEASLY so they can keep doing it to you over and over again and hear that their loyal cruisers will never leave them. In my opinion though, these measly increases are starting to really add up. They raised the price of the Plus package TWICE since the restart after the pandemic. It was briefly $40 prior to pandemic then went to $50 and now $60. Made measly changes to Plus and created Premier for $80. I am not sure that’s measly to some. Also, you watch, they’ll raise these package prices again really soon. They took away the chocolates on the pillow, stopped giving the blue tote bags, no bars of soap in cabins, started charging to have medallions shipped, no paper/pen in room and yes…these are all quite measly but were a nice standout luxury perk for low cost to Princess, changing Alfredo’s/ Gigi’s and room service, etc to paid options puts them on Carnival’s level. I am sure I am forgetting some other measly changes but these are all starting to rapidly add up and take away from the once luxury Princess cruise. I enjoyed the luxury feel and low volume of children on board. I have been very loyal to Princess and have sailed them exclusively for my last 31 cruises and it’s starting to make me rethink this decision and branch out to other cruise lines again. Princess is now very standard and competitive with all the other lines with no additional standout amenities. This is also minor and would be no cost to Princess but I was watching YouTube videos of people boarding other cruise line ships and as you board, the welcome committee as you board was so amazing. Cheering for you with full enthusiasm as you board. They were showing the excitement to have you aboard. You board a Princess cruise and there’s nothing but someone scanning your medallion. There are so many things they could do for such low cost that would elevate our experience but instead, they are taking those things away. I truly feel like they want us to just have a Carnival experience at the Princess price and heck, Carnival still does towel animals for their customers, where as Princess is doing NOTHING extra at all. Of course they are doing all of the recent changes to try to bully everyone into buying a package. They are hoping we the customer don’t do the math vs. our own personal needs and just pay the measly package price. We should all experience other cruise lines and perhaps that would make Princess stop and rethink all these measly changes and everything they keep taking away from us.

I was on the Crown for 28 days in March/April this year and she is an absolute lovely ship. It is older and slightly outdated but the ship is very well kept. The crew on board were some of the best crew I have ever sailed with. With that said, I have to absolutely agree with everyone here that the mattresses are horrible. Mine was so bad that I asked my cabin steward twice if he couple possibly get this mattress switched out for me. You could see it was obviously very ready for the mattress graveyard but all he would/could do was flip the mattress for us. That didn’t change a thing but hey…….I moved on with life, I was on a glorious cruise.

Hummm….video appears to be deleted on the OP.

WOW…….I heard this happened but this is the first video I’ve seen. So unfortunate. Glad no one was hurt.

That’s excellent! Was this a Sea Day or were you walking around a port?

I was on the Crown for 28 days in March/April and ate at the Salty Dog Gastropub 3 times and it was EXCELLENT! Very much worth the $18. We never needed a reservation. As others have mentioned, it’s inside Wheelhouse and has many tables. For the $18, the portions are large and the desserts are very delicious. I highly recommend giving it a try.

I was on Crown for 28 days in Mar/Apr. Yes, she is an older ship but I loved everything about the ship and let me tell you, it was by far the best crew I have ever had out of all 29 Princess Cruises I have been on. I wouldn’t hesitate to sail on Crown again in a heartbeat. As for the shower, yes, it is small. You should request your hand held wand on the App and if you don’t have it upon boarding, ask your cabin steward immediately. A hand held wand is very important to me so I bought a $25 wand and it is now a part of my must pack items when I am cruising on an older Princess ship. I don’t want to worry whether I’ll get one or not. It’s important enough that I didn’t mind spending $25 on a cheap one to travel with. My husband was able to screw off the shower head, screw on my wand and it worked perfectly. When cruise was over, he took it off and put their shower head back on. Took all of 5 minutes and was so worth it to me.

I was just on the Crown in March/April and I do believe there is a hook right when you walk in the cabin door if my memory serves. I just looked through my pictures and don’t have any that shows the hook.

Larrybritt, you have nothing to worry about, the ship is very good. Yes, it’s an older ship and looks outdated but she’s very clean and has an excellent crew on board. We managed to get plenty of time to relax and we got excellent sleep. Alaska is fabulous and you’ll have a great time seeing and doing everything Alaska aboard the Crown Princess.

That’s a bummer you’ve only been getting them for 8 years. Maybe originally they were just giving them to Elite passengers. You never expect anything but when THEY STOP doing something they’ve done for years, it doesn’t go unnoticed as yet another cutback.

I am sorry, I don’t. I never thought to take one. Look on Amazon or go to your local Walmart, Home Depot, etc and just buy a reasonably priced shower wand. We are now dedicating ours to cruising on older ships.

PacnGoNow, Excellent, thank you very much!

Princess always gave us a tote bag upon arrival and now they stopped, it’s just a sign of additional cutbacks. These items certainly don’t make or break a cruise experience but they were very nice touches that made us feel we were cruising with a line that was a touch above the rest. You never expect anything but when THEY STOP doing something they’ve done for years, it doesn’t go unnoticed as yet another cutback.

Yes, I requested it in the app and it wasn’t in my bathroom upon arrival so I asked cabin steward and when that wasn’t successful, I went to customer service and when that wasn’t successful we went to Walmart. 😀 We dried it out very well and packaged it back up and will be taking it with us anytime we sail on the older ships. It took my husband two minutes to screw old one off and new one on and vice versa. Way less time than trying to beg for it through the app, then with the cabin steward and with customer service. We both thought it was money well spent.

Thank you for your quick reply.

Suekel, When you call room service to order, do you get to pick what type sandwiches they bring? I would hate to be wasteful as there are only a couple we would eat.

Yes, I have had service twice a day on all my cruises. The only difference I noticed is they stopped giving us the 2 chocolates on our pillow during the evening service. I always thought it was a nice touch but Princess sees it as another way to cutback and save a buck.

I was on the Crown last month and I saw it in the Patter. It was in a main dining room on a sea day.

Italy52, I just got off the Crown on a 28 day sailing and I requested a shower wand and didn’t receive. My cabin steward told me there weren’t anymore available. Guest services told me the same thing so our first stop we made it to a Walmart and we bought a very cheap one around $20. My husband replaced our shower head with the wand we bought and it was heaven. The box was actually small and we had no problem finding room for it in our luggage coming home. Others on my same sailing said they had absolutely no problem getting their cabin steward to replace it for them. I wanted one for the convenience but it sounds like you need one for health reasons to protect your ears. You may want to consider bringing a cheap one from home. It worked great for us. Also, the buffet on our sailing was very good. As always, some of the items were hit or miss but the variety was always very good. I hope you find it to be a pleasant surprise. The crew on the Crown was outstanding. It was the best crew we’ve ever had on any cruise.

Yes, there were many many people walking the promenade deck. I went up one level above lido deck when we were coming into Tahiti and I was able to view out without having glass in front of me. It was a great viewing area. when I did Glacier Bay, you didn’t need to walk around. The captain faced one side of the ship towards the glacier for over 30 minutes and then turned the ship for the other side to view. Most importantly, grab a great viewing spot and stay there, you’ll see plenty. It’s stunning!

I just got off of the 28 day cruise on Crown and it was wonderful. I would agree with everyone else that commented before me, ship is older and showing some wear along with parts of the ship being outdated. None of that are reasons to have a bad cruise. My bed was the worst ever out of any vacation I have ever been on. I mentioned it on every survey they sent to my room and my poor cabin steward tried hard to convince me the bed was in good working order. 😵‍💫 That would be my only complaint but I never let it slow me down. The most important thing of all was the crew. THE CREW WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! I have been on over 30 Princess cruises and this crew on board were by far the best crew ever. If you are booked on Crown, don’t regret it, go knowing you are on an older ship and embrace all the cruise has to offer. You’ll have a fantastic time.

I was on this same cruise with you. I agree with everything you said above. It was awful. I am glad you’re feeling better. Very thankful my husband and I remained healthy throughout but there were some pretty sick people and they really should have stayed in their cabins instead of roaming around the ship