We are planning our first cruise for April 2007. We are looking at Southern Caribbean out of San Juan on the Crown Princess. Can anyone tell me about the ship and this cruise?
The Crown is one of their newest ships. It made it's first sailing in June. The itinery you are asking about hasn't happened with this ship and I don't think it will until the end of Oct 2006.
Therefore you will not be getting much info except for the bad press about it almost flipping over.
My husband and I are already booked on the April 14, 2007 cruise out of San Juan on the Crown Princess...We booked that cruise because it is a new itinerary and I'm sure it will be fun!
The Crown is a beautiful looking ship, haven't been on her--yet! If you'll let us know what your itinerary is, we might be able to help you with the ports. Currently, she is sailing out of New York. Best wishes!
Originally posted by penny3333: The Crown is a beautiful looking ship, haven't been on her--yet! If you'll let us know what your itinerary is, we might be able to help you with the ports. Currently, she is sailing out of New York. Best wishes!
Great itinerary, sure hope y'all like snorkeling or diving because most of those ports have great snorkeling. We've beat St. Thomas to death as well as Trunk Bay, however, both are wonderful. St. Kitts had some great snorkeling also has a great tour of the fort and batique factory. Grenada is the spice island, Grand Anse beach is pretty, but snorkeling there is non-existent. We'll be there in October and have booked a sail/snorkel through Princess, can let you know when we get back. We did a great sail/snorkel in Bonaire last year, we booked it through Princess, as well as Aruba. Have a wonderful time!
Troubador: That is a great intinerary! If you need a travelmate, I'll let you pay.
Oh yeah Chuck, the Gradient Princess, I think thier new slogan is brilliant
NEW slogan... "Our prices are falling too"
The nice thing about this ship is that if you get "tipsy" on this one, no one will know the difference! The crew are extreemly good on this ship but maybe it's because they all work for "tips"!. Apparently gratuities are automatically put on your bill but extra "tipping" is always allowed on this ship.
But seriously... I don't like the Pyre Princess, I am a non smoker and I booked that ship and found it to be a "smoking" ship. I did however like the dining rooms signature dessert, "Baked" Alaska! My very good friend used to work on that ship and he got "flaming" mad when they "fired" him. That really "burned" his a**. He worked in the kithen as a cook for a while, always complained that it was "scorching" hot in there. Okay, I'll stop now.
Originally posted by penny3333: Great itinerary, sure hope y'all like snorkeling or diving because most of those ports have great snorkeling. We've beat St. Thomas to death as well as Trunk Bay, however, both are wonderful. St. Kitts had some great snorkeling also has a great tour of the fort and batique factory. Grenada is the spice island, Grand Anse beach is pretty, but snorkeling there is non-existent. We'll be there in October and have booked a sail/snorkel through Princess, can let you know when we get back. We did a great sail/snorkel in Bonaire last year, we booked it through Princess, as well as Aruba. Have a wonderful time!
That's great to hear since we are really interested in some good snorkeling. I understand that we can book excursions prior to the trip -- I believe up to 120 days before. Sounds like some of these are worth the price!
Troubador, Chuck and I were just kidding, the Gradient Princess and the Pyre Princess were just made up names to poke fun at the Crown and whatever the name of the other Princess ship was that caught fire recently. As far as we know the Crown was the only one that tipped.
The Star princess was the one that caught on fire, they never released whether it was from a cigarette or not. They did, however, retrofit the balconies with flame retardent (or some material) that wont burn as quickly. Troubador, you can book with Princess before you leave. We've never been disappointed in any of the excursions we've booked through Princess. There have been a lot of posts on this board that have said it is cheaper to book on-line with private companies. The reasons I prefer to book through Princess are: I know where I'm going, I know I have a confirmed space, I know the ship will wait for me, and I know that Princess has checked out the vendors. When we were on the Sea last year, we had 2-3 crew members on some of our excursions. If there are complaints about the excursions, Princess will stop using the vendors and look elsewhere. Just my two cents, have a wonderful cruise!
Chuck, I was on a certain recently famous ship, that has been mentioned several times in the news, and had big dilema. (I don't want to mention any names here, but I should say that my wife loved it so much, she said that they treated her just like royalty, hint, hint.)
So here's the wierd part... The crew were all so friendly & helpful. so I asked someone if we should "tip". They curisouly responded, "We already did".
To which I replied, "How much should we tip?" They replied, "Not as much as last time please".
I guess they were over worked, because I still don't understand thier responses. Can someone clarify this?
Scott, I'm inclined to think your story may be slanted in favor of the stewards who appear to have been ready to lean over backwards to give you good service. I'll bet if you had insisted, they would have been pushovers and accepted your tip.
If we keep this up, I fear we'll wind up on someone's hitlist!
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BTW Scott, is the new Pyre Princess one of the new PHOENIX class ships?
Okay, I'll stop now.
