Princess Cruises Crown Princess Ship Review and Premium Dining Guide - all venues tried and tested! 

My wife and I did our 25th wedding Anniversary on the Princess… that was back in 2010. We sailed out of Rome and hit a few ports in Italy before heading off to some of the Greek islands, ending up in Venice. It was the greatest vacation we ever took; the crew was fabulous and we loved every second of it…The best way to experience different places is by cruising. You get a little taste of many great and beautiful venues and it provides you with future vacation options if you happen to fall in love with a particular place… I highly recommend it….❤❤….

As always.... sensational! Thanks. Yr funnies made my Sunday morning.

I am so glad i found your channel am really enjoying watching your videos , love the voice over its so much more serene watching and listining to your voice than watching vlogs that are done with there sound on . thankyou very much for sharing.

Best ship review I have seen hands down, thanks for putting this together really appreciate it......I didn’t miss having the night club reviewed 😀

Lovely video, as all of yours are. I sailed in Ruby Princess last year and totally agree with you about the International Cafe. Thank you for your wonderful channel.

Wanted to saw ur review was one of the best I have watched the last few weeks doing research, your narration were informative and relaxing with a touch of humor. Thank you so much

The best in cruise ship "docutainment". I always love your videography and your exquisite sense of humor (or is it humour?). My favorite channel.

Loved your commentary very easy and enjoyable glad I found your channel I love princess cruises

The sanctuary does look like a lovely place to chill, and must agree not a fan of plastic plates either! Really informative video thanks for sharing!

Crooners was my favorite bar as well as the International Cafe. The Crown Princess was my 1st cruise back in 2016 so there's always a special place in my heart for this ship.

I've sailed the Crown 3 times and this brought back many memories. Beautifully photographed as always. Nice job!

Your movie review was hilarious! Hilarious 😆 The Sanctuary looks lovely, but the pool not being heated is a deal breaker!

I liked the specialty salts! It was fun to try them, and totally new for me. Great review, thanks.

I absolutely love your editing style! What a fantastic video. I will be sharing your crown princess videos with my family to help make our booking decisions. Thank you!

Loved Crooners Bar for happy hour..."my goodness”....they have service now pat on the Crown.....agree with you on plastic plates too...

Rich, I love your videos!!! They are so relaxing. Sometimes I make a plate of charcuterie and pour myself a glass of wine while watching. Thought you should know this.

Your commentary is second to none! Bravo

What a pleasure to have such an informed mini "doc-humourentry". I am contempleting travelling with the Crown Princess later in the year so this review was helpful. I'm aware it is an older ship in the group, so I wondered how it compares to Royal Princess (travelled in 2015)? Thanks

Great review we have recently tried Princess with the Regal Princess on a Transatlantic relocation Copenhagen to New York. We throughly enjoyed it. We just found your channel and have subscribed to you.

excellent review.

I absolutely love your videos! Have you been on the Caribbean Princess? We are taking our very first cruise this December and are sooooooo excited!

Agree with the plasctic plate. Also I recall no bread and butter plate. Multi grains bread was also never available at beakfast and I had to ask for it and that always seem to be some inconvenience for the staff.

We came across plastic plates and cups on Royal Carribean, as well. Since it was our first cruise, we thought it was normal, until we went on a cruise with Celebrity where they had proper china crockery. It was so much nicer than the horrid plastic ones with the pattern fading with heavy use. I didn't know you couldn't film or take photos in the casino either. I took some on a recent cruise and nobody stopped me. Mind you, we were at port and it was closed. So perhaps that was all right. Thanks for the videos. I've enjoyed watching them.

Thanks for this video. My husband and I will be on the Crown to Norway in June 2020. I guess I read wrong the Lotus Pool was heated. Darn! Anyway, I'm a Princess devotee and highly recommend their new Regal ship with translucent catwalk. Simply spectacular. I also sailed Holland America and Carnival years ago, but feel Princess is the best in terms of price, food, service and ambiance. Bon voyage everyone.

I really like the design of this class of ship. Also I genuinely think you’d do well reading the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. You seem like you have the right kind of voice and inflection for that style of humor.

Very enjoyable vlog :-)

Another loverly video. I have booked onto Grand Princess for Scandinavia in November 21. Thankfully one of the pools is covered otherwise I suspect it will be very cold & possibly wet. Ever thought after pushing that pay button 'why did I just book that'? haha As she is similar to Crown Princess I really enjoyed the review. Little story. On Sea Princess we managed to get hold of one of the bottles used for the champagne fountain. Glad I gave it a miss when I saw the words 'Made In The Philippines' on the label ;-) Thanks again for a great review!

9:39 funny in 2022 on ruby princess plates were normal. Of also when you mentioned about dining desert. I seen the desert I've had on ruby😅

Love your reviews. Have been waiting for this one, we will be on the Crown in 20 days. We love Princess. We think the buffet is very good and have never had an issue with plastic plates. We never thought about it. Typical American only concern with the food, haha... We love the Crown Grill and always do it twice per cruise, Not a fan of Sabatini's. We have tried it twice once on Regal and Royal yuck,,, Thats just us. We also love the International Cafe. Love the meat pies... Thank. you for sharing your videos we really enjoy your style and the way you put the videos together. Keep up the great work...

Another hit video! Your winning mix of informative commentary, smooth camera work, lovely background music and a splash of witty humour makes for great watching. One question, how does the crown princess compare to Queen Mary 2? Thanks as always!

Excellent Video and Your Both Wonderful

Thanks , on this ship in July.

Always humorous reviews. Did you all try the Crab Shack while onboard?

We will be on the Crown in July on the British Isles adventure...Have not cruised since 2010

The first movie under the stars we ever saw was in the Ruby, 2013, Skyfall. What a great movie to see under the stars.

Oh now I know it's Helen as I progress through the video!

Great review, the ship reminds me of an off-strip Vegas hotel...

Hello. Some of the Princess ships do look like sailing shopping carts on steroids. A great review nonetheless. Waiting on the Galapagos updates though.Thanks.

Thank you for this informative review. My boyfriend wants to sail Los Angeles to Hawaii and back. I love the thought, just want to look at the ocean, be entertained by the birds, read and swim. But, and this is a genuine issue for me: how will I do my aquatics in this freezing pool at the Sanctuary? Did anyone ask why they keep the water so cold there? Aloha, maybe...... Wanda

Charming!

Nice video! I have been on a few cruises and me and my family are going on one this year in thanksgiving. What is the music called in the video?

14:40… thank you for addressing the issue of sustainability 👏👏👏

Did the sanctuary pool warm up as the days went on?

Question about the three main dining rooms. If you have any time dining which one do you go to?

I really want to work in a cruise ship 😊 maybe someday. I would love it,enjoying work & also i can travel for free 😅

Is the pool in the sanctuary cold because of it not getting as much direct sun as the other pools?

Is the champagne fountain and balloon drop horrible? Is the wine really bad? Why is it “infamous”?

Whoooo hoooo! Crown Princess part two is here. Must be that dollar donation 😝 As always, thank you for posting this. We have been on several Princess sailings, but never on Crown. We are spending 16 nights on her in March from Florida to Barcelona, so naturally, this is driving our research for this particular ship. Notes about your review.... as much as you dislike the bow and stern exteriors of this ship as mentioned quite clearly in your part one of your review, and about which I humbly disagree- I think the furniture in the Wheelhouse Bar is hideous in color, though it looks amazingly comfortable otherwise. On the Island Princess, I think it is stunningly gorgeous and you can sit in it and absorb a very nautical feeling. I am not a fan of a bar top pub taking up half of this area. Unfortunately, Princess did not consult me in her redesign. Still, your review clearly indicated when we probably will and will not patronize this lounge. I am in 100% agreement with you about boarding day tactics- scope out which bar to use as the primary go to for pre-and post dinner drinks (Something about SOLAS 😜). My default now after having seen your tour, is definitely going to be Crooners, and, although a little isolated as you say, we may use the bar next to the Italian restaurant for the very reason that it is quieter; we will just have to see. On the note of the Explorers Lounge; it looks very much like that on Island Princess, with a good deal of, as you correctly mention, foot traffic on either side. Not my idea of a quiet place to sit around and watch and listen to music. A trip back to Crooners briefly- good God those drinks are huge, and not to debate size😉, it just looks like a cool place to sit back and listen to old school music while watching activity around the ship center. Keep the videos coming! Cheers, Bob

Sorry (NOT) that it took so long to get to this video. We were on the Caledonian Canal when it was posted. :-) Regarding Skywalkers. I'm not much of a nightclub sort cruiser, but I enjoy Skywalker's during the day as very quiet place to sit and read while enjoying a great view. It's open, but unattended. Fine with me.

Does the salty dog have vegetarian dishes

Great review, but no use complaining about the environmental waste when the ship itself is burning diesel lol.

Movie: a hubby has to do what a hubby has to do.......

I am sure That guy " The Visit with us " is environmentalis OR competition from other cruise liner.

Wait just realised, were visiting Crown Princess aren't we? I forgot she's the one you were on 😂

Well, you managed to miss the best part of this ship, as well as Grand, Saphire, Ruby, etc. vis-a-vis the new, larger Royal class ships ... the outdoor public deck space atop the bridge ... the bomb for viewing glaciers, progress through the inside passage etc. on Alaska cruises. Also ... re: the comment about the plastic plates at the buffet ... you're kidding, right? If not ... then ... get a life!

The amount of grey hair on that ship....

"Look at the size of the Margueritas" That's not a nice thing to say about your Wife Marguerita now is it? OTBC (We did it)

Think you should have called it speciality dining and not premium.

Vegetarians catered for?

Rant about the plates! You girly man.

Dreadful coffee cups