We like Princess but we have avoided the Carribean Princess and will
avoid the Crown since they took the Star/Golden design and stuck and
extra passenger deck adding 550 more passengers with no more crew, no
expansion of public spaces (lounges, restaurants, pool area). You get
to wait a lot more and be a lot more crowded. Not for us.
On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:17:48 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:
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>
>dcostantiello@gmail.com wrote:
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>> We've sailed on several cruises with Royal Caribbean and one with
>> Princess. We've had a great time on each cruise and never had any
>> negative comments. None of us have ever sailed Carnival and I'm hoping
>> some of you out there can give some feedback about the cruising
>> Carnival. I've heard very mixed reviews about sailing with Carnival and
>> would like to hear how Carnival's food, service, cleanliness,
>> activities, atmosphere, etc. compare to Royal Caribbean and Princess?
>>
>> The cruise we're looking at will be aboard the Carnival Destiny ship.
>> Have anyone sailed this ship before, if so, how was your experience? If
>> we were to sail Royal Caribbean it would be aboard the Serenade Of The
>> Seas and for Princess it would be aboard the Crown Princess. Any
>> comments about either of these two ships?
>
>Dave,
>
>To compare the three ships and what they have or don't have, go to
>this link and click on each ship in turn.
>http://travel.travelocity.com/ecruise/ShipFinder.do?Service=TRAVELOCITY
>
>We have found food and service to be very good to excellant on
>Carnival. The negatives are the singing/dancing waiters, but that
>isn't a deal breaker for us. The major problem we have with Carnival
>is the smoke in the casino and in most of the lougnges. The other
>thing to consider is that the Destiny is an older ship, but you can
>find out if it meets your needs by going to the above link.
>
>Royal Caribbean we have also had good service, but the food was not
>very good. I have heard some reports of the food improving and you are
>talking about a newer ship, so the food "might" be better on the
>Serenade of the Seas.
>
>The Crown Princess has not sailed yet, first sailing is the middle of
>June and we are booked on one of her August sailings. She is a
>slightly improved/expanded version of the Carribean Princess, which
>has always gotten good reports. I have always had good food and
>service on Princess ships, nothing to complain about.
>
>Of these three choices I would pick the Crown Princess since it is a
>new ship and I have always been pleased with Princess food, service
>etc. You are the only one who knows if what "I" consider a problem on
>Carnival or Royal Carribean would be problems for you.
>
>In addition to the links Diana gave you, you can read reviews at:
>http://www.seacruisereviews.com/reviews.asp
>
>sue |