Thursday, June 21, 2012

So.... do the Mixed Nutz want to cruise the Mediterranean?


All we have to do is choose a cruise line, choose a preferred date and there you go.
Wonderful! In one word thats what this Crown Princess cruise was. Even though we jumped on this cruise last minute we still met a lively bunch of cruisers on Cruise Critic who we interacted with for 12 days.
 Princess ran a very organized cruise particularly with the excursions. Well thought out and easy for us to do. They had something for everyone.
The weather could not have been better. Every day, blue skies and NO CLOUDS!  The waters were so calm that even Carol did not even feel motion from the ship. Crown Princess glided across the Mediterranean waters so smoothly. Most of the time I could not tell if we were moving.
Once again I thought the food on Princess was very good. I can't say one cruise line is better than another, that is subjective, but I do feel the overall Princess attention to service is better than RCCL recently. The daily menu offers  alternative choices from appetizers to main courses. Plus it seems like they have more staff attending to us. We dined in the traditional late seating which is not very full as most people are choosing either early of Anytime dining. Two of the three dining rooms are dedicated to anytime dining.
Embarkation in Rome was a snap and leaving the ship was a smooth operation as well.

Overall I rate this cruise very high. I would do it again any time!