We spend Christmas 2023 on Crown , and Christmas 2022 on Royal ,both times to Hawaii .
In comparison Royal was far more too our liking .
Crown was very very crowded had trouble finding a tale in Buffet at times , some very large families with noisy kids . In all fairness I think some of the kids were bored as the weather was not good on most of the sea days and pools closed .
The ship is tired but that did not spoil our cruise ,never smelled sewage . Some plumbing issues in late afternoon the water in Cabin shout off a few times .
The crew were marvelous , I felt sorry for them the amount of kids rooting in the Christmas trees looking for ducks ....security shut that down .Also the great duck swop at a set up stall outside Crown Grill ...masses of kids from 10 to about 14 with about 200 ducks they were swopping or selling .
We had a good cruise but the lack of parental supervision was evident .