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Crown Princess ,we did the same Christmas cruise last year on Royal from SFO. Experience was very different this year , there seemed to be a lot of bored young teens on this sailing . I did see Security approach the group throwing Christmas Tree decorations at each other . Crab Shack and Crown Grill excellent . Often hard to find seating in the buffet and too cold to sit outside . I think the awful weather made the cruise challenging for Staff and Passengers . Still had a good time .

Good point , we ate at Crab Shack twice and Crown twice as we wanted a better meal...

Nothing on Crown we just got off .

Was awful in October too , buffet curry and pasta every meal. We just got off Crown equally disappointing , except Crown Grill and Crab Shack excellent . No shopping cooking or washing up though.

It is showing on Crown , didn’t show up as playing until late last night.

We are on Crown now for 17 day sailing ,got 16 cans of Diet Coke for Mini Bar…. there is a non alcoholic package coffee ,soda juices I think he told me $39 a day both in cabin have to get it . This does not include gratuities and Wi Fi . The plus package I was told $60 a day . We ended up getting neither , brought Starbucks Via packets .The specialty Teas on this ship are nothing exciting at all.

Sadly not anymore , a big thrill for us was take 3 year old Grandson with his Dad on the Grand in Seattle 2011.

Having done both and in 70,s here is my opinion . SKY deck bigger balconies for sure , close to adult pool and bar . There is glass in front of pool area .We had a cabin close to the door that goes onto to deck above the main pool ,we could hear the door slam sometimes.I think the spring on the door was broken. Lido the balconies have more shade and our pick every time , those first cabins you may hear some Music and MUTS ...but for convenience and bad knees totally worth it for us. We were just on Regal very first Cabin on Lido and never heard a thing ,we may be getting deaf !!!! The balcony was larger and faced forward which was a nice change .

I just went to book Enclave for 3 day cruise on Discovery ,only 2 full days on board and 1 is a port day ,over $100 I was shocked .I was expecting $80 at most .

Sailing along with you , we got off Regal Nov 12th ...hope they have sorted out issues in the Port for your return. I agree on the Ice Cream deserts ..most people who have a drinks package I am sure do not bother with more than 1 visit . Have fun.

We will be on Crown for Christmas also.

We ran ours through the Casino the last day ,put in remaining credit , spun machine couple of times and cashed out at Cashier cage .

I really dont know . The elevators on the ship would be tight for 2 scooters . Poor elevator etiquette when we were on board .

I can only tell you of our experience and hope things have improved . I dont think it matters anymore what color lane you are in , apart from Elite being separate you board in the group you are assigned at arrival . We were in lines for over 90 min getting off , getting our bags was not too bad but then hauling them along in lines would not be easy for some people . Guest Services are used to removing charges from Medallions I think ,we had no unusual charges on Regal . Elevators may be tricky ...they seemed busy .

Sitting drinking my coffee at home remembering same line from last Sunday .We were on the Space Center Excursion with airport drop off ,meant to leave 10am ...what a joke that was .Us excursion people met in theatre then were released into the chaos . Excursion left very late .

Same for me click and does not go into cart .

I saw them being sold outside Sabatinis Deck 5...that was leaving Fort Lauderdale on Oct 24th.. Galveston has strange alcohol rules so it may be different ....

Love the Library , had good choices also .I go on Crown at Christmas and hope they have a library .

We had DRAMA in next cabin last week ......around 10pm raised voices next door .Shouting bad language threats of violence .There were 2 small children in the Cabin so we were very concerned .Next the guy goes onto the Balcony and smashes the chairs against the rail breaking them both and threatens to jump overboard .... I called 911 as had the people on the other side ..ding in the cabin door with blood . Security took a long time to come ,well it seemed long around 7 mins..The children and wife it turns out were not in the cabin , the husband was fighting with his brother in law . We thought the man would be put off at next port . Our poor cabin steward was called back to work and had to clean cabin ,the balcony furniture was replaced and the door . Next day same man is on the balcony with a brace on his hand trying to chat to us like nothing happened .... We did see a Medical Bill being delivered ...I was rather shocked he was not put off the ship. We got 2 calls telling us matter resolved but no chocolate covered strawberries .

Sign up sheet in Gym...I got 2 free with my plus but never went .

Enjoying you review so much ,we got off Regal last Sunday ,brutal debarkation...we are in our 70,s and doing well but some poor folks had trouble standing in the lines for so long .Not a chair in sight . The B2B the week before was nice as customs came onto the ship , again what should have taken 30min took 2 hours as missing guests who had not got off ship. I guess their medallions did not ding right as they were long gone. Go to the culinary show today if you can it was amusing .

Nothing on Regal last week .

Not sure if price is better on board .Been on Regal 19 days and Enclave has been closed.

Actually the Lido coffee on Regal at present is good , wondering if vendor has changed or if it is because ship just came from Europe.