Terrable food! Horrible selection, poor quality, really disappointing.
At Horizon court buffet the food display would have 20 different items to choose from, 7 of them were bread. The other 13 just were random items that did not go well together. Dinner in the main dining rooms was consistantly cold they had poor choices and served by a staff that always seemed inconvenienced. I have sailed a few times on princess and loved the ship's and staff. The Crown was a huge let down. They constantly tried to upsell us on dinners to speciality restaurants. The bartenders would daily charge our account for drinks even though we had the top drink package. The ship looked tired and used... the public areas were small and crowded. Our sailing was not filled to capacity, down approximately 600 guests, now I know why...the gym had unusually low ceilings, I could not run an a treadmill or elliptical because my head hit the ceiling. I'm 6'3, not the only person that had this issue. If you book a trip on the Crown make sure it is a really great deal, you dont get much for your money.
Premium balcony, small, old & tired. Stained carpet, stained balcony chairs, very tight cabin. Quiet, soundproof. The TV reception was awful even their broadcast shows very fuzzy.