3. Embarkation day.

We killed a little time having breakfast and a brief wander around in West Quay before our cab to the ship was due to arrive. It duly pulled up at the hotel at noon and 40 minutes later we were in our stateroom. Not bad at all.

The layout of Crown Princess is almost identical to the Emerald Princess the last Princess ship that we were on last October, so orientation was not a problem. Navigator of the Seas was berthed a short distance away from us to starboard, whilst on the port side was the Baltic Breeze, which despite sounding like a new signature cocktail, is in fact, a giant car transporter.

The usual lifeboat and safety drill was completed and then Capatn Stenzel (reassuringly the same captain as on the Emerald last time) announced that the refuelling was laying longer than expected and the sailaway would be delayed by 90 minutes as a result. 

Undeterred, we decided to use the time wisely by venturing up to the elite members only lounge in the Skywalkers bar and partaking of a few canapés and a Cosmopolitan. Being a Princess Platinum cruiser  does have its perks!

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