This was our first Princess cruise and it turned out to be a great time with some caveats.
We made this a long vacation by driving from Wisconsin to LA and back. We had never made a cross country trip of this length before and it gave us a chance to see the American west from Monument Valley the Grand Canyon, Vegas, LA, and on the return from San Francisco to Mount Rushmore. It was a great experience.
We stayed at the Embassy Suites Airport North in LA for three days prior to sailing while we toured the city. The hotel was great. The original reservations were for the Best Western in Long Beach. The write up seemed good and the prices were lower than the Embassy Suites. We arrived there by driving through a neighborhood that we felt was a bit bad. We arrived at 2:00 pm and were told that check in time was not till 3:00 pm and they could not accommodate us yet. The lobby was filled with loiterers that looked a bit greasy. I went out to the car, we called Expedia, cancelled the reservation and moved to the Embassy Suites.
Great cabin qith plenty of room. The bathroom has limited shelf space. Princess told us the beds could not be placed in queen configuration but we found out on the last day that they were moved for the next occupants.