My DH and I sailed on the Coral Princess round trip Panama Canal partial transit from Tuesday, March 4 through Saturday, March 15, 2014.
This was our first Princess cruise. We have previously sailed Windjammer (before they went out of business!), Dolphin (a cruise that became part of Premier Cruise Line, went bankrupt in 2000), Celebrity and Norwegian which we really enjoy. I've also taken Royal Caribbean a couple times with a friend of mine. Norwegian, which we took in November was our previous favorite. Not any more. Princess beat them all out for us.
The Coral Princess is a beautiful ship. The Atrium is spectacular with its spiraling staircase covering 4 decks. I loved all the various activities going on in the Atrium at different times. I'm not a fan of all the glitz like RCL has so this was perfect for us.