Star Princess Review
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Nice itinerary but Princess failed to live up to the potential. We chose this cruise because we were going to be in San Francisco in May and it was the only ship leaving for Alaska from SF. We had cruised Princess once before out of 25+ cruises total.
I don't remember ever being bored on a ship before, but Princess offered very little in the way of enrichment activities and it was too chilly to use the pools (even the indoor pool). We even went to an art auction for something to do one day, but after listening to the high pressure pitch we avoided the other auctions for the rest of the trip. It seemed like everything was focused on selling us something additional. (We have found this to be true on most Carnival Corp cruises.)
Service in our cabin and in the dining room was pretty good. Our cabin steward kept our ice bucket full and our room cleaned up yet was unobtrusive.
Cabin Review
The cabin was well located midship but not too close to the elevators noise-wise. It is smaller than most inside cabins we've stayed in on other ships, but adequate. There is no seating area, just the bed and a desk area with a desk chair. It was in decent condition. The shower, however, was miniscule. We are not large people, but turning around in that shower stall was almost impossible. There were adequate hangers and hanging space. We took a guaranty on this cruise and were fairly pleased with what we got, although we didn't find out our cabin number until 2 days before the cruise. And as usual with an older ship, not enough outlets.