Background Information My wife and I are early 30's with no kids. This was my 7th Cruise with Princess so its obvious that I like what they have to offer. It was my second time on this ship.

Hotel Info Pre Cruise hotel was the Double Tree MIssion Valley San Diego. It was my second experience with Double Tree and it will certainly not be my last. I enjoyed everything about this hotel. pools (indoor and out door) hot tub, great service, clean, comfortable beds...etc.

Ship Info We arrived to the pier at about 11:30 am and we went through security and check in in less than 5 minutes. It was not even necessary for me to go to the Line for Platinum and Elite passengers to use my preferred check in. once into the waiting area, we were informed that we would need to wait approx. 1 hour while they clean the ship. As it turned out, there was an outbreak of NORO Virus on the previous week cruise. They told us that they were just taking extra precautions to make sure everything was ok. Read more