This was our thirteenth cruise and our third on Princess. We are in our sixties and added our recently widowed sister-in-law at the last minute. We chose Princess because of the itinerary, relatively short 11-day cruise and the comments on Cruise Critic. Although this cruise was early in the season, the weather was good and we only had one day of partial rain.
Island Princess is a great ship: clean and well-maintained. Navigation around the ship is simple. Our biggest complaint involves the narrow aisles in the Princess Theater which severely limits exiting after the shows. Horizon Court is poorly designed and creates a considerable logjam selecting food items. The ship rode quietly on the ocean with minimal movement.
Our mini-suite was aft and provided ample room. Initially we required changes to the cabin since it was missing a dividing curtain and had a lumpy bed. Our cabin steward Leonardo promptly resolved everything. A minor complaint was the warm water that came out of the cold water faucet.