We didn't go into our three day cruise to Ensenada with high demands. It was a quick getaway. We've sailed Princess many times and are Platinum level, so it wasn't our first rodeo.

Quick note: the ship had just completed a 30-day cruise from the other side of South American when it arrived in L.A. for our cruise. We're thinking this had some effects that lingered into our cruise.

Embarkation was easy and quick, they let us into the terminal around 11:30 and we quickly had our cards and were seated in the platinum/elite seating area. We boarded around 12:30 and swiftly went to our room to drop off our stuff and then hit the dining room before the closed at 1:30. Read more