We are a couple, in the 55-65 year age range that love to cruise, especially when that cruise embarks in our home port of San Francisco. This was our 45th cruise overall, our 17th on Princess and our 3rd cruise on the Star Princess. There was a mix of all ages on this cruise with a number of children (they all seemed to be pretty well behaved), a large number of elderly and mostly people within our age range. Most people seemed to be either from the SF bay area and the Sacramento region here in California.

The ship is great shape for its age and the food, service and bedding has greatly improved since our last time on her approx. 3 years ago.

We arrived at the new pier, pier 27, in San Francisco around noon. Traffic was bad getting to the port as it was a beautiful Sunday with a cruise ship in town, construction on the way to the Embarcadero and an SF Giants game starting at 1 PM. Upon arrival, we were directed to the preferred boarding line and while there, heard the announcement that elite and suite passengers could begin boarding. The whole process only took about 15 minutes until we were in our room. Read more