Five previous cruises - Disney and RCI. Late forties, two pre-teen kids.
Imagine a beautiful beach. It's a peaceful place to relax and enjoy the ocean. Now imagine that same beach with wandering salespeople (you have probably visited a beach like that). Every ten minutes someone comes by with a cooler and wants to sell you a water. Then the next person wants to sell you a bracelet. Then someone wants to sell you another water. That's what this cruise to Alaska was like. See a show? Suffer through a sales pitch. Think you are getting a massage? Suffer through a sales pitch. Read the Patter? A non-stop sales pitch. Sorry Princess, you've lost a cruiser.
Other than the non-stop onboard sell, the cruise was OK. The ship is looking dated (many of the bars seem the same, the disco is a museum, and all the glass in the main dining rooms is very last century).
Cabin was good. Cabin steward was fantastic, easily up to high industry standard.