Had a relaxing time on the ship with the calmest seas I've ever encountered. The meet and greet had close to 150 people attend, and many of the ship's officers made an appearance. Thanks to the efforts of several cruise critic members, we had a fun time at the slot pull, saw different cabins during the cabin crawl, and got together to march into the dining room in costume for Halloween dinner. We dined in the anytime dining room every night and also had lunch there a few times, and thought the food was very good to excellent. Much better than the main dining room food on other cruiselines. The entertainment, especially the production shows, was among the best we've had on Princess. The lack of the middle staircase was not a big deal, and we had no problems getting elevators. (We were told by one of the officers at the m&g that they read Cruise Critic, and the next ship will have a middle staircase.) The lecturer who did several talks on different aspects of navigation was very informative and had a passion for the subject.
Cabin had partial obstruction because if you looked to the right you saw the tender, and if you looked straight down, you saw a tiny boat. However, looking straight out there was no obstruction. We had enough room to sit comfortably on the balcony. We were midship by center elevators, which was convenient. Would book this cabin again.