I'll preface this review by stating, my wife and I have been on seven cruises together, I've been on 14 total, and we've sailed on every other cruise line, and this was our first on Princess. I would add that I'm a frequent contributor to Trip Advisor, with a great many positive reviews. I state that because as a frequent visitor to Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor, I read a multitude of scathing and negative reviews, oftentimes not giving them much credence and dismissing them as unfounded. The following is an honest review/assessment of our cruise vacation.

The cruise got off to an ominous start on Saturday, March 11,2017.

* The Coast Guard was blamed for preventing us to board the ship at our scheduled time. Read more