My wife and I had not sailed in 7 years, before that we sailed on Princess 4 times, Celebrity 3 times, and (ugh)Carnival once.

Boy have things gone downhill starting with the menus. To be fair we don't eat seafood, but the other selections were embarrassing. Our whole table complained. Thank godness they offered an alternative menu in the dining room that included chicken breast (my wife had 9 nights) and a leather sirloin steak which I had 3 or 4 times. I asked for a strip steak one night and you'd have thought they had to call the main office in the U.S. to get it approved.

Get this, one night on the "good" side of the menu two of the choices were turkey & dressing and meatloaf. Never have I seen such cheap menus. None of the soups were edible, we sent them back every time. Our service was good, but not excellent like years ago. Three of us at our table are butter eaters and had to wait every night for more butter. A few years ago once they learned you liked butter, they had it on the table for you when you arrived. Read more