We had been recommended to cruise through the Panama Canal also to visit Vancouver so this seemed to be the ideal cruise for us. 19 nights appeared a long time but the ports of call and the destination seemed appealing. We were surprised on the first day when we realised this was not one cruise but two cruises in one. Although when we checked on board with Princess they said if you booked it as one cruise it was considered one cruise, even though we had to settle our on board account after 4 days, receive new cards and start again in Los Angeles. However, one assumes because of poor sales for the full cruise, Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale, Princess offered a 4 day mini-cruise from Vancouver to Los Angeles at very attractive prices.
The 4 day cruise clearly was very appealing to people living in the Los Angeles area who appeared to look at it as a cheap long weekend of gorging themselves on as much food as possible, the Horizon restaurant was kept very busy.In Los Angeles the now very over weight mini-cruisers were replaced by customers who joined for the remainder of the cruise to Fort Lauderdale.
After Los Angeles the tenor of the cruise changed to people who clearly just enjoyed cruising, thankfully. This was a repositioning cruise and we got the impression Princess struggled to find adequate ports of call. The first port was Victoria on Vancouver Island which the ship could have reached within the hour of leaving Vancouver but because of the itinerary the ship circled the Island until the following morning. Having said that it is a beautiful place, if you ever get the chance to go to the Butchart Gardens make sure you go.
Generally a good cabin apart from the balcony which was overlooked by numerous other balconies as it was on a corner