Trip summary:
Our original itinerary was supposed to be Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. The first two ports were eliminated due to "security concerns". Instead the itinerary was changed to Ensenada and two nights in Cabo. I personally wonder how much of the change was due to security issues and how much was motivated by fuel savings, as other cruise lines have retained Puerto Vallarta as a destination. We didn't particularly care as we have done this cruise about 5 times before and were onboard for the cruise experience, not the ports.
Because of the holiday week, there were an unusual number of children and teens onboard. According to Princess, there were close to 600 in a population of about 2900. For most of the cruise they were well behaved, but by Friday, they were getting bored and the running around, and the bad behavior of some had become apparent, though nothing affected us directly. It was minor stuff like pushing all of the elevator buttons, changing public clock times, etc.