This was an interesting experience for my wife and me... My 4th cruise, her 5th or 6th- and our 3rd Princess trip. To be honest, I'd known ahead of time I wold not be thrilled with the ports, but we were just making an attempt to have a break from our everyday lives.
The good:
Embarkation from Houston was pretty seamless. We had arranged for transfers from the airport to the cruise through Princess and that went well, though there was (as always) a pretty extensive wait to get on the ship. We had flown out the day before and stayed close to Hobby so there was no stress regarding timelines.
Cabin was small but clean and kept up well. Minimal noise; surprisingly little movement even though we had some time on our cruise with rough seas.