This was my 10th cruise, 2nd 2 weeks cruise and sailing to Hawaii with Princess, a dream, or so I thought! We left LA on the first of February en route to Hawaii. The weather turned rather cold so we spent most of the time inside. Princess is definitely not responsible for the weather but we were hoping that they would try to keep us busy. Not so. Not a lot of activities and a lot of them cost extra money: yoga, $10.00 extra per day, photo and/or computer classes $25.00 per session, pottery (buy your own)etc, the rest of the activities were trivia or hula lessons (not for everyone). There wasn't enough waiters to get decent service. A lot of the staff were rude, they would not get you a "free" drink, it had to be something at a cost: cocktails were close to $8.00 with gratuities, even cappuccinos were $2 or $3!! There was an ice-cream bar and treats were $3.75 each. Cabins are fine, good in size and our Marvin, our stewart was very efficient. I prefer the traditional sitting for dining, but even though I booked in August, there were no space left for the 5:45 early sitting, so I had to take the late. I didn't really minded since the early is a tad early for me. So off I went for the late sitting at 8:00............Well all the shows on port days are at: 7:00 or 8:45!! If we went to the 7:00 show we could not be at our table until 8:20 (way too late) and eating at 8:00 meant that we would finish at 10:00, do the math...no shows for us!!

Most of the shows/activities in every lounge were overlapping from 7:00 to 11:00, try and find a seat when you come out of diner at 10:00!! We sometimes sat on the floor! As for anytime dining they often are too full and you are turned back at the door or even on the phone if you try to make reservations, you might get to eat one hour later than hoped, so much for anytime. The shore excursions we booked through Princess were "fabulous", we really enjoyed them. Port talk were too long and boring and too early in the cruise (four days ahead). Public area were mostly clean and well kept. Food was not great, a lot of all inclusive type of mish-mash of all kinds, except in the Dining room, where it improved a bit, but not what I expected on a cruise. The two specialty restaurant might have been better but with an extra cost of $15.00 to $30.00 per person, we skipped. Disembarkation was a nightmare!!! Gangway and immigration were to close together and the lines got mixed up. Hours of waiting! Also, Princess staff were so disorganized that the first group of walk-off expected to get off at 8:45 did not make it until 9:30. I would never recommend Princess, my worst cruise ever!! Holland America, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian all fared much better in every aspect.