With seven voyages under our belts with Princess Cruises, we had never considered the possibility of looking to another cruise line -- We never needed to do so.
We have just completed an "average" cruise with Princess from the port of Houston down to Cozumel, Roatan and Belize. Unfortunately it was only average because of a number of annoyances which added up and put a damper on the trip -- something that hasn't happened to us before with Princess.
One fellow Canadian traveler who we met on the ship put his finger on what we were feeling, that Princess "over-promised and under-delivered." I have to agree.