We have taken this same cruise before and love the convenience of it for us. We like the fact that for us, there is no flying involved. There is nothing like sailing under the Golden Gate bridge and the sailaway party was Fantastic! The food has improved since the last time we did this cruise and the service was Top notch. We really liked the bed....wish we could take it home with us. As some others stated, The Grand Princess is getting a little long in the tooth but we have sailed on her a few times before and knew what to expect. We enjoyed the ports of call. I liked the fact that we stayed later in some ports so you have more time to sightsee. Would really like it if Princess would go north from SanFrancisco to the northwest coastline and back. That would be a great 7 day cruise to hope for.