Just some thoughts/review: - Great cruise overall, loved the itinerary - Entertainment was some of the worst we have had on any cruise. We had over 1,000 cruisers from the UK, as well as most of the entertainment staff - not sure if that was the reason for the poor entertainment, but it seemed that all of the main stage performers has a UK slant - and geared for an old clientele. That may work 50 weeks a year, but at XMASS and New Years, when the age of the cruisers goes down, so should the type of entertainment. On XMASS Eve, the 'grand holiday show" was a classical pianist. The next night we had an old (and I mean OLD) British performer who sang (ok), danced (eh) and told jokes (HORRIBLE). In the clubs there were 2 UK based bands that covered all of the venues. 1 had a female lead that missed some high notes, but was pretty good. The other should not be retained. As for the production shows - boo. Carnival's shows are FAR superior....even NCL's are better. Again, you know you are in trouble when one of the shows is captioned "featuring the songs of your Parents and Grandparents"....That said, the comedians and the hypmotist were pretty good. However, no late night or adult shows at all. Last show each night was 10:30. - Sailaway - Princess should be embarrassed. This is a Caribbean cruise...everyday there should be a band and music by the pool. (Not all of the pools, but the one deemed the "party pool") EVERY day when you get back on board, there should be calypso, or steel drum, or at least light rock and the "sounds of the Caribbean" out by the pool. Sadly, this was not done. In fact for 3 days we got NOTHING. And for 3 days we got an old Bob Marley playlist - the exact same music. The playlist was exactly 1 hour long, and repeated 2x. At the 48 minute mark there was a skip in the music that lasted about 10 seconds. Then "Don't Worry be Happy" would come back on, and the list would start again. It was sad...It was so bad, I complained to the CD (which I never do). - One night we had a real "Sailaway" = this was very good. - This ship is not for teenagers. They are not entertained in a proper way, and any "antics" (like some horseplay around the pool) will lead to an imediat call from Security. I actulay over heard this conversation: Security - "Stop jumping in the pool" Teen - "So where can we fool around" Security - "Not here" Teen - "Can't fool around at the movie pool, the adult pool, or the spa pool...this is supposed to be for families" Security - "Can't do that here" Teen - "So where?" Security - "Somewhere else...." - Kids club - our 8 yr olds LOVED it, and could not wait to go....however, as a parent I believe that other cruise lines do it better. out of the 10 nights, a movie was shown 6 nights as the entertainment. Other nights included Casino night, Wii, game tournaments, pajama party - all met with big YEAS! But the movie nights were a bust. Felt more like babysitting, and less like "camp". - Food was very good. We did the Chef's Table one night - and loved it.

Overall we had a great cruise, and would go back on Princess again...but without kids. Princess can try to fight the reputation of being an "older" clientele, and being family friendly...but (in my opinion) they lose that fight.

On a scale of 1 - 10; I would give it a 7.5.