We were on the Golden from Singapore to Vancouver recently, a total of 36 days, so hopefully can give an objective view of the state of the ship. It was our 3rd Princess cruise and 23rd cruise in total (on 20 different ships and 8 different cruise lines). Obviously not everyone experienced the same issues, but from our point of view:

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Food in MDR for dinner. We were on Anytime in the Bernini and did hear people complaining about food quality and temperature in other restaurants, but with one or two minor exceptions the food was as good as any ship we have been on and better than most. Read more