This was my 15th cruise of the year but my first on Princess.
The check-in process was farcical but most of the blame should be attributed to the U.S. Coastguard who picked the eve of Thanksgiving to inspect the ship.
The day before the sailing I had received an email instructing me to be there by 12.30pm. Ridiculously late with the information.
The cabin was fine until docking as described above.