This was our fourth cruise but our first with Princess.
We purchased pre cruise and post cruise hotel stays through Princess along with airline tickets. We will not do that again because we did not like the location of the hotels and felt they were overpriced. Our flight connection coming back was too tight and should not have been scheduled that way, it cost us an extra day. We should have researched both of these things a little more before we purchased them. I will never let Princess handle these for me again.
Embarkation: Getting on the ship was very organized and painless. No long lines even though we were one of the first groups arriving.
Our cabin was in a great location. WE liked being in the center of the ship and on a upper deck. It was quick to get from our cabin to anywhere on the ship. We never heard any noise from the deck above.