A little about myself - I'm 30, I was a travel agent for 10 years and I am now a 3rd grade teacher. This was my 30th cruise and I have sailed on all of the mass-market cruise lines, except for Princess therefore this was my 1st Princess Cruise. For this trip I sailed with my partner who is 33.

PRE-CRUISE

I live in the NYC area so I flew into San Francisco and stayed 4 nights in San Francisco. As many have told me over the years, San Francisco is really a lovely city. I did hop on and off tours, strolled around (up those STEEP hills) and then visited Yosemite in a day (it was one long drive but worth it). I also visited Muir Woods and the Sonoma Wine area. Four day went way too fast. I must return! Read more