This was our first cruise with Princess.This was our 3rd cruise.
SHIP: It's huge, nice, clean, has a very nice walk on the Promenade with excellent views. I found a bit confusing on deck 5/6 with the restaurants dividing it in two parts, so that is my only complaint.
DINING: plenty of food, all the time. With few options of restaurants is not easy to get bored with the food, we tried both the Steak House and Sabatinis (with the surcharge) and would happily return to Sabatinis. We used the buffet for almost of all meals (as we had the any time dining) we couldn't use the International, and we tried to use the other restaurants and turned down because they were full (so just managed to use Savoy for 2 nights) so to avoid disappointment we sticked with the buffet. By the end the waiters knew us and we would have a table reserved for us with our wine bottle and sparkling water waiting for us. So if you stick with the buffet, try to seat on the same area, because it's "served" by the same waiters and they get to know you :)
C236 (Sydney to Auckland)Port Side
It's very spacious room with a decent size walk in wardrobe,big balcony, being half covered and half un-covered, so if you stay back people above you can't see you.
View from this balcony on Port side is amazing on this cruise, recommended.
Very quiet room.