Princess has so many satisfied passengers. We have cruised about 20 times, and always found cruisers who raved about Princess. So we decided to check it out for ourselves. This was a B2B Med/TA cruise.We weren't worried about the smallness of the ship-we are perfectly happy amusing ourselves. We were excited about the ports, new and old, and looking forward to the 8 sea days at the end.
Embarkation was easy. The ship was in Venice for two days. When we water taxi'ed out to it, no one else was in line. We got checked in and onboard quickly. Our cabin, a mini suite, was quite nice.We were hungry and decided to get burgers at the BBQ Grill on the pool deck. The burgers were awful. The meat was gristly and greasy and the buns stale.
It was Thanksgiving so at dinner we ordered the turkey. Again, the meat disappointed. it was more like a Swanson tv dinner than a roast turkey. The veggies and dessert were good though. The next day when Mr S ordered the jerk chicken and the meat was dry and tasteless we began wondering if we were going to become vegetarians for the rest of the trip.
We liked this cabin, forward very close to the bridge, but also very close to the forward elevators. It was in an area with not much hall traffic.