Bonny, I agree with you. A lot has to do with the ships and the Royal Princess was, in our opinion terrible. I left out that it had one central isle
for a theater for a ship that holds 4,000+ passengers. it had 13 Internet terminals and 1 tech on duty for, again..4,000+ passengers. The seats in the theater were, in our opinion "tight". We had a mini suite which was not cheap and a balcony with a table that took up a major portion of the balcony.When we asked the Cabin Attendant to take table away he had to store it in the Suite as it would not fit through the door to the way outside.
After the table was taken out 2 people could sit on the balcony with a foot stool. They had charged $24.00 a day on the bill for "tips". That's $432.00 for an 18 day cruise. A couple of good things were the music in the Centrim
was good. (4 musician's and a good singer). THey had very good ice cream
available (cones) on the top deck. This was about it..Like any cruise if a person drinks alot they probably have a difference outlook on some things since they are kind of out of it.
As mentioned we really like Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. Never been disappointed nor let down.