We took the 10 day Mexico out of San Francisco on the Grand Princess. Departed on 8 November and had wonderful weather till the last dayout of San Francisco on the Grand Princess. Had outstanding the entire cruise till the last day. the return to San Francisco saw the city quite cool and blanketed in smoke fro the fires near Chico.

The Grand Princess is a medium sized ship with a capacity of around 2600 guests but was far from full. The only time we encountered any crowd was during the Emergency drill The ship was comfortable but is showing the wear. We were in A517 an oversized inside cabin. Princess offered us an "upgrade" to a midships cabin that would have been smaller, further from the elevators and under a bar. We declined the offer. The cabin was comfortable but had totally inadequate power outlets for modern electronics. We had a mechanical issue with the shower valves which was corrected immediately. Our room steward was excellent and procured us an extra chair when requested. Have to comment on the bed. It was marvelous, if I could buy that mattress I would.

As I mentioned the ship is showing wear and could use a refurbishment Not really any problems just general wear giving the ship a somewhat shabby dowager image. Read more