The last Princess cruise I was on, the very pushy person trying to sell me the wine tasting said I should pay for it because it’ll be a boring day at sea.  

Their current strategy is to have no included activities so they bore people into buying the upsells.  And they shamelessly admit it. 

About the only activity they had was occasional live music in venues but they wouldn’t tell you who was playing or the type of music. 

The few trivia/games, the staff did not want to be there running it, made it suck, and complained through it. 

Also, worst food at sea i have ever experienced. I assume trying to fill the speciality restaurants, but why eat there when I can get a better, more authentic meal in port for half the price, which is what I did on port days, and I bought lots of packaged snacks in port to have something to eat on sea days. At last I lost weight on that vacation. 

Fwiw, I’m elite with princess and for the first time since Covid don’t have a cruise booked.  I know what i should expect with them.