We are not elite, or casino or any other extra special Princess category (plain old gold and don't gamble and balcony cabin). Our next Princess cruise is Panama Canal 16 days. With 10 sea days Plus is a no brainer especially in light that our 10 day repositioning cruise on RCL in April and what we paid for equivalent packages on RCL (they don't bundle very efficiently) we are paying the same for 16 days on Princess that we paid for 10 days on RCL. YMMV