U.S. Cruise Reviews

We've been on 2 Royal Caribbean Cruises and this was our first with Princess. Overall we would go with either again and enjoyed this enough to put a deposit on a future cruise. They do a Military Personnel Onboard Credit Program, which we appreciated, since my husband is retired military. Internet worked well enough for us, our water packages were waiting for us in our room, but my husband might not get the soda package again on Princess, based on how inconvenient it was to use. The ship experience was nice to have a bigger ship that had been recently remodeled, since our last cruise with Royal was a smaller and much older ship. However, on this ship with Princess, twice we had toilets stop working in our room for a few hours. This was a problem on two floors the first time and I don't know how widespread the 2nd time, but at least a few rooms were affected by it the 2nd time. They did fix them within a few hours, but definitely not an ideal situation.

Had a good time, delicious food. Ship just moved way too much for my liking.

Overall I did enjoy myself. It was nice to get away. Great food great excursions I would recommend this cruise for anyone.

We will do this cruise again. It’s perfect and fun especially for California residents.

I didn’t know what to expect and thought I was just not gonna fit in.... WRONG!!! I fit in because EVERYONE is family. Great experience.

In my experience, Princess is a gamble. You may get great service or it could be awful. This trip was very good and I have no complaints at all!

Princess Ruby is a nice ship and does food the correct way. The afternoon tea was very nice touch. The main problem with the curise is half the staff was great and half was not very good. The other problem that might keep us off the ship in the future is I am 59 years old and felt the music and activities were geared for people older than me. An example is their Rock and Roll Trivia as 50's rock and roll. I expected Rock and Roll to be 60's and 70's at the latest. The late night club music had the same problem. Thier activities were mainly trivia, bingo and art auctions. It would have been nice to have activies for people between 20 and 60. If you want a cruise to relax and eat this is the one for you. If you want things to do this is not the cruise for you.

Enjoyed the family time but wish the food was better. Beware of the buffet food poisoning sucks!

I really enjoyed this trip. My husband and I took his parents and his aunt. Last cruise for his parents and first cruise for his aunt!

Pleasant getaway with near perfect weather. Good time had by all.

Wonderful Cruise. Saw some amazing scenery and met some lovely people. This was a trip we won't forget. We love the Star Princess. The ship is not too big to get around and the staff were amazing. The captain was one in a million. Such a friendly and funny man. Made us laugh every day.

Fun and filling we went on a quick getaway for our 15th Wedding Anniversary and had a great time on the boat. Santa Barbara has lots of shopping.

This was a good cruise. I wish we had done 7 days instead of 5. OUr room was great , We tried some fun new things including massages and acupuncture. Overall a pretty good time especially if you love prime rib like we do.

We had been on long cruises before and we had visited up to Singapore from LA. The ship stopped in many new locations, such as Steward Island and Raiatea we never visited before. We really enjoyed these places. Madagascar was the best location for our visit. We met many interesting people on the ship and on land. We shall not do a world cruise again but we we met many who had done it four or five times. One woman had done it ten times.

Overall, this was a great holiday cruise. The ship is showing its age and there was a musty mildew smell in the hallways on deck 8 and on the port day, there was a heavy sewage smell in the Lotus Spa and that Lido deck. Not sure what was happening but it seemed to resolve itself after a few hours. All of the pools were heated and that was great. The jacuzzis were not super warm and they were mostly filled with children. Service was spectacular as always!

Ship was dated and in need of refurbishment, food was almost ineddidable, when you went to the service desk with complaints they were of no help. Paid for Share restaurant that was promised to be gourmet and it was anything but. Paid $78.00 for internet that 99 % of the time didn’t work.

We booked this 5-day 'get-a-away' to celebrate our 38th anniversary. the port was within driving distance, it occurred over my week-long break from school, and just fit all our needs. Also, it was a Princess cruise, which we always cruise on, and would give me a break away from young children, as I am an elementary school teacher. Even though this was over a holiday, we had been on 3 holiday cruises previously, and they basically the same...mostly adults and a few children. Nope. There were a large number of families, with kids, and totally unlike any other Princess cruise we'd been on, and this was our 9th. Happily, the children were very well behaved (for the most part) and the elevator tag got old early on, lol. So for a different cruising experience, with more family and child related activities, and a lot of children everywhere, we still had a great time. The only thing that was really something I would like to see change - and I know it will be for the Emerald's next dry dock - is the absence of hand washing stations. I've really come to like those. The food was good (even if the buffets could have had a wider selection), the service fantastic, and overall I would recommend this ship and destination. I will add that we have been to Cabo many times, so we never even got off the ship. So nothing to report for excursions or even the site.

This was a difficult Cruise for me as it was my first cruise since my husband passed away. Each night in the Michelangelo dining room the hostess would say, “only three?“ or “Just 3 tonight?” I know I am overly sensitive right now but that really broke my heart. Please advise your staff not to use “just or only” as that implies someone is missing. I spoke with the maître d’ about it on night four. He was very empathetic and said he would make sure it didn’t happen on night five. On night five the host appropriately asked, “How many?” We were about to be escorted upstairs when the hostess said she would seat us. She brought us to a 6 top table. As we were sitting down she said to the server, “There are only three of them.” Evidently she didn’t get it.

Really enjoyed all ports, except Ensanada, San Fran being the highlight. Ship fine, food good and cabin great. Most of the shows good (except Magic show), at sea days may have merited a few more activities, but this is a little picky perhaps. Cruise staff fine if a little unfriendly at times possibly. Fellow cruisers tended to be a little older than us, but no problem with that.

Compare to other cruise ships I’ve been on, Ruby Princess is much better as far as food, entertainment. If I have to pick on something, It’s the way the dining room tables are arranged for the two-person tables (they are next to the other two person tables), makes it awkward because you’re not sure whether to talk to the people in neighboring tables.