British Isles Cruise

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Ruby Princess

12 Night British Isles (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 22, 2014

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

This cruise visited great ports. While the excursions were expensive they were interesting. If you have problems walking avoid a cabin in the front part of the ship. Since they do not serve lunch in the dining rooms ( room service and buffet restaurant are only options) you have to walk a very long way to the back of the ship where the restaurants are. We were in cabin E101 ( deck 8) which is right next to a crew area and were frequently disturbed by things being dropped, stabilizers being deployed, and on the first morning an alarm that awoke us at 6:15 am and went off for two hours. Not what you need when trying to adjust to the five hour time difference. We had any time dining and had 4 nights when service was very slow. The movies were recent and the movies under the stars were great. Overall, we enjoyed this cruise. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Noisy

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5
Beautiful Island

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5
Kissing the Blarney Stone requires a difficult climb up uneven steps.

Dublin, Ireland

5 out of 5
If you love flowers you must visit Powerscourt Estate.

Liverpool, England

3 out of 5

Belfast, Northern Ireland

3 out of 5
It was a co;d rainy day that ruined our visit to the Giant's Causeway

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

5 out of 5
Loch Lomond is beautiful

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5
Loch Ness cruise and Urqhurt Castle were very enjoyable.

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

3 out of 5
City was very crowded due to Military Tatoo. Long steep walk up to Edinburgh Castle.

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5
Visited Monet's home in Giverney, beautiful gardens and the city of Rouen
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1 Comment

WeCruiseToo    10 years ago

Thanks for the review!  We enjoyed our Caribbean cruise aboard Ruby Princess very much earlier this year.  The British Isles itinerary is one we’re looking forward to sailing so your comments on the ports were great!