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Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

lynettephillips

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

1 out of 5

Verified Review

Sail date: August 30, 2015

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 307

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Not satisfied with the cruise at all. Activities we very boring. Nothing really to do while at sea. You are at sea longer than anticipated and not much to do on the cruise. Not enough time at the ports. It would have been better to fly to Alaska than to cruise. I don't feel like i've got a feeling of Alaska at all, just water. I could have done the excursions that I did here in California.

Unsatisfied customer.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

When signing up for this cruise it was presented to me that it was a high chance that we would receive an upgrade to a mini suite. When asking if I was going to be given the chance to receive an upgrade everyone acted like that was never a possibility and stated I could pay for the upgrade. If Princess intends not to upgrade in this fashion, you should NEVER even mention the possibility or even a % of an upgrade. I was told it was a 90% chance I would be upgraded and to call back 2 weeks prior to sailing. Then I was told to go to the purser office and request when I got on the ship. I feel this was just a ploy to sale tickets. Unsatisfied customer. Thanks, Lynette.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

1 out of 5

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

1 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

1 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

19 Comments

ccruisequeen 8 years ago

why?

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NOMOREPRINCESS1 8 years ago

Ruby Princess was the worst cruise I have ever been on. Wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy!!!!

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ccruisequeen 9 years ago

read the patter. maybe OP wasn't interested in trivia, karaoke, or fashion show. bring books or just people watch.

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kenospizza 9 years ago

nkincaid, I guess we felt about the same.

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nkincaid 9 years ago

Too bad. While I do wish we had more time in Ketchikan, all 10 in our group loved our cruise. There was so much to do that we didn't do it all and didn't see the whole ship. We went dancing, played games, worked out in the gym and on deck, saw shows, relaxed and had amazing food. We booked two more cruises before leaving the ship!!

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Bownut 9 years ago

Wow! And that is the cruise lines fault? Did you just wake up on a ship headed to Alaska, or were you just looking for something to bitch about? Some people are clueless. And some people are clueless and don't try to learn.

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happy2go 9 years ago

lol

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Bilbo1369 9 years ago

Yup. Not to mention that excursions aren't required. If you knew you could do them in California, why'd you do them in Alaska?

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dwrw 9 years ago

someone is pushing for a freebee. itineraries are pretty clear. how sad you are this dissatisfied 😰

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Bilbo1369 9 years ago

This. ^

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kenospizza 9 years ago

Are you kidding? We went in Aug. Show every night. Magician. comic. featured speakers. nightclubs casinos art shows. the shows I n the pizziza. we couldnt do eveything in 1 week. there was a lot to do. You just had to do it.

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happy2go 9 years ago

chillax

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happy2go 9 years ago

defenition of a cruise : sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure. just saying. .....

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Jusjeskali 9 years ago

I think you totally missed the point of cruising

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kamloops56 9 years ago

cruising isn't for the OP.

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Bilbo1369 9 years ago

Lol.

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lanayaw 9 years ago

sounds like they didn't research the definition of the word cruise.

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Bilbo1369 9 years ago

Sounds like you didn't do enough research prior to cruising.

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JusMe 9 years ago

Did you book directly with Princes or did you go through a travel web site or travel agent ? Didn't you check your itinerary before the cruise for the time at sea and the time in ports ?

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