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Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Ruby Princess

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 22, 2017

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was excellent. However, as a business man, I felt the internet service provided by the ship was terrible and extremely expensive. $99 for 3.5 hours of internet is no value what so ever, I ran through my first $99 very quickly and with spotty reception. The cost of internet is the #1 reason I would not ever book another Princess cruise since I need to conduct work while I am on vacations.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
excellent

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

If you need internet service to conduct work then don't go on the cruise

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

1 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5
Not there long enough
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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7 Comments

ljkg    7 years ago

Are you for real? You must be a blast to travel with!😁
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celiaclady    7 years ago

thats why you unplug or when you hit port you use your smartphone
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GIL155    7 years ago

Just think- a couple years ago no internet coverage on a cruise ship for the passengers. Either business folks did not travel, left others in charge, or simply left a sign on the door. 'On a cruise. Please come back next week'.
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alleycat51699    7 years ago

Dude, every one of those 1's and 0's has to find its way through that big metal faraday cage called a "ship", go out the ship's transceiver, 20,000 miles straight up into space, hit a satellite, the satellite probably does some internal routing, sent back 20,000 miles to Earth, exits the cruise line's VPN, finds its destination over the Internet, again going through pretty extensive routing, then the response has to take the same route backwards. Do you honestly think that kind of innovation and infrastructure is FREE???????
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twangster    7 years ago

@olldbob is correct. This is particularly so in Alaska which is on the fringe of satellite coverage. Even for the residents who live there internet speeds are not like they are in the lower 48. I researched this before I sailed and expected poor internet so when it actually occurred I wasn't upset.
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bk741    7 years ago

Vacation= unplugged. But glad you got away
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olldbob    7 years ago

internet cost and speed is similar on all cruise lines. it uses satalite, there are no phone masts at sea. i suggest you dont criuse if being in touch is so important
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