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Item: Ruby Princess
Rating: 4.3
Author: RicVic375

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

RicVic375

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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

Sail date: August 19, 2017

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 426A

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We really enjoyed the cruise. We already have 2 more cruises lined up. I wish we could have spent more time in Ketchikan. I went fishing with my son in law and when we got back we had to board the ship. Missed out shopping. We plan on doing a 2 week trip to Alaska next year to see more of the state, Gonna go in June or july get away from some rain,

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining was very good, The international cafe on deck 5, The lady in charge was very rude, I had drink card and I would ask for large hot chocolate every morning, and she would only give me a small one, I told her my card didn;t say I was only entitled to small one, She said I would have to drink small hot chocolate and then come back. I will never get the unlimited drink card again, I cruise a couple times year, I heard she received numerous complants, She should be replaced, She gives Princess cruises a bad name,

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Lots of activities.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Very good

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

My grandkids loved it.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very good

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very nice

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Very good, Had problems with toilet flushing at times. Maint, took care of it,Get to the buffet early. Crowedand no where to sit.

Ship tip

Get to buffet on 15th floor early, Crowed no direction to follow through food line, No where to sit when have food.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Other than rain all day, It was nice.

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Rain all day just went on excursuin

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Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

We liked this port the best.

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Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5

Never got off ship.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

GIL155 7 years ago

IF a 2-week land excursion next year, think B&B's and map yourself a tour area. Nice way to see the State and it's people. Glad you enjoyed your Princess cruise to Alaska.

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paulam2644 7 years ago

Did you catch anything? Who did you use?

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twangster 7 years ago

Seattle based cruise often feature shorter port times due to the distances involved. Suggest a North or South one way Alaska cruise, we had all day in Ketichan.

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lrabe 7 years ago

RicVic375, Sorry to tell you but we were on the 10 day Grand Princess just this past June and beginning of July and we had lots of rain too. We just used our umbrellas and ponchos. You can never tell with Alaska. We were also on a two week cruise a few years ago in August and didn't have any rain in any of the ports including Ketchikan. We had a mist while we were cruise glacier bay both trips. But it wasn't bad enough to pull out the umbrellas.

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