Best vacation ever

Item: Ruby Princess
Rating: 5
Author: mrlboswell

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

mrlboswell

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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

Sail date: September 09, 2017

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A246

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Best vacation ever, Our first but not last cruise, we had a wonderful time and are so happy we chose to cruise. Each day was something new and great and the ship was awesome.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

So many people but well organized, the boarding process took far lest time than I thought it would.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The Ruby is a beatuful ship clean and well maintained, I could not bee more happy.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We enjoyed going to several shows, and the shopping was great.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The shows were awesome well produced and we loved them.

Children's Programs

No kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Super folks, very nice and very informed. They really made the trip great.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Plenty of room and well taken care of. Ship was clean and mean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We chose the balcony for the outside experience, and I'm glad we did. It's bigger than you might think. Chairs and a table outside for you to relax and enjoy Alaska.

Ship tip

Get to know the ship before you go, it really helped us. By the first day on board we knew our way around because of our homework.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Port was clean and well organized.

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Nice port, didn't have to walk too far to enjoy the city and our excursions.

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Nice little town, easy port, tours right at the bottom of the gangway.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Nice port, very clean and well maintained.

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Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

The ship arrived at 7pm and we just didn't want to enjoy Victoria in the dark, we stayed aboard.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

A little bit of a cluster, go here and wait for your number and color to be called, leave the ship, walk a mile and pick up your bags the them to the bus wait to leave, seems it could be a better plan. I guess it works.

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8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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lrabe 7 years ago

DDUCKJUSTCRUSIN, on the Ruby the future cruise sales is on deck 5. They usually offer a discounted deposit. I don't know if it's refundable or not. You will need to check with them when you are on board.

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frankrober 7 years ago

Glad that you enjoyed your first cruise. How long was it?

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DDUCKJUSTCRUSIN 7 years ago

Irabe Who do you book the cruise with (when you're on the boat) and do you have pay a nonrefundable deposit?

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GIL155 7 years ago

Agree. The Ruby Princess is one of my favorite ships. Love the design. Glad you too thought she was something special.

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leftylee47 7 years ago

Good to hear that you had a great first cruise. It is a lot of fun😃

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lrabe 7 years ago

Mrboswell, It's definitely addicting! You can get good deals if you book when you are on the ship, then you can talk to your travel agent when you get home to switch the account over. The TA can keep an eye out for additional deals, sometimes the TA can offer incentives too for trip you booked while on ship. Lynne-lrabe

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Lovescruisin 7 years ago

Welcome to the cruise family!!! We got hooked after our first cruise also😊

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