just OK, little things matter

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

20 Night Hawaii Tahiti & South Pacific Crossing (Los Angeles To Auckland)

Sail date: September 24, 2019

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Hi trip was OK, but a lot of little issues stopped us from putting deposit on future cruise – It started at beginning – not given cabin number till couple days of sailing, then week later in Vancouver having to move a few cabins up the hall?Re cabin my wife and I hit head or shoulder on bed hanging on wall a few times. Accepted captain’s invite to cocktail party, asked a few passing waiters for a drink(our first) none returned- a message of this was put in captain’s dropbox, we never got a reply, we didn’t bother going to the next FREE cocktail party.At Victoria port we were told about the beautiful gardens – hard to see when you arrive at 7pm. , for other ports the imfo sheet listed many sites, but most were outside the map supplied?We privately booked a -Hop on Hop off at Honolulu, found our way to town and collected tickets( where told because Princess didn’t get enough booking, Hop onHop off, wont invited to the port.)It’s the little thing you remember. Cheers Robert (Bob) Randle.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

a couple of ports very slow LA took hours even with fast pass

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

not bad, same thing on menu came up every week

Wheelhouse Bar

4 out of 5

another quite place to read

Crooners

3 out of 5

sometime a quite place

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

like menu, little variety, first in for seat at events

Entertainment

3 out of 5

it's sad when you enjoy the passanger efforts more than performers, opted for movie at times

Princess Theater

4 out of 5

as in review some acts were average, so went to movie

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

did a good job, in most areas

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

overall fine

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

clean, but foldered beds on wall a hazard, kept bumpimg them

Ship tip

activities fill fast, be early, map for ports usless

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Ports of call

Los Angeles, California

4 out of 5

most good, except for returning to ship took hours

Thumbs Up 1

Honolulu, Oahu

4 out of 5

only issue, booked private tour, princess didn't let them on port

Thumbs Up 0

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

chopper flight 5 star

Thumbs Up 0

Papeete, Tahiti

4 out of 5

nice but like our beachers better

Thumbs Up 0

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

local tour 4x4 fun ride

Thumbs Up 0

Pago Pago, American Samoa

4 out of 5

like Tahiti nice, but like any island covered in a few hours

Thumbs Up 0

Cross International Dateline

4 out of 5

you do it,

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Auckland, New Zealand

4 out of 5

weather was bad so couldn't do some things

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

ok, luggage easy to find worked well

7 Comments

Stephen1958 5 years ago

If you look at his past cruising history, you will see he was on 3 different ships on the same day! The Golden and Ruby Princess and the Nieuw Amsterdam. I find that just a little suspicious, haha

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willwork4cruz 5 years ago

Note to self: it's the little things I should forget about in order to have a great cruise. Nothing is perfect so why should I be looking for things to complain about. It's only going to leave me and those around me, unpleasant memories.

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Patty4paws 5 years ago

🤔

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Andycat109 5 years ago

I believe they started from Seattle and went to Alaska and ended up in Vancouver then went from Vancouver to Los Angeles across to Hawaii South Pacific islands New Zealand and back to Australia that is a legitimate itinerary.. the review seems very picky as I was on the same ship for the Alaska portion from Seattle to Vancouver

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Doggydad196422 5 years ago

Fake!!!!

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cruisereckoning 5 years ago

Not sure about the review, are you mixing up cruises.

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15mustang 5 years ago

I have a hard time believing anything you said. Your cruise list shows you taking multiple cruises all at the same time. You criticize Vancouver and Victoria but the cruise you are reviewing didn't go to these ports.

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