Great experience

Item: Ruby Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: cilla53

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific

cilla53

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

13 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 08, 2020

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C218

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Great overall, there was a lot that could have been better. Entertainment was sparse.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Late embarkation

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffet was good.... variety

Botticelli Dining Room

4 out of 5

Lady (the wait staff) was great!! Food was ok at best...

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Didn’t do any onboard activities.

Calypso Cove

5 out of 5

Great attention, they recognized me and new which soda I drank.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Cruise director was great... Emerald Tide was good...

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Some staff was fabulous..... others were not so great....

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Yes, areas were clean... a lot of cleaning going on.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Elsa was great. Rarely saw her but she worked her magic on our room.

Ship tip

Soda is less expensive in fountain (bar)...

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Great shops close to dock.

Thumbs Up 0

Cruise Fjordland National Park

5 out of 5

Beautiful cruising

Thumbs Up 0

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Nice port... we took a private tour with Wendy, airport shuttle. Very good narrative.

Thumbs Up 0

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Nice quaint town.

Thumbs Up 1

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Nice BIG city... just walked close to pier.

Thumbs Up 0

Napier, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Beautiful... beach was great. Flower gardens were well designed.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Great job

4 Comments

Other reviews of this sailing

The food was great and the staff were better than great.

Fabulous trip but badly let down