Alaska was okay

Item: Ruby Princess
Rating: 1.8
Author: joseph42853152

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Alaska

joseph42853152

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 88

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5

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10 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 08, 2022

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A609

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Getting on and off was great. The entertainment was good but everything else was 💯 terrible! The WiFi was the worst! They should use what RC uses!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Best part of this trip. It was quick and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Terrible food I have ever experienced. I paid extra for 2 free complimentary special dining and when I tried to make reservations, they were already booked so I couldn’t get in! Buffet was so-so. Never will I cruise Princess again. Wasted money!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Fitness center was okay

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Entertainment was great

Children's Programs

I don’t have children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Service was slow and my wife is allergic to all nuts and told our waiter twice. Waited over an hour for the main course and her main course had nuts! Waiter asked to redo her dish and she said no because she didn’t want to wait so we went to get her a slice of pizza! Terrible!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Carpet was old and wrinkled. Big chunks of dust underneath the bed. Toilet wouldn’t flush numerous times in our cabin. Paintings all through the ship were peeling. WIFi is the worst!

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Big chunks of dust underneath the bed. Toilet had always black and malfunctioned many times. WiFi is the worst!

Ship tip

Don’t sail with Princess! WiFi sucks! If you do, don’t upgrade and pay for premium because you won’t get into special dining. If you have allergies to dust and or nuts, bring extra medication and an epi pen. If you’ve cruised Royal Caribbean, you will hate the food on Princess!

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Ports of call

San Francisco, California

1 out of 5

Terrible

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Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska Did not visit port

I wished we did!

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Cruise Glacier Bay

1 out of 5

I saw better views at the park in Juno

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Ketchikan, Alaska

2 out of 5

I was not impressed with the lumberjack show

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Prince Rupert, British Columbia

1 out of 5

Nothing to see!

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Great!

14 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Dumfy75 2 years ago

Sounds like maybe you had already decided you weren’t going to like it as much as RC and just saw everything as a negative. Including all the ports it seems!

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GSpringer 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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suekIowa 2 years ago

You can't reserve and pay for specialty dining without making a reservation so this entire review is suspect

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debbiejoe 2 years ago

How can you not like Alaska? I bet your glass is always half empty.

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Rc45cruise 2 years ago

agreed with you

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princess777 2 years ago

The toilet did not work in crown princess in april 2016 too. We hate the toilets. We do not like ruby princess. The shows is not good like crown is good. Lol hehehe we have no idea what the shows are doing.

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1960cruiser 2 years ago

Sounds like you wouldn't have a good cruise no matter what. Some people can't be pleased, and it sounds to me like you looked for things to be wrong and then blew out if proportion. Either way, a cruise is as good or bad that you want it to be. Me personally, I have cruised 30 times in 6 years, and still have not had a perfect cruise, but I'm also not going to let a few lack of perfections ruin my cruise.

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willwork4cruz 2 years ago

You lost me when you said you didn't like the views in Glacier Bay. There's always one.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Oops 😬

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Popcorn22 2 years ago

I recommend retiring the ship. It is old and it shows. I have been on 10 cruises and this was the worst so far.

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Wow! Didn't like the ports either.

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kef2016 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience. Sorry it didn’t meet your expectations.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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