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Item: Ruby Princess
Rating: 3.2
Author: lisacd

Ruby Princess Cruise Review to Hawaii

lisacd

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

15 Night Hawaiian Islands (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 08, 2022

Ship: Ruby Princess

Cabin number: A504

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Destination was beautiful. Overall good time but not without its issues and problems. The ship is showing her age and service was slow for medallion orders for food or drink. The ac in our cabin barely worked and it was so hot. Bought a fan to try and survive. Food was good and we love Hawaii. Would go again but on a different ship.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Went smoothly and organized!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Staff was great but took a long time to get delivery with medallion order. Most the time soda was wrong flavor than what we ordered

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Great ship but showing her age a bit

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Air conditioning was horrible. Never cool enough. Maintenance came once and said they cleaned it but that was all they could do. Our daughter was on a ceiling bunk and said she would never sleep on one again.

Ports of call

San Francisco, California

4 out of 5

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Rented a car

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Hilo, Hawaii

2 out of 5

Did the waterfall excursion to Akaka falls. Bus driver rushed us so much there in order to go see a historical rock. If I wanted a rock tour I would have booked it. So disappointing he insisted we hurry that we would be glad we did. Hated it.

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Honolulu, Oahu

4 out of 5

Rented a car toured dole the beach and Pearl Harbor

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Nawiliwili, Kauai

3 out of 5

Ubered to town for shopping

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Ensenada, Mexico

1 out of 5

Port shops closed so went back on ship

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

We were given the wrong embark time even though we had a princess transfer to the airport. When finally got help they told us just to go run off ship and try to get to a bus. Almost didn’t make our flight. So frustrating and stressful

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the review

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Nice itinerary. Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Hopefully next cruise will be smooth sailing.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise (according to your words not stars) in spite of the hiccups.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Great customer service , the whole family are satisfied and we would like to come back!

Could have been better