Ruby Princess Review

Experienced cruiser; very disappointed

Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Ruby Princess
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AZCyndy
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2016

We have cruised multiple times on Princess, but this is the worst cruise experience we've ever had. We opted for Anytime Dining, since Princess instituted "Club Class" which takes over one of the anytime dining rooms from 5:30 - 7:30, everyone else has to use the other anytime dining room. The dining room cannot accommodate all the passengers that want to dine between those hours. You wait in line for 20 minutes just to get a pager with no knowledge of how long you will have to wait. You also have to hang around near the dining room because the pager's frequency does not go very far. Fortunately there is a very nice bar on the other side of the Piazza. I don't know how many table are used by Club Class, but this set up clearly doesn't work when 1 dining room is closed. And, if you think you can make a reservations, think again. You have to call every morning at 8AM, but there is no one ready to answer the phone at that time. Once you get through, you are on hold for at least 10 minutes and you've probably missed making a reservation by the time you get through. Anytime Dining is no longer Anytime Dining. We were on a cruise in February 2016 and did not have this problem, it just started with the institution of Club Class.

The library had 50 book at the most. What happened? We have always counted on the library to provide us with books for our sea day reading. There are still people who read actual books not just ebooks.

Because we did not get off the ship in any ports we were very disappointed in what was shown on the outdoor screen. Nothing but the same recycled photos for 3 days. You would think they could at least show Love Boat reruns!!

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