This was our 1st cruise on Princess, have sailed on NCL and Carnival before. I knew a lot about Princess and the ship itself and had always wanted to take a Princess cruise. For the most part it lived up to my expectations.
First of all, embarkation out of L.A. was the smoothest and quickest I have eve seen, from the front of the building to our room was 10 minutes! So efficient.
The Ruby is a really beautiful ship. Loved all the pools! The pool under the Sanctuary was great and never crowded, same for the aft pool. We spent a lot of time there. The aft is perfect it has a tiered effect with enough seating, close to the Adiago bar, which is a great quiet place to hang out and watch the ocean.
Cabin was smaller than we were use too, but kept clean; window was decent size and let in a lot light
We had booked an excursion with the cruise line, it got cancelled, rebooked, then cancelled again. So we just walked the beach. Way too many pushy vendors! We did take out a water taxi to see the Arch, Lovers Beach, Divorce Beach and went around that area. It was great, beautiful. We saw a lot colorful fish.
Eat at Senor Sweets! Food is great! It is right next to WTF burger bar/Harley Davidson shop.