Ruby Princess Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Good Itenerary - Overcrowded ship!

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Firefighterhoop
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jan 2010

Just back from our trip on the Ruby Princess. This was my 46th Cruise, 6th with Princess. The ports (Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Lucia, Barbados, and St. Kitts) were wonderful! We had to miss Princess Cays due to a strong Northerly wind, making it unsafe to tender, but that is obviously no fault of the cruiseline. However there were some issues with the ship, making for some not so pleasant experiences, which I will talk about later.

As always, we flew to Fort Lauderdale a day early due to coming from the Midwest, and the potential snow delays. The morning of our cruise, we got to the port at about 10am, it was suprisingly almost empty in the terminal. Last year (1/2009) it was almost full inside the building at that time.

Embarkation processing started at approximately 11:30am, and we were able to board at about 11:45am. Cabins were ready for us at the time, which was very nice to be able to put our stuff inside the rooms that early, instead of waiting until 1pm or 1:30pm on other cruiselines. It was a COLD day in Ft. Lauderdale (High of 41 degrees and rain)

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Cabin K

Very noisy from buffet areas above.

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