Sailed with my wife for her 40th birthday and was very pleased with the Ruby and staff. We cruised RCL in the Mediterranean this summer and were delighted to be back on Princess for our 2nd cruise with them.

Departure was easy. We arrived at the port at at 11 am and waited. Boarding started promptly at 12pm as advertised and we were on the ship by 12:15 in group 5. Room was ready and we carried our luggage on.

Room was clean. Room steward was pretty good, but generally a male steward lacks a little finesse to find every random hair that might have escaped the cleaning. One in the sink and some dust bunnies under the sofa of our mini suite. (I do a lot of stretching on the floor). We requested robes and it took 24 hours and a reminder, but it wasn't anything to sweat. We paged our steward a few times and he was always prompt. His towel animal creations need drastic help. Room was spacious and quiet despite being in. A stateroom within sight of the elevator banks. Read more