This was a three night hop from Vancouver down to Los Angeles, an excellent way to pick up cruise credits en route to free laundry. :)
The Ruby is not our favorite ship by a long shot. It’s small, and it feels small, despite her ability to carry so many people. When we got on board, I couldn’t believe the Horizon Court wasn’t a snack bar. What the heck?
This was our second time embarking at Vancouver, so we know this wasn’t typical for them - or at least, this wasn’t what they used to be. There were three ships in port and boarding was a zoo. We came into the garage and were shuffled into a queue to a single elevator with our luggage to go down to the second garage level to drop off our luggage, then into another queue to take another elevator back up to queue up to register to get on board.
It”s a typical basic balcony cabin BUT the location.... EXCELLENT if you’re part canine, or if you have a service animal with you, because at 4am, the bacon fryer immediately above your head fires up. The smell of pig grease permeated the cabin. However, it only happened on the first morning. Not sure why.
If you’re into that, hey, this is your cabin. If, like me, it causes you to wake up with a migraine, choose a cabin at least one deck lower than this one.