Princess Ruby Princess Cruise Reviews for Senior to Canada & New England

My first cruise on Princess was a short repositioning cruise from LA to Vancouver. I found it a mixed experience. The Ruby is beautiful, loaded with features and amenities. Some staff are very helpful while others border on indifferent. While I was well aware that this was not a all-inclusive cruise I was very put off by the constant upsell. I signed up for a massage and at the end the ...

This is our first Princess cruise. I do believe it will be our last. Th food is just so terrible. We had the buffet when we first came on board. Yuck. We figured dinner in the dining room had to be better. Nope. I would say Denny's on an off night bad. Very bland, cold. The only flavorful thing on my plate was the little corn on the cob. The plus's on this trip: They upgraded us to a ...

Background Information The Canada/New England itinerary had been on our to-do list for several years. We chose this particular sailing because it started in Quebec City, and we really wanted to spend time there pre-cruise (instead of NYC). It also offered more stops in Canada than New England, though it did have the tradeoff of Saguenay/Gaspe vs Saint John NB (which didn't work out too well for ...

PORTS OF CALL Beaupre, QC, Canada; Quebec City, QC, Canada; Ville Saguenay, QC, Canada (canceled); Gaspe, QC, Canada (canceled); Charlottetown, PEI, Canada; Sydney, NS, Canada; Halifax, NS, Canada; Bar Harbor, ME, USA; Boston, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA ABOUT THE REVIEW Other reviews give extensive information on the ship, cabins, food etc. Our reviews are not like that; they are primarily a ...

6th cruise. I’ve noticed a trend--- we make more friends with crew than fellow passengers and there was mutual recognition from previous ships. Several members from our last cruise on the Grand remembered us. The staff is 99% super and you won’t find that in any other private sector. Treat them decent. Loved my new free internet minutes to check emails-- staff was helpful on this and Inet was ...

This is the second time taking this cruise. The first time was on the Ruby's sister ship, Crown Princess. These ships carry a little over 3000 passengers and I suspect the Ruby was full. Our flights from home took most of the day and we didn't reach the ship until 11:30pm. Luckily we had another day in Quebec City, which is a lovely city with many sights to see within walking distance of the ship ...

Due to airline issues, we arrived in Quebec City a day late (Princess was in port over night), but when we arrived the second day, we were hustled through embarkation very quickly. This was a great way to start our association with Princess. If you get a chance to go to Saguenay on your northeastern cruise, do it. It's a great little fjord city that goes out of its way to make you feel welcome. ...

Having cruised with several other cruiselines (Oceania, Celebrity, HAL, NCL, MSC) we like to rate a new experience against them. We experienced Princess on this cruise as much better then HAL, NCL and MSC (which are all considerable cheaper), slightly less then Celebrity but uncomparible to Oceania (which -hover- is slightly more expensive). Embarkation and debarkation: no problem at all. Very ...

I highly recommend taking a Canadian cruise in October - the weather is refreshing and the colors fantastic! The Ruby Princess served us well. We enjoyed the spread of food and the Canadian ports. Disappointments were that it was too windy for the tender boats to get to either Saguenay or Gaspe (the ports we were most excited to see!) - and we felt that the opportunities offered by the ship for ...

My wife and I booked this cruise back in March. It was very much worth the wait! In the past we have done two cruises with Princess from New York to Halifax and back (7 day itineraries). This time we wanted to do the ten day itinerary from New York to Quebec. What a wonderful cruise it was. We were able to see some new ports of call in Portland, Maine, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Charlottetown, Prince ...