A Solo Cruise on RUBY PRINCESS to the Caribbean 

Have you ever taken a cruise on the Ruby Princess? What do you think of the experience overall??

I am planning on a solo cruise on the Ruby Princess in January 2025 to Hawaii. Your video is excellent, and I have found it so helpful. Thank you for posting such a great video.

I took a solo cruise on the Ruby Princess and I loved it. The Ruby Princess is a wonderful ship and I have cruised on this ship 3 times. My daughter had a great time. The only thing I don’t like is the cruise line trying to up charge everything. Otherwise, great food and fun.

Cruised on Ruby Princess out of Galveston with my daughter and had a lovely time. We noted some of the dated elements but none were deal breakers. Especially loved the huge closet area. MDR food was good. Buffet - meh. Food delivery (room service & medallion) was so slow as to be useless. I ate breakfast at the International Cafe every day. 5stars there. The cover band concerts were outstanding. Phone docking ports: as soon as they update them we’ll get new phones with a different plug. Just give me plenty of regular outlets, I’ll bring my own chargers. Would definitely do again.

WOW I don’t know how I stumbled across your videos but I LOVE them. Your voice is great and I like how you are honest and to the point.

Thank you for this video of the Ruby Princess. This is exactly the cruise I have been looking for. It covers destinations I would love to explore. Great price. It's perfect!

Excellent and thorough report. Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏👏👍👍

Going on my second Ruby cruise next week. I completely agree with your review!

Cafe Caribe' Best place to go on my cruise on the crown princess. It was without a doubt rather sparsely populated. No crowds, it had such a fun chill vibe.

This was very informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Will be going on the ship next year hopefully.

Excellent video. No music, no face shots. Well done.

This was such a great video! Best ship tour of the Ruby and excursion review I’ve ever seen! Thank you 🩷 We are sailing on the Ruby Princess in June and I finally have a better idea of the ship layout and what to expect from the food choices!

Thank you for your great review. We hope to be on a Ruby Princess cruise later this year. So, this video was very helpful!

Great video, we went on Ruby Princess last September to Alaska on a 10 day and loved it! We charged our cell phones in our rooms, but no other areas on the ship had outlets.

I love the Ruby. I took it to Hawaii several years ago and I also was on it Dec 29, 2022 to Jan 29, 2023 and love every minute of it. I agree with your thoughts of Honduras Mahogany Bay. I was able to enjoy it 4 times.

Great video, we'll be traveling on the Ruby in Nov. It will be our first time on any Princess Cruise

Thank you for the great ship review!

Agree about International Cafe. It has been my late night go to snack location on every Princess cruise I’ve been on. Great food, great service.

Hello. I love the channel. I sailed on the Ruby in December 2023 to Panama, etc. I went solo and boy did I have a blast. Its an older ship, but well maintained and I loved the arcade room, lounge areas, ports and food. Pretty much everything.

Amazing video, thank you so much! 🛟⚓️

……..taking a break from final packing for 2.23 Venezia…..started to watch your Ruby Princess. Another great review. I have never sailed Princess so now I will research some itineraries. Great weather out of Galveston and chuckled at your reference to “snowyHoboken”. NJ here too by the GWB and the snow is almost gone. Happy Sailing!

I'm going on the 16th day cruise to Hawaii on the Ruby Princess next year. Thanks for the video!

Great video ! ❤

My wife and I have sailed the Ruby Princess several times and it's our favorite ship. We normally sail on Princess and of the Princess fleet the Ruby is the best. Your video is spot on in all aspects. Thank you for creating the video.

I'll be doing a solo cruise on NCL visiting the same ports you show here, so it was great to see your thoughts on the ports. I may check out Princess next year. You gained a new subscriber. 😃

Wonderful video! Thank you. I’ll certainly consider a Princess cruise in the future. 😎

We cruised on the Ruby in Aug/Sept of 2023 to Alaska. We bid for an upgrade to a mini suite and got it. We’ve been on 6 other princess ships and Ruby was our favorite! Crew, food and entertainment were great! I agree about the small buffet but the food was good. This was before the dry dock, can’t wait to sail on her again soon.

I really enjoyed your review of the ship and I especially liked that you included the port stops and your excursions. I have been on the Crown which seems very similar to the Ruby and agree with you about the buffet. Princess Plus is a great deal!

Thanks for a great tour and review of the Ruby Princess! Good job. I think you captured the experience really well. I live in San Francisco, and have taken the ship round-trip to Hawaii, and REALLY enjoyed it. I avoid the buffet, just don’t like it, but like everything else, especially the Sanctuary.

I subscribed as I am almost always a solo cruiser. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. I never considered a Princess Cruise (I am a member of Regent/Seven Seas Cruises’ Commodore tier) and this review did little to entice me sail on one. Still, it was informative and entertaining. 👍

Your videos are truly excellent! So glad I found your channel. Have you sailed on Caribbean Princess? Just curious. I’m sailing on her in January; I know she’s an old ship. I’m just hoping it’s a great experience. Blessings ❤️

My last Princess cruise was on Sapphire Princess out of Singapore for a back to back 12 night experience of South East Asia. It was Jan/Feb 2020 right before the Pandemic. Wonderful cruise but we didn't have that cool Medallion band thing. That device looks very cool!

I love the Grand Class ships and the Promenade deck, especially Ruby and Caribbean. I spent 31 days on Ruby New years and January 2023. Just a very comfortable ship.

We will be on her next month for a 16 night Hawaii cruise from Vancouver, can't wait!! We also sailed on the Regal a few years ago to the Western Caribbean with a stop in Cozumel, nice ships but we really enjoy Celebrity much more.

I am enjoying your Princess reviews. I just returned from a 2 week Ruby Princess Panama Canal cruise a few days ago. I totally agree about the Horizon buffet. The remainder of the ship was fantastic! I also found the crew amazing. This was my 4th Princess cruise & it suits my needs to a tee. The lack of USB ports was not an issue at all for me. I am totally used to providing my own plugs & chargers. Happy cruising!!!

Great review, and looks like an interesting time you had on Ruby. I do think Princess is fantastic as a cruise product, but I never think they're too good from a solo travelling POV - very little on the schedules for solo's, in my experience!

Great review of a ship that seems quite well suited to my tastes. All 5 of my cruises were in the 1973-2002 timeframe, and were on real transportation ocean liners converted to cruising. I generally lean toward the HAL ships that my ex often takes my adult kids on still, but a ship like this might get my business also. I played poker professionally for many years in a variety of casinos, so I'm able to deal with a crowded and cramped buffet with oversized patrons who have tunnel vision while making a beeline for their food. Choreographing a way to give them the right of way is a form of entertainment, like playing Frogger without getting squashed. I also have no problem with bringing all of my own USB/other phone/camera/device chargers. I bought 10 3-from-1 cube taps, plus 5 taps that space them out in a row. Like the orange ones, but not orange. All 15 GE taps were a total of $40. comply with cruise line policies like no AC cords and no surge protectors. At home, I've assembled them into a robot shape to keep them together, but grabbing 2 of each is more than enough for a cruise. Everyone should get a good charger from AC to USB and USB-C PD. Give me one US outlet, and I'll be more than fine. GIve me 2 US outlets, and I'll be charging stuff for any new friends who came umprepared. The most important stuff to bring on a cruise is sun lotion, bug lotion, sunglasses, hat, a couple of AC taps, a USB charger, and USB cords or AC chargers for all your devices. That, plus my extra camera batteries, all fis in one small lunchbox soft cooler bag or one gallon ziploc, with room to spare. I was surprised at the quality and reasonable prices of the excursions, considering that my normal expectation is to feel somewhere between very overcharged and absolutely ripped off. At those prices, I'd just feel that I'm paying a reasonable premium for not having to shop around or DIY it, combined of course with not worrying about the ship leaving. All of that is worth something, though after a few $100s leave my wallet, I'm always tempted to DIY it at the next port, and have never been burned by doing so.

Will board Ruby Princess 23 March Panama Canal . So excited , (bucket list )

September will be our third trip on the Ruby. The ship is older but we seem to have a good time on it. Several of the things you pointed out we agree with. One fact is the wait staff in the Horizen cafe seem a little busy, as most of the ships we have been on (13 cruises) we go on will be asking if you would like something to drink almost before you sit down. Ruby doesn't seem to have that down yet. have. Still love the ship and the crew always seems to a smile on their face and more than willing to make your cruise a fun one.

Thanks for the very informative review. It was very helpful as I will be sailing on the Ruby Princess next April.

I really enjoyed this. You do a wonderful job. Some other cruise videos are either way too fast or herky, jerky. Princess should hire you to narrate their videos. I'm hoping to go on this ship next year. I hope that it will be the same as this excepting of course for the usb and buffet issues you mentioned. I like that you say it sparkles and has an intimate ship feel while actually being quite large. That is exactly what I am looking for.

My first cruise was on the Ruby during her inaugural season didn’t notice the lack of USB ports

Not a solo cruise, but three of us cruise often, all separate rooms and always looking for deals. Booked Ruby for feb 25. Great pricing and value

The Grand Princess Which Is The Oldest In Princess Fleet 1998 Had USB Charging Ports Installed Back In 2019 During Dry Dock

We cruised on the Ruby on the last Alaska cruise of the season in September 2023. This was just before her dry dock in Portland. We also cruised on her in January 2023 out of Galveston. You could tell she needed some attention and sprucing up. What I can tell from your video, they put in new furniture, carpeting, and some new paint. Also don’t remember the food in the MDR as the same as we had on both cruises. Did you pay a reduced solo rate on this cruise? It seemed very reasonable for a balcony with everything that was included.

Now Canadians can have they’re medallions delivered to them , we r expecting ours in early April, we cruise mid April

Very detailed video. We are thinking about going on the ship to Hawaii. Did you notice if they have any dance classes offer onboard during the day?

I agree that the shower heads and lamps with USB charging ports at the lamp base would be fairly inexpensive upgrades that would have a visible and impactful improvement in customer experience on this ship. One would think that Princess (CLL) would be looking for affordable ways to keep their older ships up to date. Since Princess still loses potential customers because of their showers with curtains, a removable/convertible shower head would go a long way towards improving cruiser shower experience.

WE are going on Ruby in Nov & its our 1st Princess cruise. We are getting a guaranteed balcony cabin hopefully we get Caribe deck. We are excited, I've only cruised with Royal just got off ICON. Do you find Princess has less kids more adults??

How do you get these large OBC? I've been on Ruby, and it was great. It was like 10 years ago, food was good, my room was an inside upgraded to OV, as an Elite.

Just curious: Anything to add about your experience as a solo traveler? I loved my solo trip on The Emerald. I was not seeking company, which was just as well. There didnt seem to be many solo travelers, and most were elder women. I enjoyed eating alone in the MDR, but it sometimes took awhile. I found the buffet stressful, especially if I wanted to leave my place to grab a drink or another course; sometimes my things would still be at the table when i returned, often not. I had a great vacation and have booked another Princess cruise solo.

Me and my wife took a Riviera cruise on the discovery princess and it was wonderful. But there’s no solo cruisers on princes Cruise line is mostly couples average around 50 to 70 years old.

Princess had included USB ports on the base of the bedside lamps, but I don't see them on Ruby. Interesting....

Do you have a link to the charger that you used?

It is better not to have a USB port. USB ports can be a source of malware. Better to bring your own AC plug adapter and use that.

Did you meet any other solo cruisers?

Did you have to pay the solo supplement?

Did you take the little Clown-Car-Toy-Train to the Marriott for your wait? It's kind of hilarious....🤡

Love affair with Ruby !!! 2015 West Coast USA 10 Days. Mark

Of the 10 times I tried to order food on the medallion app, it was successful 2 times! Terrible coffee and no good late night food option. Pizza was just OK, and their deluxe desserts were not very good at all. Buffet is a complete joke!