Ruby Princess

Ruby Princess threads are mostly about Alaska, and the cabin advice follows from that. A 2024 thread comparing Ruby with Holland America's Zaandam drew the most specific replies: one regular said aft cabins on Ruby always seem to carry some vibration, which they tolerated but which makes midship the calmer choice, and pointed to the midship veranda cabins on Caribe deck, whose balconies are partly covered, as their family's preferred spot. The same reply noted that the corridors on this hull are long, so anyone with a walker or wheelchair is better off central than at either end. Another poster argued the forward, mid or aft question barely matters on the Inside Passage because the water is so calm; the rough water in these threads is the open Pacific, where a 2023 poster on the San Francisco to Vancouver run was badly seasick for the first two days.

Interior cabins get a warmer reception here than on most ships. A 2026 thread from a solo first-timer weighing a $3,500 inside cabin against a $7,000 balcony for a 20-day Alaska round trip drew more than seventy replies, nearly all saying to take the inside: on scenic-cruising days the top decks and the promenade are where the views are, there are far more chairs than anyone needs, and an inside cabin is the one place that actually gets dark under the near-endless Alaska summer daylight. One poster who had done the same sailing solo in an interior recommended Skywalkers, aft on the top decks, as a quiet early-morning spot overlooking the wake. For the step between inside and outside, a 2023 poster's upgrade bid of about $80 total for seven nights moved them from an interior to a window cabin, charged without warning roughly 10 to 14 days out; they said afterwards they wished they had bid on a balcony instead. On obstructed oceanviews, a 2022 thread about Princess window layouts noted that on the Grand-class sisters Crown and Caribbean Princess the Emerald deck obstructed oceanviews are laid out like balcony cabins, with the bed away from the window and the desk under it, and one poster who had booked E633 on Ruby after studying deck-plan photos reported almost no obstruction and a balcony-sized floor plan.