Sandy R

Just between you and I, Sandy, and do not tell your Hubby, that onion soup is more than likely going to contain beef stock. It is the most typical stock used for an onion soup recipe.

When we ask a day in advance of going to the Crown Grill, they have made the onion soup for him with a vegetable base. They are very accommodating, as is the main DR.

My DH is a pescatarian and has never had a problem... lots of choices. I like eating at the Crown Grill Steak Restaurant (I'm not a pescatarian) and DH always finds enough to eat there, too. He really enjoys the Chilean Sea Bass, Tiger Prawns and Black & Blue Onion Soup.

Just remember whatever you decide to do after disembarkation, you must deal with your luggage!

Just looked on cruisecritic and there's a post called "Ruby Princess San Pedro Post cruise excursion pre-flight". It has info on tours you might take after disembarkation that will drop you off at LAX.

I recall that Princess offers tours for those who have later flights on disembarkation day, that drop you off at the airport after the tours. Also, you might think about renting a car that day and seeing a bit of L.A.

Aren't all Ruby mattresses new? We had a new mattress on our April Ruby cruise. We were in a mini-suite. It was wonderful... no "topper" needed.

Here's another vote for the Pan Pacific. We stayed on the club floor and because breakfast was included and we used the canapés for a few dinners, we felt the club cost was fair. Also, Princess ships dock below the hotel. You can take your luggage down yourself or ask a hotel porter for help.

I'm sure most of us have seen anniversary or birthday signs on cabin doors. The stewards put those signs up. The signs have stickum on them that is way more sticky than scotch tape. I know because when we were younger, I'd take them home as mementos. I'd have no hesitation using scotch tape.

Got the move over from Star to Ruby a few days ago. All is fine. Yesterday I checked Princess website and both of my cruises are now available to book. I guess that means all move overs on these 2 cruises have been completed.

Ruby 12/15/18 Mexico

Ruby 3/17/19 Ca Coastal

My personalizer still says Star Princess. We had 2 bookings on Star... Mexico 12/15/18 and Coastal 3/17/19. We booked with a TA. Those of you who are now booked on Ruby, did you book directly or with a TA.

Thanks to all of you... cruisecritic members are great! We're rather new to this since we've always booked mini-suites. After speaking to a Princess agent, who was a big help, we decided on a balcony cabin, C302, which seems to address his needs at this time. If any of you have sailed in these 4 cabins, I'd appreciate hearing your experience.

My husband requires an accessible cabin. On the Ruby, there are accessible mini's and we book those. On the Star, there aren't any accessible mini's so I booked D 733, which has the accessible bathroom. Now I'm worried that the cabin itself will be too small. There are accessible balcony cabins on the Star... C302, 301, 304. If the beds are made into twins, will there be a decent amount of room for him to get in and out of the bed. Thanks for any help.

Our Star Alaska cruise LA to LA 9/18/18 had gone up so much from when we booked it last April, the Sip & Sail didn't make sense.

But we did rebook our 12/15/18 Mexico cruise with the same price as when we originally booked and got the Sip & Sail OBC of $150pp + the Specialty dinner for 2.

We always do a Dec. cruise to Mexico. Princess does a great job of decorating their ships for the holiday. There are Christmas trees everywhere and holiday singers to get you in the mood. It's all very festive.

My husband has some minor mobility issues so the mini-suites we always book give him more room. We do twin beds which allows him to use either side to get out of bed. Last cruise he found the bed layout to be a bit restrictive. Anyone know if it's possible to put both bedside tables together, with the twin beds on either side?

IMO. wait until you're on board and see what time you get for traditional dining. You can easily switch to anytime at any point during your cruise.

We were in the aft dining room Deck 6 and it looked like no diners came in at 6pm. And going to 8pm show pretty much means 5:30pm dinner.

Last October we were confirmed for 6pm. When we boarded our boarding card said 5:30pm dining. Saw the Maitre d' who said there was no 6pm time slot but we could arrive at 5:45pm. Turned out if we wanted a decent seat in the Princess Theater for an 8pm show, we had to get there by 7:15 or 7:30. This April we're also confirmed for 6pm. Since there will be no new shows, I'll try for that 6pm time slot. Very frustrating. I'd like to go back to Anytime dining but waiting in line for dinner would be more frustrating,

We stopped in Nanaimo a few years ago, Beautiful scenery and very friendly people. When we were there, a farmers market was set up for cruisers and therewere locals wearing yellow on everycorner to direct you and answer questions. Be sure to stroll the waterfront promenade. There are stores on the waterfront, on Commercial St. and in the old city area. There was a free shuttle that took cruisers around town. We happened on a dock near the waterfront, where locals were catching lobsters in traps. They let us throw out a few traps.

I've checked USAA travel insurance several times and they are consistently more than many of the reputable travel insurance companies. It could be because of our age. We now use Princess Travel insurance which doesn't price by age, but rather by the price of the cruise.

Just order it as an additional main course to be served first & tell them to hold the fettuccine. :rolleyes:

That wasn't the case last October on the Crown when I asked for the fettuccini as a main course. Hope Princess had a change of mind since so many passengers were disappointed. I enjoyed it with the basket as a main course when nothing else on the menu was to my liking.

We were on the Crown in October when there was no fettuccini basket. I asked our waiter if they could make it for me then following night. The answer was no. I suppose I could have asked the Head Waiter but I didn't. We sail again in April. I may ask the Head Waiter next time just to see what his answer is.

You can still get fettuccini with chicken added (and shrimp when they have it as an entree). It makes a great entree dish when there's nothing on the menu that's appealing.

Since we're Elite and always book mini-suites... it's hard to justify paying a higher price to have Club Class.

Princess cabins have 1 feather pillow and one polyester pillow per person. The feather pillow is encased in a pillow cover but if you examine closely you can feel the feathers. I am highly allergic to feather and down so I check carefully which pillows to give the steward to remove from our cabin and to bring me 2 more polyester pillows. That said, I do bring my own pillow wherever I go.

Will be on the Ruby Princess April 2017. Does this mean the new mattresses are in every cabin or just the Ruby's Club mini's? Our mattress on the Crown in October was so bad, we're considering spending the extra $$ for a Club mini.