"LIVE" Ruby Princess, February 25 - March 12, SF to Fort Lauderdale. Panama Canal!

[K.T.B.]

25 minutes ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

Avi the deck steward’s artwork for today. This may be my favorite!

 

 

 

I watched them assemble that.  All free hand.

[txjim09]

Great whale watching in Cabo today and a wonderful coconut shrimp at the Cabo Cantina to top it off.  Only downside was, despite 3 tender loading positions active on the leward side of the ship, they held all walkup passengers almost an hour to clear the princess tour groups.  Would have been nice to slip a tender or two during that time to the people with tender tickets.

 

Sail away was a little subdued but the band was great.  Horizon Court is running one side at a time but still keeping up with demand pretty well.  All in all, nothing of importance to complain about.

 

Many couples took to the dance floor last night in the Explorers Lounge with a great band providing music.  Questions:. Is there a secret signal to let the dancers know to start line dancing?  Is there a governing body somewhere that officially assigns steps to specific songs?

 

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[PescadoAmarillo]

 

 

 

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[PescadoAmarillo]

[egregious cruiser]

[PescadoAmarillo]

[Drews_Cruise]

4 hours ago, egregious cruiser said:

More like a pineapple raft than a pineapple boat as seen on the menu..LOL  but looks yummy.

[PescadoAmarillo]

[iamaqt2]

Something new.  Panama is requiring us to surrender

our passports for this sailing.  We won't have access to them for our Costa Rica port stop.

[iamaqt2]

Ruby currently has a huge flock of seabirds riding the thermals off the bow of the ship. The mast has a hitchhiker taking a rest. I'm watching them out my stateroom window in L104.  The "secret" deck below the bridge was a perfect place to pop out and snap these pics.  Does anyone know what type of seabirds these are?

[DUCHESSRN]

My friend has an aft balcony Deck 8 and has a brown bird stuck on her balcony . I wonder if it the same kind of bird . 

[2 cruises a year]

1 hour ago, DUCHESSRN said:

My friend has an aft balcony Deck 8 and has a brown bird stuck on her balcony . I wonder if it the same kind of bird . 

Our aft balcony, also Deck 8, Ruby Princess.  D736. October 31, 2021.  Pier 27 San Francisco.  I wonder if it is the same balcony.  He wasn't stuck though, hung around about 15 minutes.  It was very cool!

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[iamaqt2]

4 hours ago, DUCHESSRN said:

My friend has an aft balcony Deck 8 and has a brown bird stuck on her balcony . I wonder if it the same kind of bird . 

I wouldn't be surprised.   There was a huge flock out front.   One may have gotten tired and needed a rest. 

[marden1970]

It looks like a booby - could you see what color its feet are?

[c-boy]

9 hours ago, 2 cruises a year said:

Our aft balcony, also Deck 8, Ruby Princess.  D736. October 31, 2021.  Pier 27 San Francisco.  I wonder if it is the same balcony.  He wasn't stuck though, hung around about 15 minutes.  It was very cool!

the infamous peregrine Falcon

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[iamaqt2]

3 hours ago, marden1970 said:

It looks like a booby - could you see what color its feet are?

They look like a pale yellow.

[marden1970]

It really looks like a blue footed booby, their feet can be different shades of blue, maybe pale blue?

[PescadoAmarillo]

[jwattle]

1 hour ago, c-boy said:

the infamous peregrine Falcon

I shall call him Reynaldo

[c-boy]

13 minutes ago, jwattle said:

I shall call him Reynaldo

🤣 I see whatya did there.

[PescadoAmarillo]

[PescadoAmarillo]

Today’s MTG luncheon. Cutoff was around 660 days. 

 

 

 

In lieu of the smoked salmon starter

 

 

 

 

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[PescadoAmarillo]

[DUCHESSRN]

The Aft balcony Bird did not like scones and hopped over next door .

I see a light on the horizon there must be another ship out there.

Our Captain leaves us tomorrow I believe , I have enjoyed his noon stories .

[TBfrPH]

2 hours ago, DUCHESSRN said:

...Our Captain leaves us tomorrow I believe , I have enjoyed his noon stories .

The best one I heard on the cruise just before yours was about computers-  whether they were invented by a man or a woman.  Maybe he'll repeat it before he leaves, or already has done 🙂

And these words of wisdom-  Don't have more children than you do car windows.

 

I'm curious... Is the CD still peddling bingo, spa services, jewelry sales and the like over the intercom under the thinly-veiled guise of "activity announcements"?  He did it 3 times a day the last cruise and was a major irritant.  By the end of the cruise, his voice sounded to us like fingernails on chalkboard😬