Jewel of the Seas (May 27-June 8)

Itinerary: Sail from Harwich, England Oslo, Norway Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm, Sweden Helsinki, Finland St Petersburg, Russia (2 days) Tallinn, Estonia

The Ship: The ship is beautiful...amazingly beautiful. There was wood and marble everywhere. Our rooms, 8000, 8002, were Family Staterooms (thanks to the upgrade fairy) and they were huge and bed bug free. We'll be forever spoiled. We even had doorbells! Our stateroom attendant was excellent and our TA had sent us a basket of flowers that brighten our room and lasted the entire trip. Our rooms were as far forward as you can go, we didn't notice a big difference in motion even in the couple of rough times in the North Sea. You do walk a lot more when your room is at the head of the ship but that was OK with us and it was also really quiet. Read more