The embarkation port which was Harwich, UK not Dover as the only London based port on the list. 2.5 hour bus ride from Gatwick.
What a fabulous cruise with the greatest group of Net friends (close to 100) and the best ship & crew we have sailed. YEAH JEWEL!. After 10 cruise credits with Celebrity as Elite member, I have to say that RCCL outdoes Celebrity for rewarding Diamond/Diamond Plus members, especially on a Member Cruise.
We arrived pronto from Cleveland at 7AM but the bus doesn't show til 9AM per RCCL gal at Gatwick. So we got luggage & cleared customs & met her at her counter. She had a love seat for us to sit on & offered coffee. So our luggage carrier next to us & a man puts a small table in front of us & we see her carrying a tray with 2 soup bowls on saucers with a pint of hot cream. Costa Coffee from Costa Rica is one strong but great cup of coffee. Jet lag left after we finished that, which took a good hour to do. 2.5 hour ride to Jewel was relaxing, sure enough the DIAMOND/DIAMOND PLUS/SUITES area was well marked & they sure knew those Diamond pins, even polished ours. 1 person in front of us to wait for & we were on in under 3 minutes. Got in an elevator, pushed 9 as we neared 8 & got off & went to our room which was quite a walk back to AFT from the elevators, but it got shorter every day. Martin Georgios was our stateroom attendant & the best in all our cruises. Mail on the bed, not for others to take as we learned later. He worked when we were gone either to breakfast in the dining room or on an early morning excursion & while at dinner & the show. But he knew when to be by our room to say good night every night.