Jewel of the Seas Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Jewel of the Seas
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mkrahmany
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Mar 2013
Cabin: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

My husband and I were looking for a quick vacation and a 4 day cruise was perfect, I was weary of spring breakers but that wasn't an issue on the cruise.

Tampa: getting a taxi from the airport to the port was super easy and cost $ 25 , its a 15 minute drive or so . We got out of the cab handed our bags to one of the bag guys, tipped him $2 and entered the terminal. We arrived around 11:30 so the port terminal was empty since most people had starting boarding, we walked up to the representative with our sea pass and passports and within 10 minutes we were on board .

On Board : The ship is a nice size, not too big and not too small, before embarking lunch was served at the Windjammer , it was obviously very crowded. Through out the whole trip we ate most of our meals at the Windjammer and I would rate the food a 5/10. There is a small dining place towards the back of the ship on deck 12 that is yummy and a good place to go for a mid day snack. We did not eat dinner at the main dining room at all, we wanted to but we were given 8:30 seating time and had to sit with a family of 5 ...the staff was rushing us to our seats before we could even ask if there was table for 2 available. We tried to switch to "My time Dining" but it was apparently "booked up" for the whole weekend within an hour of people getting on board. We chose to not sit with a family that probably wasn't interested in sharing a table with us anyway - there is also a dress code for the main dining hall and one formal night. The one day we had lunch in the main dining hall it was the same, group seating ..the staff puts you at a large table with other people, which is fine if you want to meet new people but there were a lot of people that looked uncomfortable, we were lucky enough to get a table for 2.

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Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

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