Norwegian Jewel Review

First Time On Norwegian, Had a Great time!

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justaladyintx
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2014
Cabin: Inside

This was our 3rd cruise but first for Norwegian, Everything was great, we really did enjoy this ship. We went on a budget so we got a inside cabin and the Bed was so Comfortable and the Pillows were the Best! I miss them already. The cabin was pretty tight but we expected that, it was hard to manuever the luggage around as no place really to put it except lay it on the bed when ready to get clothes out. When we arrived we had a nice tray of choclate covered pineapple wedges and the next day a nice bottle of wine was delivered.

The food was good, no complaints except the coffee was way to strong for me and as I love bacon for Breakfast it was alwas so greasy. I know they have to cook alot of it at a time but it was alwas pretty greasy no matter what day or when. They provided plenty of cleaning of your hands, one Guy that sang, Washy Washy, Happy, Happy all day long and it got to be pretty funny, but the idea was for everyone to keep hands washed Hand santizers everywhere you go so that was a good feeling. I loved there Big dining room that were we normally ate dinner, Couldn't go in there at night in shorts so was little more upscale but the service was outstanding, The menu changes every night. We would usually eat breakfast there too, althou we did choose the buffet at times which was HUGE, but too many people and hard to find a place to sit. No matter what you needed they would provide the best service to get it to you. The entertainment was great, So many choices of what you wanted to do, makes the cruise more enjoyable, We traveled with our Daughter and her husband and as they are in there early 20's they enjoyed the music at the pool side and meet alot of people they partyed with. We did two excursions one in Cozmel for shopping, One in Belize City to visit ruins, (worst trip we took) Roads were Horrible and we didn't enjoy the ride at all. Then last stop was in Honduras and the ship had made a stop in Banana Coast, This was the 2nd time the ship had stopped there and the people were thrilled to see us, Very Friendly, It was extremly hot (86% humidity) I couldn't take the heat hardly, After a little walk we stopped into a covered area that faced the beach and sat down for a cold beer, The staff didn't all speck English so they had to get translators to help, People of that area were walking around selling there trinkets that got kinda of annoying, Keep saying no and they would move on but they 15 others would come by. We did meet one buy that did speak English and we had a nice visit with him and he explained the Honduras way of living, He told us where he lived they had no electricity so no TV. I found that interesting how they lived.

Other than that this Cruise was well worth what we paid!. Oh and forgot to mention the Dismarkment was the worse.. Somehow they never could get clearnce for us to get off ship and we stood in line around the ship for 3 hours. That was Bad but they did walk around with cookies and pastrys to apease us. I know it wasn't there fault but people were tired and getting upset.

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