Norwegian Jewel Review

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mdmcghie
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2015
Cabin: Inside

I just returned from a 7-night cruise on the Norwegian Jewel with three ports of call: Cozumel, Belize, and Roatan. I traveled with my wife and her parents, siblings, and their spouses, staying in a block of rooms on the fifth deck. Once I got oriented, I could get from one part of the ship to any other in less than five minutes.

The food was excellent and the service in the full-service restaurants was fantastic, although occasionally a little slow. The entertainment, which consisted of several types of live music, dancing, and acrobatics, as well as comedy and magic, was very good, but not always appropriate for children. The large theater generally filled up for each of the two evening shows.

I did have to negotiate wet decks during my early morning runs, although there were plenty of treadmills available in the exercise room as an alternative. The weight equipment was in excellent shape. There were also several types of fitness classes available, some of which required an additional fee. The combination basketball/tennis/soccer venue was only open during certain times, but it wasn't that heavily used. The deck chairs on the 12th and 13th decks would fill up by late morning on each sea day.

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The room stewards were very personable and eager to please. Each time we left a wet towel on the bathroom floor and left for a few minutes, we would return to find a replacement clean towel, in addition to the daily towel "animals" placed on our bed. The room was large enough for our needs and the bathroom was actually larger than I had anticipated. There was plenty of storage space in the drawers and closet.

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