My family recently returned from a 12 night Baltic cruise on Jewel of the Seas.

Us Jane - 43 year old Primary School Teacher. Brian - 51 year old Engineer. Rose - 17 Jack - 16

Embarkation As part of the deal from our travel agent, we were picked up from our home in Northamptonshire at 9.30am and driven to Harwich. This was a great idea in principle but the guy turned off the SatNav and got lost twice. He also took to speeding at up to 80+ miles an hour in a 60 mph area so we would probably drive ourselves in future. Harwich is a very easy port from which to depart - you pull up alongside the ship almost. We had arrived at about midday, we showed our internet completed set-sail passes, stopped for the photo and were eating in the Windjammer by 12.15. For those of you who will drive yourselves, the long stay car park is right alongside the pier also - as is the train station. Porters also are plentiful and helpful. If you want to buy last minute provisions, there is a large Morrisons supermarket in plain view, just down the road. Read more