Jewel of the Seas Review

A True Jewel

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Jewel of the Seas
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First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2008
Cabin: Large Ocean View Stateroom

Background - This is the third RCI cruise for my better half and me, the first two being on the Adventure of the Seas. She has cruised on Carnival and Princess before, I have only cruised on Royal Caribbean (other than private boat cruises). We're on the younger side of middle-aged. We hail from Florida and Puerto Rico and have cruised to almost every island in the Caribbean. It was time for a change of scenery so we played contrarians and decided to head away from warm to cold (mild, actually). I know the Canada/New England season is almost over but hopefully this review will help those planning for next year.

Pre-cruise - We flew into Boston from San Juan on the Friday prior and stayed at the Charlesmark-at-Copley hotel on Boylston street. I had been warned about the small rooms there but this turned out to be an excellent choice. Great value and VERY centric. My full review at TripAdvisor should be up soon under AoSPR. We took a share taxi from the airport ($14.00 pp) and it took us half an hour to get to the hotel. We should have grabbed a cab instead. The share taxi driver was a very aggressive driver. I thought drivers in San Juan were bad but Boston's got us beat.

Embarkation - We arrived at the Black Falcon terminal by taxi. Our docs instructed that we should not get there before 1:30 PM but we didn't heed the advice and neither did about two hundred other people. They only had three porters available and it was a bit chaotic at the beginning. I waved a $5.00 bill as the porters were approaching the multiple lines and that did the trick. Once past luggage turn in, the embarkation staff inside the terminal were prompt and efficient and we were onboard within 15 minutes.

Cabin Review

Large Ocean View Stateroom

Large window plenty enough substitute for a balcony in cold weather. Bed was the most comfortable I've been on a cruise.

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