Jewel of the Seas Review
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This is was the second cruise out of San Juan Pan American Terminal. Fantastic cruise. Flew in a day early and stayed at Hampton Inn Isla Verde. Great location for a hotel. Chili's is on the same block as well as Walgreens. Great for last minute items. Water/soda/ conditioner/snacks. We boarded by 11:30 in and eating by 12:15. Rooms are ready in the afternoon. Your luggage gets there around 4 or so. Be patient grab a drink and head to the pool. We love the ship layout and the piano bar in the center of the ship.
St Croix- visited the pier market and a few shops right off the pier. Followed the beach to a local bar/grill. A little rough walking but worth it. Took the road back to the pier.
St Marteen- follow the path out of the gated area and head to the boardwalk area for some shopping. There is also a beach there/ Beautiful photo op. Pirate in Paradise is not worth the walk. Mostly just tourist things. Headed to Orient Beach worth the 20 min cab ride to the beach. . Before boarding ship don't forget to grab a frozen Guava Berry drink. about 7.00 each.
Cabin Review
Interior Stateroom
Our inside cabin works fine for our family of 5. We had connecting inside staterooms.
Port Reviews
San Juan
We arrived a day early. Visited the fort beautiful pics. Can get a little crowed. Stayed at Hampton Inn Isla Verde.
St. Croix
Stayed close to pier with straw market located right off pier. As well as shops. Little run down and stores closed but it was a sunday. Walked to a local bar/grill. follow beach line up and over to the bar.
St. Maarten
love the Guave Berry frozen drinks at the pier. should be about 7.00. Walked to town follow the sidewalk past the gate. just a quick walk to the boardwalk area and beach. stopped to Planet Paradise for a quick visit to see Yoda and meet the creator. Stopped at Pirates in Paradise not really worth the walk, food not so good . Duty free located up and down the boardwalk. Headed to Orient beach in the afternoon. Less crowded .
St. Lucia
Husband and son book excursion off ship$ 150 each for some deep sea fishing. rough weather so trip was cut short because everyone was sick. no money back.... We took cab into town to Rodney Bay. Rainy day so not too. much fun
Antigua
Beautiful Island and Beautiful beaches. Took a cab for a quick island tour to Nelson Dockyard and Shirley Heights lookout. Then headed to Dickerson Beach for some beach time. Jet skis about 98.00 for 1/2 hr.
Barbados
Took cab to Carlisle beach pretty close to terminal. ok beach. stopped at Mt Gay for tour 7.. kids are free. tour runs every 1/2 hr