Scenic Jewel Review

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Absolutely the Best!

Review for Europe River Cruise on Scenic Jewel
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stillmine
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Jun 2016

We had been on a Scenic one week river cruise down the Rhine 2 years ago and loved it. We decided to take a two week cruise even though the first few days were down the same part of the Rhine River. The nice part was that Scenic offers different options for your tours (all included in the cruise pricing and you can make your choice the night before) at the stops that they make, so we were able to see completely different places in the areas of the River we had been through the last time. After the first few days, we turned onto a different River and all the scenery was different.

During the cruise, everyone from the Captain on down was always eager to make sure you had everything you wanted and knew that you only had to ask anyone if you needed something or if something wasn't right. At one point, we were on the top viewing deck when the sky just started pouring rain down on us. My wife uses a cane, and we were moving a little slow to get below deck when all of a sudden an umbrella appeared over my wife's head. The Captain had seen us from the bridge and had come running across the deck with the umbrella to cover my wife while we made our way down!

Meals were always fantastic, from the buffet breakfast and lunch choices, to the evening dinners. For dinners, you always had a choice 3 main entrees (including a Vegetarian option) and 2 or 3 appetizers and soups/salads and deserts. If you didn't like any of the variable main entrees, there was always a choice of having the always available standbys of Rib Eye Steak, Chicken, Hamburger, or a Veggie item. Plus there was always the River Cafe on the middle deck which was always open with tons of different pastries and light food options such as fish and chips. (My wife and I only gained about 5 lbs, what with all the tour walks)

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Cabin Balcony Suite

Plenty of room. Always kept very clean. Seemed like every time we were out of it, it got cleaned again.

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