Transatlantic Jewel of the Seas Transatlantic Cruise Reviews

Twelve days to cross the Atlantic isn't too long when you can add new ports and experiences to a Life List. Captain McDonald and Cruise Director Clo are always entertaining and cordial, the Crown and Anchor Society events fun, giving unexpected insights into "the group". The murder mystery in Portobello was good, slightly raucous fun. The cast had such a good time that it was contagious for the ...

Boarding the ship in Miami proved to be comparatively simple (other than the check-in agents unable to deal with an up-grade in Crown&Anchor Status). The Jewel is well appointed, the cabins comfortable with plenty of chances for exercise should you hike from the fore end of Deck 7 up and down the stairs to all meals, activities and music. Since there was no seating available in either early ...

My first cruise with RCC, Jewel of the Seas is a very nice ship, well maintained, with the Lobby, the Centrun as they call, always active, live music from noon to midnight, inmaculate restrooms, the only problem I saw was a couple of days water from the sink was yellow, that Chief Engineer said it was because of copper pipes and no problem for people...umm. This was a transatlantic cruise, 12 ...

What a fun trip! I've been taking cruises for years, but in the last 10 years had taken mostly road trips in the states. Last August, I found an interesting itinerary in the Baltic & sailed for the first time with Royal Caribbean on the Jewel of the Seas. Earlier this summer, I began to get wanderlust and started looking for another cruise to take. I found that the Jewel was offering a ...

Background Having undertaken a couple of eastbound southerly route transatlantic crossings before, my wife and I decided to join this westbound northerly sailing from Harwich (UK) for a change. We were particularly attracted by the published itinerary which included stops in Le Havre and Cherbourg (France), Cobh (Ireland), Akureyri and Reykjavik (Iceland), St John's NF and Sydney NS (Canada) ...

We had booked this cruise while we travelling on the Grandeur last fall. We were subsequently caught in the new bookings only promotional trap and it ended up that the "best price guarantee" did not apply. There were passengers on this cruise in identical staterooms who paid $400 less than we did. So much for the best price guarantee. We boarded the cruise in Miami after a short drive from Fort ...

A few hours after the ship left Miami one of the passengers had an emergency. It was announced that the ship was turning around to meet the vessel that was picking up the passenger. It was done promptly without incident (good to know) and we still arrived in Bermuda on time. We enjoyed Bermuda and the my only complaint was that it was Sunday and the shops in Hamilton were closed. Next we were ...

We had read great great things about the Jewel before arriving for our cruise and for the most part the ship and it's crew exceeded our expectations.  Physical layout and ship amenities are great.  Lots of activities (although heavy on Bingo).  Great use of Centrum area for events and music.  Organized excercise opportuniites were limited.Casino was nice and offered inexpensive slots.  Very smoky ...

My wife and I decided to take a vacation to celebrate our anniversary.  We looked around for ideas and then we found this transatlantic cruise on the Jewel of the Seas.  We had never cruised before and thought we would give it a try.  We also found crossing the Atlantic by ship an intriguing adventure.  We arrived in Miami early in the morning the day the cruise embarked.  We live in Florida so we ...

Just returneed from the May 4 transatlantic cruise on the Jewel of The Seas. I was recovering from surgery and what a way to go. Best cruise yet! We booked an ocean view cabin on deck three  with an online agency at a great rate. We decided on flying in the day before to Fort Lauderdale and stayed at the Comfort Inn  Cruise Port south, loved it especially the swim up bar and breakfast. Highly ...