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Norwegian Jewel Cruise Reviews

4.0 / 5.0
2,330 reviews
NCL JEWEL
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Very nice cabin.
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Our cabin was very nice.
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A glass of wine on an aft-facing balcony is my favorite part of cruising.
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First time on NCL, but not my last!!!!

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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GIN1096
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

The price for the Alaskan trip was amazing, so we booked it! The weather wasn't too bad and sailing was great, very smooth. What saw was amazing, I will cruise again to Alaska, looking at late July or early August for my next one. Also wanted to try a new cruise line. The Jewel is an amazing ship the entire staff was so great, very helpful, from the minute you arrive to board the ship, to ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Quality of food is not what it used to be

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Martinfr
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

The food is what we previously enjoyed the most, this time it was what we enjoyed the least. The specialty restaurants Cagney’s and Le Bistro had only a few tasty dishes but overall they weren’t anything to write home about either. The coffee everywhere on the ship was like twice recycled dish water. Guessing this is a push to buy the premium drink package. Most of the staff on the ship were ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Fantastic Cruise

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Lynnef64
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

Although, we have cruised many times with NCL, this is our first time on this ship, the first time in Alaska and the first time in an aft cabin and we have loved all of it. NCL have excelled themselves with this itinerary and with this ship, we can't fault a single thing! Alaska is amazing, beautiful and the weather was very kind to us with sunshine every day, we will definitely be back! We ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Aft-Facing Mini-Suite with Balcony


Alaska Northbound on the Jewel!

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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SouthernAdventures1
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

Background: My husband and I chose this cruise to celebrate our wedding anniversary, as we believed Alaska would be an absolutely beautiful way to celebrate. We were absolutely correct! For this cruise, we began in Vancouver, BC, and travelled North to Seward/Anchorage, AK aboard the Norwegian Jewel. Travel to Port of Embarkation: For our flights into Vancouver, and from Anchorage, we made us ...
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Sail Date: May 2023

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Average at Best

Review for a Alaska Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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uvwxyz
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The shine on the Jewel has worn off. The first and primary problem was the plumbing. On numerous days we saw staff working on toilet issues with their equipment and air fresheners. For two days our toilet failed to flush for hours at a time. We learned about this after returning to our room. No one from the staff cared to call us to notify there was a problem. Another problem was the lack ...
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Sail Date: May 2023


Really BAD Food, NCL Theme is “SELL, SELL, SELL”

Review for a Pacific Coastal Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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ACFlorida
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Think about the food this way: You will enjoy it if you liked what they served in your high school cafeteria! We did not enjoy the specialty restaurants either (we did Le Bistro and the “Brazilian Steakhouse”). The main dining room was only OK on a couple of nights. The Chin-Chin restaurant was horrible. Not a shrimp to be found on this ship. Smoked salmon? An extinct species. ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


NCL San Diego to Mexican Riveria April 2023

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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jlar64
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We took this cruise the week of April 16, 2023 and although we did have a good time, it was not because of anything NCL did. We had Priority Boarding and found the staff in San Diego to be very unhelpful. There was no process for explaining or assisting with Priority Boarding which we paid extra for. Seemed like it was simply a charge without any service. My wife asked a NCL representative how we ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


Embarkation/Entertainment

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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Westridge2700
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

I've gone on Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean. Norwegian has the best dining with Specialty Restaurants but other than that it's a very boring ship. Too many children running around unattended, hot tubs full of children. Comedy night was 18+ but people bought their children so the comedian talked about oral sex and masterbation as I sat there with children around. Left there and went to ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Traveled with disabled person


Embarkation and disembarkation were awful

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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tblair
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I’m trying to write this while everything from this cruise is fresh in my mind (we returned yesterday). This is a review of a Norwegian Cruise Lines week-long cruise to Mexico from San Diego and is fairly lengthy. If you want to skip the details, the conclusion is that my wife and I have been contentedly cruising on Celebrity for a number of years. We will be skipping NCL in the future in favor ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Highs and Lows

Review for a Mexican Riviera Cruise on Norwegian Jewel

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JLGiles
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

I'll start with the highs: We enjoy the Jewel's size-not too big, not too small. The staff were all great, as usual. We enjoyed the shows. We ate mostly at specialty dining for dinner, and we liked them all, especially Cagney's. In Ensenada, we walked to the fish market and had some great fish tacos. In Cabo, we took a ship's shore excursion to the Casa Dorado Beach Resort and it was great. ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Aft-Facing Penthouse with Balcony


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