I will walk you through the Jewel of the Seas and try to be as upfront as I can so hopefully you wont run into the issues I thought made our cruise a 1st & last time on RC. We have cruised before with our girls ages 11 & 13 on several Disney cruises & this was our 1st RC cruise. We live in Tampa & decided to do a last minute cruise for Easter as the price was right. I had an open mind knowing this was a much cheaper cruise then Disneys but the old saying of " You get what you pay for " didnt even hold true. You got even less.

Pros first - Getting on the ship in Tampa was very easy and I will give them an A+ for that. Getting off was fast to. Cons - When we got on the ship we went through a small door. No "Welcome Aboard " Nothing. The only one there was one small lady that was assigning wrist bands for the kids club. You were pretty much on your own. The ship in general was ok for the $ but has its issues. Before we pulled out I washed my hands in the bathroom sink. Noting but brown water came out. This was what you were suppose to use to brush your teeth! It cleared up later but that stayed in my mind every time I used the sink.

The Ships kids clubs are one deck below the adult night clubs & cigar lounge. Constant smell of smoke in the kids clubs! Oh yes smokers have free run of the ship. They smoke in the night clubs , casinos , sports bar which are all inside and filter through out the ship. On deck they smoke anywhere they want. No one enforces it. Now for the kids entertainment. Most adults come on these cruises to relax. RC advertise their awesome kids clubs. NOT ! Kids club opens in sessions or 2 hrs at a time. open at 10am close at noon , open at 2pm close at 4 , open at 6:45 - close at 10pm. You spend the day & night running back n forth to pick up you children. What rest do you get! Oh and in between sessions they will watch you kids for $6 per hr each , but everyone pulls there kids out so even if you left your child , chances are they are alone watching a TV. Games , played the same ones everyday. Also misleading is on their tv channel they show all these wonderful things to do for kids on the ship. Problem is the show is filmed on oasis of the seas & the ship your on has absolutely none of what their pitching. Read more