NCL Jewel review Western Caribbean Feb 5, 2006

EMBARKATION -- Embarkation was fast and smooth, but the people we dealt with were not very friendly or nice. They just wanted to do their job and get us on the ship.

STAFF -- But once we on the ship, the staff was extremely nice and pleasant. Everyone always said hi with a smile. Also a large part of the staff are European and they were extremely friendly. I give NCL the highest marks for this, the staff couldn't have been any nicer. SHIP DESIGN The ship is very nice and new, but lacks the large center atrium most ships have today. We found ourselves walking back and forth between the front and back of the ship many times per day to eat, go to the shows and playing sports. NCL should learn about ship design from the other cruise lines and put everything in one central location, instead of having everything spread out all across the several decks and the front and back of the ship. Also with our 3 days at sea, we had to skip Cayman because of weather, it is very clear that the pool area is just too small for 2000 people to try to fit into. They were numerous people complaining because there was no place to sit on either the pool deck or the deck above. This was the same situation on the private island, with 2000 people trying to sit on a 500 ft beach, it just doesn't work. Read more