My husband and I just returned from our first Mediterranean cruise on NCL Jewel. This was our second cruise with NCL and it was fabulous.

Embarkation - We arrived early on Sunday morning into Barcelona and took a taxi to the port (27 Euros). We were early, but had no trouble giving our bags to a porter and entering the terminal (nicest I have ever seen). We waited about 1/2 an hour before they started checking people in. We were the only ones in the latitudes check in line. They started boarding the ship around 11:00 by groups. We were group 1, so we did not have to wait. When we boarded the ship we went directly to the excursion desk and booked our excursions for the week and then to the restaurant desk (in Tangos) to make a reservation for Le Bistro.

Stateroom - We had a category BD balcony stateroom on Deck 8 Forward. It was a nice room, a little smaller than the one we had on the Sun a couple of years ago. I wasn't thrilled with the mini-bar taking up the whole refrigerator, but there was a note saying they would remove the items if requested. The bathroom was great. There was a shower with glass door on one side and a toilet with glass door on the other with a sink in between them. We had signed up for the Honeymoon / Anniversary Package and our champagne was there waiting for us, but it wasn't cold. The strawberries showed up later in the day. I was surprised that there was also a bottle of wine with a note saying it was from NCL. Read more