Second time on the Jade. Mainly took this sailing as it was the only itinerary I found that stopped at both Split and Dubronik and they were a must. Originally purchased the second leg as it was to have stopped in Tunis on my birthday and that was the second highlight of the itinerary but that got cancelled. Great ports--16 out of the 19 days in port: Naples, Rome, Livorno for Cinque Terre or Florence, Toulon for Aix or lots of nice quaint towns, Cagliari (Sardenia) which turned out to be one of our favorite stops, plus Barcelona, Valencia and Monaco. Loved that we stopped in Rome and Naples twice.
We had 65-75 degree temps, 1 day of rain the whole trip in Toulon, easy on and off. Entertainment was great especially crew show. Pumpkin Soup, veal scallopini and lobster pasta were delicious. No complaints about any of the food.
Staff was friendly and efficient and bed was great. No smoking policy appreciated.
Room was in excellent location. Midship, 2 doors down from elevator with no noise from hallway at all. Only issue I have is people seem to talk very loudly, so sometimes balcony was unusable for me. Even though it was starboard due to nature of itinerary, we had land views and port views.