Norwegian Jewel Review

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May 23rd Alaskan Cruise on the NCL Jewel

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terrymtex01
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: May 2015
Cabin: Penthouse with Large Balcony

This is my review of our cruise vacation on the NCL Jewel to Alaska. This is simply my opinion and nothing more.

The ship – The NCL Jewel is a part of their jewel class of ships. We have been on a couple of NCL ships with a very similar layout. We found the interior of this ship to be well maintained, very clean. The exterior, however, was just the opposite. This was our 10th cruise with NCL and the worst condition we have ever seen the outside of an NCL ship. Everywhere you looked on the outside promenades you could see rust and huge chunks of paint missing. I am not for sure why, as we have always seen NCL crews actively maintaining the ships exterior, but not on this cruise. We had invited family to go on the cruise with us and after all of the bragging we had done on NCL, I would have been completely embarrassed if they had come on the trip with us. In fairness to NCL, I asked the Concierge to please reach out to the officer in charge of the exterior condition of the ship as to if there was a reason it was in such disrepair, however I was never given a response.

Also I don’t believe there is anything NCL can do about this, but the bank of elevators located in the middle of the ship were almost impossible to use. It was virtually impossible to catch an elevator going up or down that was not full. Most of the time this bank of elevators are busy, but this just seemed worse than usual. Also, this cruise seemed impossibly crowded. Yes it was an Alaskan cruise, and I know that a lot of the activity onboard the ship is inside, as opposed to a Caribbean cruise, however this was our third cruise on this itinerary (except for Victoria) so we are not new to Alaskan cruises.

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Penthouse with Large Balcony

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