Jewel of the Seas Review

Nice ship. Good ports

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Jewel of the Seas
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Sail Date: Nov 2015
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

The ship I would say mid size compared to the newer ships that RCI has came out with. The ship will be heading to dry dock in April for a month where she will then be heading out to Europe for the summer and then returning back to the Caribbean. The wifi on the ship is the equivent of dial up, but much better than when it first came out on satellite. Can not use Skype or any other VOIP apps with ships wifi. RCI had been advertising its VROOM high speed internet on other ships, don't know if she will get this new speed. Also the data through the cellular service is crap. Was told its 2G, I couldn't get anything, was like there was nothing, but my cellular co did register some data. But I didn't get any. Use wifi if want to surf or check email. Though it's slow, it's a lot better than the cell data.

Otherwise there was nothing bad about the ship. One advise if your getting off the ships at port of call. Make sure that when your sea pass card is scanned at the gangway getting off and getting back on that you see it and that you are acknowledged. Otherwise you can and will have an issue if you do not realise that your card was scanned.

Cabin Review

Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin was a decent size. But there is not a lot of outlets in the cabin. Bring an extension cord if you need to power anything near the bed while sleeping

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Barbados

For you beach goers take a cab to the boat yard. This is where a lot of the cruise ships crew goes to hang out. Entrance cost included cab back to the port. I have been told that the owner used to a a former crew on a cruise ship and caters to ship crew and passengers. Beach is clean. Food cost is reasonable. Though it may not be part of the ships excursion, this is the place to go to for the beach. Many locals go to this beach

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