Jewel of the Seas Review

Mediocre Experience

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Jewel of the Seas
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BerK2017
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Jan 2017
Cabin: Interior Stateroom

We chose to go on this cruise for our honeymoon. We liked the structure of the cruise and how it docked 8-5 for most days, and had one day of cruising. Some things that you should understand about this ship is that it has a capacity of 2500. When we went, there were about 2100 people and the ship was packed. On the cruise-only day, we struggled to find a place to hang out in the shade, and the glass indoors spaces were really, really hot. We ended up napping in our room.

The activities were really raunchy, in our opinion. When we wanted to relax on the cruise-only day, the cruise director (his name is Dennis, and he's a huge perv) hosted a belly-flop competition and later on the "Sexiest man" competition. It was really loud, and we left pretty quickly. There is basically only one pool on the ship, so it's a shame that's how they use the space. Dennis hosted a show called "The Quest" which seriously included women flashing him their nipple piercings. I was just really surprised that this is the type of things that happen on cruises, and I know for a fact we are not booking our next cruise with Royal Caribbean. Dennis was also very fond (weirdly fond) of a passenger named Lauren. She was front and center at every, single activity on the ship and he even had her on his morning show. All she did was flirt with him- what was the point of having her front and center everywhere? It was so bizarre and in extremely poor taste.

The food and the service was absolutely fantastic- we really enjoyed meeting people in the dining room. The service was quick and the workers were always in such great moods! Our housekeepr was also absolutely fantastic.

Cabin Review

Interior Stateroom

Cabin K

The cabin was great for our needs. We had a lower-level interior stateroom and weren't there very much. Just to shower and sleep!

Port Reviews

San Juan

There isn't much to do at this port...

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