For background, we have cruised Disney, Royal Caribbean and most recently the NCL Getaway all Caribbean destinations so we were excited to try Alaska. We are generally easy to please people, we go with the flow.My expectations were not high for the Jewel based on some of the reviews, but we had a great deal and went with it. The fact that we had fabulous weather helped, not a drop of rain on our whole Alaska trip! Everyone said that was highly unusual.
Pre-Cruise:
We flew in the night before, stayed at The Roosevelt Hotel and decided to explore Seattle the morning of the cruise. We liked Seattle a lot, we mostly spent our time in the Pike’s Market area. We had a fantastic salmon/avocado/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich at the Rub With Love Shack. We then walked back to the hotel and took Uber to the cruise port around 12:30pm.