Jewel of the Seas Review

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Weekend Getaway on a Beautiful Ship!

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shamda
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2009
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Although I am not a fan of the short cruises we had a chance to go on the Jewel of the Seas for a Friday to Monday 3 night cruise. Not a regularly scheduled cruise it was a one time chance to see this ship. Since we live in Ft. Lauderdale it is an easy trip to the Port of Miami. We booked this cruise 2 weeks before sailing. We have been on several cruises with RCCL before but never sailed the Radiance class ship. We sailed on the Liberty of the Seas, The Voyager and The Majesty. We also have been on several cruises with Celebrity, NCL and Carnival. Now that the background is out of the way, here is my review:

Embarkation - We arrived at the port around 11:00 AM. It was the perfect time to get there. We beat the crowds and basically walked right into the terminal and then on the ship. They had a small problem with the seapass machine and it delayed us about 10 minutes, but by 11:30 we were on the ship. We could not go to our cabins until 1:00 so we headed for the Windjammer. To our surprise it was no open yet. It did not open until noon.

Cabin - We had a standard balcony cabin about midship. Based on the fact that we did not book this cruise until 2 weeks before sailing I think we were pretty lucky to get a cabin with this location. The cabin was very nice and very clean. The bathroom was small, but most of them are. My wife did not like the shower, she called it an MRI shower as she said it was like being in an MRI machine. Overall the cabin was very comfortable and the balcony was great. Only problem is that RCCL allows smoking on the balcony. My neighbor was a chain smoker and when they were in their cabins they kept going out there to smoke. Everytime they did that while i was sitting out there relaxing I had to come in. They should do like Celebrity and not allow smoking on the balcony. It is very dangerous and really takes away from the enjoyment of the fresh sea air to those of us that do not smoke.

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Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

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