Jewel of the Seas Review

3.5 / 5.0
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Fun destinations--but excursions are too early!

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Jewel of the Seas
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mysugarpie
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2018
Cabin: Ocean View Balcony

We enjoyed our cruise for the most part--our (family of 5 adults) biggest complaint was that they start their tours too early, some as early as 6:30am. Which meant you had to get up at 5am most days to be able to get ready and eat breakfast--which on 3 different days, we had to get something in our room because the main eating place was closed until 6:30am. Having to get up so early and be off the ship meant that we couldn't go see any of the shows or do anything after dinner except on the 2 nights that were days where you were just at sea because you had to get ready for bed and get some sleep some of the time!! This ship is large, bigger than some--but you could still feel it moving way too much! Thankfully it did not make any of us sick, but it came close a couple of evenings. We have been home 3 days now and I am still feeling things move--not good!! This ship also needs a facelift!! It appears new on the outside and in the pictures they show, but in reality it is not. The ship was not as nice as previous ships we have been on. The only other thing is--they did not inform us on hardly any of the ports, until the morning of and that was the bare minimum. They also do not tell yo ahead of time what the dress code for dinner will be other than the formal nights--which made us bring more clothes than were needed : (. Our overall experience was good--the places we went to were really neat and interesting and we would have learned more had we been awake that early to listen to someone talk about the port of call the entire time.

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Ocean View Balcony

Cabin 1D

The room was average.

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