Norwegian Jewel Review
First-Ever NYC Departure: 10 Day NCL Jewel Cruise
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About the reviewer: I'm a 29 year old male who sailed with his 61 year old mother onboard the 10-day January 2, 2011 sailing of the Norwegian Jewel roundtrip New York City to San Juan (Puerto Rico), St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Maarten & Tortola (BVI). This was my 9th NCL (8th for Latitudes Program as one was a charter) and my mother's 7th NCL cruise. I've sailed on other cruise lines including Celebrity (3x), Royal Caribbean (1x), Princess (5x) and Carnival (1x). In the last two years I have found myself sailing exclusively with NCL for several reasons including their continuous innovation in the cruise industry.
Transportation Services: Super Shuttle
Each time we cruise in the winter months we always leave a day early and book a hotel in the embarkation city for insurance purposes. We transferred from JFK to the hotel via Super Shuttle service. I would not recommend them as they overfilled the van with people and left no room for excess luggage and so I held a lot of my own luggage for the uncomfortable stuffy ride to the hotel.
Cabin Review
Mini-Suite with Balcony
Overall the cabin was in good condition. Noise from above the cabin during daylights hour such as chairs being scraped across the deck above made it noisy during the daylight hours and going into and out of ports. A vent was dislodged under the desk during the entire voyage and one of the desk chairs was missing a foot/tip to glide across the carpeting.