My wife and I looked forward to cruising the Panama Canal. We chose the NCL Jewel because my wife had never been to New Orleans and we figured we could kill two birds by sailing from there. We also wanted to try Freestyle Cruising since our previous cruises had on the more traditional RCCL line ships.
Although the food in the premium restaurants we tried was very good, the main restaurants and ...
Norwegian Jewel wasn't the best, and especially was not what I expected. The nicest thing about it in my opinion, was the Embarkation, which didn't even take long at all! Other than that, the rest of the experience wasn't that great..
Most of the times, I would spend the whole day just doing nothing but walking around the ship because it was the only thing I could do! Basically, it was complete ...
Having cruised on Carnival and Royal Caribbean in the past, we thought we would give Norwegian a try. We booked a seven night cruise out of New Orleans in a "mini suite". They should put the word "mini" in capital letters. It was nothing more than a balcony room. The only difference was in the bathroom, you had a sliding door that closed the toilet area off from the rest of the bathroom. We paid ...
My husband and I were just on the Norwegian Jewel for a 7-day cruise. Having sailed on both Royal Caribbean and Carnival before, I highly recommend choosing one of those companies instead! We did have a few good experiences, but overall it was a very frustrating experience and we regret sailing with Norwegian and giving them any money!
Good:
- The embarkation process was smooth. We didn't have ...
Just completed a 7 day cruise on the Jewel. Had a mixed experience---some good , some bad, some ugly.
Let's start with the good:
- Emarking was very smooth and no issues.
- Breakfast in the buffet food was very good.
- Stage shows were generally good.
- Getting off and on the ship at ports was smooth process.
Ok--now the bad:
- Had a handicapped room assigned. The shower curtain was ...
Our family has sailed three times, two with Carnival and this one. Therefore, we can only compare to Carnival, but here is what we discovered. Getting on and off the Jewell was very easy, but that could be due to a smaller port than we left from before. We sailed from Miami in the past. This ship was not very elaborate at all. It seemed cheap and lifeless compared to the other two ships we were ...
This was our first cruise with Norwegian, and it is certain to be our last.
One of the main reasons we selected this particular ship and itinerary was because of the Nickolodeon tie-in for the kids. While our seven year old enjoyed the kids club, the actual Nickolodeon activities were few and far between, as well as very brief when they did take place. The crew and cast members were great fun, ...
My sister & I arrived 3 days early to our Sunday Nov. 10th departure. Totally enjoyed New Orleans, my third time there, and her first. As this was our 2nd NCL cruise, first being 2011 NCL Epic Transatlantic we had high hopes this cruise would be as good. We each had our own inside cabin, next door to each other, as she is a night owl, and we both enjoy our privacy. From the first step on the ...
Oh, what high hopes we had for Norwegian. We perceived it as a luxury liner, a step above the rest.
Boy, were we wrong.
First, the things we liked - embarkation/debarkation was very fast and efficient. This was our sixth cruise total, third cruise line, and it was by far the fastest. Bueno.
The mini suite on 11 was very nice - bigger than the balcony rooms we have been on, but not a true ...
We took the Jewel to Cozumel, Belize, and Costa Maya, mainly as I wanted to snorkel in Belize.
I was disapointed as I was told they had cream rinse in the cabins, NOT!! So I finally found some onshore in Belize (I need it for my hair).
We were disappointed with the cabin stewart, it took 2 days to get a Sierra Mist replaced in our refrigerator.
When we called Room Service it took 3 tries to get ...