This was our 9th cruise, 4th on NCL. Cruising out of New York gave some time to sight see prior to the cruise. The Jewel was a very nice ship. Embarkation and debarkation went without any problems.
The ship was very clean and our stateroom was quite adequate with more storage the we needed. Rommel, our room steward, was the best we have ever had. The entertainment was second only to the ...
About us: Husband and Wife - early 50's taking our 3rd cruise, first on NCL and first time in a suite - we had an SF Penthouse Aft suite on the 10th floor. Previous cruises were on RCL (ocean view stateroom) and CCL (aft balcony cabin). We originally booked this cruise a year ago in a mini suite. In April a Penthouse Suite became available to we decided to upgrade ourselves. It was about $1200 ...
Background Information: My wife and I are in our mid 30's. My sister and her husband are in the late 20's and their daughter is almost 4. This is my 6th cruise and my wife's 5th. It was the first sailing for my sister and her family.
Both families drove in to Queens and left our vehicles at my in laws (we live in Upstate NY and my sister is from RI). This is one of the best reasons to leave from ...
Do not stay on the 11th deck. You will be under the kids play area with the noise so bad you will have to talk louder or you will be under the buffet with carts being pushed over the tile floor or you will be under - you get the picture. Make sure the only thing on the deck above you is sky or other cabins.
If you do have any type of an issue the Ill-informed main desk personnel and their ...
We have sailed twice on Holland America, about 8 on Royal Caribbean, and this is our second and last Norwegian cruise. We found the food just not quite up to snuff-not a big deal, but for us Mid-Westerner's, too much East Indian food on the buffet. Steaks were tough and lacked taste. Soft serve ice cream was a gritty ice cream. Never a cookie to be found, one of our friend's asked for some with ...
My wife and I had an enjoyable cruise on the Jewel. A week or so before the cruise we were notified that due to a bearing problem the ship would have to travel more slowly and could not make the Corner Brook stop. We were offered the opportunity to cancel but did not. We did, however, complain and managed to get a somewhat better cabin out of it.
There was a long line at embarkation in New York, ...
Hello This was our 21st cruise,our 6 on NCL ,we've cruised with most of the major lines from porthole rooms to owners suites ,so we pretty much know what to expect. Embarkation from N.Y. was good ,because of a deal ncl offered us 4 years ago we obtained Platinum status for this cruise,Nice no waiting on lines ,was on the ship in about 15 minutes We booked a category AF mini-suite,which ...
Canadian Cruise 10/18/08-10/28/08 on Norwegian Jewel
Got a 9AM flight so we get to sleep in til 6AM, then shower & dress & drive to the rapid station for the one stop ride to Hopkins Airport for our flight to Newark. D/L boarding passes so we zip thru luggage check in with 2 piece having 4 days worth of closing for each of us with Tide & dryer sheets for day 4 & 8 to keep us clean for 11 ...
New York City
It was my wife and my first time in New York. We flew in on Friday morning for a Saturday afternoon cruise. We arrived at JFK airport and took the subway downtown to our hotel. The airtrain leaves JFK airport and connects you to the subway. It cost $5 per person and is clean and easy to use. It takes about 15 minutes to get to the subway station from the airport. We were staying ...