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If you’re a light sleeper, don’t book an aft stateroom directly below the outside seating of windjammer. Non stop noise. Other than that, loved the ship and the crew were great.

I remember reading on here a few years ago a very detailed story about a passenger who missed his ship. I think he was in Nassau. I’m not able to find the thread though.

We were B2B in Jr Suite 1580 on Jewel recently. Noise from the carts in Windjammer was UNREAL. Never again will we book a room under Windjammer. It was early, late, no respite from it.

 

It wasn't our cabin of choice, not many Jr Suites left when they cancelled Adventure and we had to switch to Jewel.

Agreed. We are just off Jewel. Stayed in AFT junior suite directly under the outdoor seating of windjammer. Starting around 7am every single morning we would hear chairs being pushed, pulled. We are early risers, so it wasn’t much of an issue, but for anyone who likes to sleep in, they wouldn’t be happy. Non stop scrapping sounds. Other issue was around 11:30pm-12am every night we would hear the same noise. My assumption was the crew cleaning the deck and moving the chairs/tables. Never again would I book a floor directly below the windjammer. Besides that, the ship is great, and cruise was excellent. Enjoy.

Question for anyone who has sailed on the jewel before who did the "anytime dining", which I love! I got an email from RCL saying I can make reservations now for my anytime dining....my question: do we HAVE to make reservations now? Or can we make daily or just show up?

Currently on Jewel with MTD and did not book reservations prior. We’ve eaten in the main dining room 3 times so far with no issues walking up. We would go around 7-7:30pm. Only a 5 min wait, if that. Enjoy your cruise

Has anyone every booked a 3,4, or 5 night dining package onboard Jewel and received a discount rate compared to the pre cruise online rate?

It's actually true that some of the waste is incinerated. So not as far from the truth as you might think.

For more question about what the crew eats, find the thread started by a crew member on Indy....

I was wondering where that thread went. Seems like it disappeared. Can’t find it now.

Pan American. Old San Juan is only for when ships visit as a port of call.

Gotcha. Thanks. Curious if anyone has tried Chef’s Table on Jewel and their experience.

Does Jewel Port at the Pan American Pier or in Old San Juan?

There’s a thread from today of Allure arriving late at the port at 6:50am, but unsure why the late arrival. That’s cutting it way too close for me with that time!

I forget which RC ship, but while dining at Johnny Rockets in the outside section, crew above us were hosing down the deck above where we were siting. All of the sudden lots water started to spill over onto the tables where people were sitting. There were 4 officers seated behind us. The officers seated on the inside of the booth got soaked as did their food! They weren’t happy! The staff at JR comped our meal and were very apologetic. Not sure what happened though to the crew who were doing the cleaning above!

I was on a 12 night RC cruise and we had 2 formal nights. You may want to call RC directly and ask.

I know on a RCI cruise we had to skip Cayman Islands because seas were too rough for tendering. We just had a sea day instead. Still arrived on time for our next scheduled port the following day.

I'm in the be the first onboard get the most out of the first day crowd, but if you have never been to San Juan before, stay in Old San Juan and get a 1-2pm taxi and enjoy the morning and early afternoon there.

Agreed! Start your cruise off as early as you can!

Guernsey was our last port stop on our “British Isles” RC cruise last July ‘17. We booked a walking tour through the ship of St. Peter’s Port with the last stop being Castle Cornet. Allow yourself a few hours if you decide to go to the castle. Great weather (about 75/sunny) and very nice island. Enjoy.

We were on Vision over the summer with MTD and majority of the time only had to wait 5-10 min tops to be seated. We always went to dinner around 7:30 or so.

My husband and I are planning a cruise on Freedom of the Seas in May out of San Juan. Has anyone been there since the hurricane? We have heard that the ship is not the best and the islands are still bad. Does anyone have any update in these islands.

Sailed on Freedom last November and the ship is our favorite. Ship was in great condition and the staff was excellent.

Jewel cabin 1100 entering the harbor in Rhodes Greece....

 

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Great pic! How did you enjoy your room? We have the same room booked. I was slightly concerned with early morning noise being directly below the windjammer.

Thanks for the responses. Looks like our cabin is below where it says “Windjammer outdoor” on the deck plans. We love the aft balcony rooms, so are unsure if we should switch rooms!

Are those flies I see on the bed?

[emoji33] keep the balcony door closed..!

Booked an aft stateroom on Jewel and noticed windjammer is a deck above the room location. Just curious if other passengers have experienced staying in a stateroom on other ships directly below windjammer and if much noise was an issue early morning.

I remember reading an article on cruise critic about a couple who were kicked off another cruise line ship for missing the drill.

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4837

I’ll never have a mixed drink in Mexico again. Stayed at an all inclusive in Cancun. Everyday they advertised the “drink of the day.” The one and only day I was the only person to try it from our group. Lets just say it wasn’t pretty for about 24 hours. I’m sure most of the time at the resorts the drinks are fine, but I’m not taking that chance again.

On the recent Vision repositioning to Galveston there were two incidents of not getting back on time. Bermuda was the first port and Captain Marek announced we could watch for 2 pier runners, phone contact had been made with them, and the ship was waiting.

 

 

 

At the last port in Progresso, the captain announced the ship was departing, leaving behind 2 cruisers. The next day the captain announced they had made it back to the ship just as lines were being released.

 

 

 

On the last day during the captain/officer interview, it was stated that the late arriving couple in Bermuda , day 3 of 15 days, never spoke with or thanked the captain for delaying the ship for them.:confused:

Was on Vision over the summer and Captain Marek would call out the passengers who were late getting back on board by first name during his announcement!

Was on Vision over the summer and internet worked fine for me. Only a few spotty areas at times. Friends with us had issues streaming their Netflix shows though