LIVE from the Jewel - throw away your dailys, they've changed!

[dolfandude]

Christmas evening -- 7:45pm. Just got back to our hotel room after spending a rainy day at Epcot. The German pavillion was great. Had lunch there in the Biergarden so if I misspell some words you'll know why! LOL. but everyone's looking at me!

Cruisin Ken -- I agree. I like the old format better. Too scattered.

Marilynbn -- only one way to go and that's the FL turnpike. follow the signs to I-95 North and then (about 3 miles or so) take the left turn off for the turnpike. I got off on exit 242 (I think). That's HWY 192. I'm from here so I wanted to see what had changed. Go west. You'll cross I-4 and then (1 mile) you'll see the turn for Disney's main gate. You cannot miss it. Port Orleans is nice. A boat will take you to Downtown Disney for shopping and of course, buses, for all the theme parks. Today's weather sucks! Thundershowers! We got really wet but......we expected it.

That's the secret to a good vacation......expect the unexpected and you'll be fine!:) I grew up here so if you have any specific questions just ask.

 

HO HO HO! Merry Christmas.

Off to dinner.

 

Steve

[linnealee]

One of my fave pics from Trunk Bay on St. John on 12/21. ;)

I'm in Orlando right now, too Steve! Talk about some crazy rain, at least the humidity is gone.

[marilynbn]

Dolfandude- Thanks for the quick reply. I was wondering how long the trip is from WDW to Miami 3 hours or more? We will be staying at The Contemporary. Sorry that you had bad weather yesterday! We will have our ponchos in tow, just in case! Marilyn:D

[Snoopy at sea]

From Disney to Miami takes around 3.5 hours with little traffic using the turnpike. The Contemporary is setup nice at this time of year.

 

Eric

[newhampshiregirl]

Dolphand Dude-thanks for your posts from the Jewel. I just had a couple of questions (we are cruising on the Jewel on 2-24-07). I thought there were just two speciality restaurants on the Jewel (Portofino and Chops) and I was curious about LeBistro. Is this an additional charge?

 

Also, can you recommend anything intereting to do in Antigua? Thanks

[dolfandude]

NewHamshiregirl -- there are a lot more than that! No Portofino's and No Chops! Isn't that Royal Caribbean? Le Bistro had a $15 charge per person. We did the anniversary package and it included this dinner. Check out the NCL website and click on the Jewel ship and look at all the restaurants.

As far as Antigua goes.....we didn't go outside St. Johns. We originally were going to the beach but Mary was too tired after walking downtown and to the church. Some CC members hired "Lawrence of Antigua" for a tour and really enjoyed it.

 

Steve

[dolfandude]

Here's the link for my Cruise Critic review on the main page:

 

http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=24220.

 

Steve

[Shakinbakers]

Steve,

 

Thanks for the great info. We are cruising on the Jewel on the 14th of Jan. If you happen to have the new dalies, could you post or email them to me? Thanks much!

 

Steve

 

email is spschabacker@gmail.com

[ArtieG]

Does anyone know how accurate the sunset times are on the dailies??

 

Also, Steve, can you please send me copies of the dailies at:

 

ArthurG720@aol.com

 

Thanks

[Bankerchic21]

FABULOUS reviews Steve -- thanks so very much! If you could, I wuold love a copy of the Freestyle Dailys as we're heading out on the Jewel on the 28th. Thanks again for the reviews and in advance for the Daily's!:)

 

aswendrowski@yahoo.com

 

 

All the best - Andrea

[AL___B]

Steve

 

:) Wonderful Information Thanks For Taking The Time :)

 

 

If You Could Email Me The New Dallies That Would Be Great We Leave On 1/21 On The Jewel

 

Thanks For Your Help

 

al@tubmedic.com

[crusinfamily06]

Hi Steve,

 

Great review!! We are looking forward to cruising on the Jewel on 01/28. We can't wait!! If possible, could you email me the dailies, so that we can get a general idea of what is going on.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Tracy

 

peachkins@yahoo.com

[cruisin2000]

Hi Steve,

 

If you have time could you email me the dailies as well. We are on the Jewel 1/21. Thank you.

 

annahealey@msn.com

[IMANITA]

Hate to bother you Steve, but I would also love to see a copy of the dailies. We are sailing on 1/14.

 

My email is imanita@carolina.rr.com

 

Thanks so much.

Anita

[saffercruiser]

could I be added to the list for the dailies? Please? Also does anyone know if the menus for the Jewel are posted up anywhere? my email is deemack@eircom.net

 

22 days and counting.......

[ndoggy]

Hi Steve:

 

I really enjoyed reading your day by day on the Jewel and am getting more excited for our upcoming cruise (02/04). I would love to see the dailies if you could please e-mail them to me as well. Thanks in advance!;)

 

info@ndoggytravels.com

[dolfandude]

Concerning the dailys......I've told most.....I am having a problem sending the dailys. My AOL brower will not allow a 64mb file. I've tried zipping it (only goes to 62mb..?..). If someone can tell me how to post them online I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm still working on send them out.

 

Steve

[kdzgon]

Concerning the dailys......I've told most.....I am having a problem sending the dailys. My AOL brower will not allow a 64mb file. I've tried zipping it (only goes to 62mb..?..). If someone can tell me how to post them online I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm still working on send them out.

 

Steve

 

I'd like to see the dailies, too - how about posting them at a hosting site such as photobucket, snapfish, webshots or similar, and posting a link? I think that would work.

[kdzgon]

Concerning the dailys......I've told most.....I am having a problem sending the dailys. My AOL brower will not allow a 64mb file. I've tried zipping it (only goes to 62mb..?..). If someone can tell me how to post them online I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm still working on send them out.

 

Steve

 

I'd like to see the dailies, too - how about posting them at a hosting site such as photobucket, snapfish, webshots or similar, and posting a link? I think that would work.

[kdzgon]

Concerning the dailys......I've told most.....I am having a problem sending the dailys. My AOL brower will not allow a 64mb file. I've tried zipping it (only goes to 62mb..?..). If someone can tell me how to post them online I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm still working on send them out.

 

Steve

 

I'd like to see the dailies, too - how about posting them at a hosting site such as photobucket, snapfish, webshots or similar, and posting a link? I think that would work.

[kdzgon]

Concerning the dailys......I've told most.....I am having a problem sending the dailys. My AOL brower will not allow a 64mb file. I've tried zipping it (only goes to 62mb..?..). If someone can tell me how to post them online I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm still working on send them out.

 

Steve

 

I'd like to see the dailies, too - how about posting them at a hosting site such as photobucket, snapfish, webshots or similar, and posting a link? I think that would work.