Jewel of the Seas on her way out to sea

[cuppy]

Thanks for the link

 

View my photos at

http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb

 

Voyager of Seas - Canada

 

Jewel of Seas

 

Navigator of Seas

 

RCCL Explorer of the Seas 1-3-04

RCCL Majesty of the Seas 10-27-03

Carnival Ecstasy 5-26-03

NCL Sky 5-19-02

[richterscale]

cuppy i have a question for you. have you done the bob tour in st thomas? i noticed that your picture is the same as the character for the bob. if you have, can you tell me about it. did you book with rccl, or on your own. is a ok for a claustropho to go on, and how about kids ages 10 and 12? thanks....richterscale

 

Nordic Prince 88 Homeric 89 Seaward 89 Sovereign 94 Majesty 01 Disney Magic 02 Jewel 04

[Globaliser]

Ever dissatisfied, I've collected a few more Jewel links.

 

Photos from the Ems passage:-

http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas.htm

http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2010.htm

http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2015.htm

 

Photos from the Ems passage and docked at Eemshaven:-

http://home.uwnet.nl/~prummel/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas.html

 

A page containing some lower resolution photos of the ship docked at Meyer Werft, but also (at the bottom) links to four webcam pictures from the very beginning of the Ems passage (see separate links below):-

http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/werf_papenburg.htm

http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_1.bmp

http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_4.bmp

http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_5.bmp

http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_10.bmp

 

These pages are Dutch, as the URLs show. As the Google tool doesn't have Dutch, you might find http://babelfish.altavista.com to be a more useful translation tool.

[jstducky]

globaliser.. thanks so much for the links. the ship looks great. the more pictures i see of her, the more excited i get about my upcoming cruise on Jewel!

 

jstducky!

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...til 9/04 - Jewel of the Seas - Canada / New England

 

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...til 7/04 - Zuiderdam - Western Caribbean

 

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7/03 - Zaandam - Alaska

4/03 - Norweigan Star - Hawaii

7/96 - Noordam - Alaska

7/96 - Golden Princess - Alaska

8/95 - Jubilee - Mexican Riviera

[madforcruising]

Great new links to the Jewel. You are always a great source !!!

Thanks so much!

 

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:

http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS

 

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard

See Photos of River Ems passage

http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH

Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic

 

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England

 

 

09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii

06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas

2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere

2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic

2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic

2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River

1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise

1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic

1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera

1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi

1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[cuppy]

richterscale - I have not done the bob excursion yet. I had wanted to do it while we were in the Bahamas but I got a really bad cold before we left and couldn't.

 

My icon is my hubby & I with funship freddy from our Carnival cruise - I am having it changed hopefully this week. My husband took a really good shot of the RCCL anchor ice sculpture with a blue light going through it at the crown & anchor party. That is going to be my new picture soon.

 

View my photos at

http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb

 

Voyager of Seas - Canada

 

Jewel of Seas

 

Navigator of Seas

 

RCCL Explorer of the Seas 1-3-04

RCCL Majesty of the Seas 10-27-03

Carnival Ecstasy 5-26-03

NCL Sky 5-19-02

[Globaliser]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madforcruising:

Great new links to the Jewel. You are always a great source !!!

Thanks so much!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>It's been a pleasure to research this for myself, and then to share with others who are looking forward to seeing the Jewel as much as I am. Particularly as I missed something I was looking forward to so much - the Ems passage.

 

I've also learnt an awful lot about how to Google.

 

Seven months ago, when I happened to find the 2-night shakedown cruises on the RCI website, I simply thought that one of them would be a bit of a laugh. A new ship, a new (for me) cruise line, and a shakedown cruise where one could expect lots to go wrong (as many ship people have warned me about since). Little did I know how caught up I would get in the final phases of her construction and "birth". I feel more attached to her already than any other ship that I've ever sailed on.

 

Anyway, one more webpage. This page is from someone's visit to the Meyer Werft shipyard in December 2002, a month or so after Jewel's "keel laying", and most of the photos are of the Serenade. The two photos of the Jewel herself are remarkably uninformative. However, the real interest for me was in the webcam photo at the bottom right of the page, which dates from 17 March 2003. It seems still to be hosted on the Meyer Werft servers, although I hadn't found it directly and there's no clue as to which page it belongs to (if any). If this really is the Jewel (which looks about right), it was taken at a much earlier stage of construction than any other webcam photo I've got.

[davnjnet]

great photos, they help you get an idea of where you want your cabin to be located. thanks globaliser

 

davnjnet

 

Rhapsody 2/99

Triumph 3/02

Summit 3/03

Navigator 3/04

[Globaliser]

One more - funnily enough, posted by the company that arranged the portable lighting on the night!

 

http://www.thw-papenburg.de/berichte/berichte012004/040404jeweloftheseas.php4

[Globaliser]

A few more small pictures on this page - http://www.iezie.be/free/forum/JB/messages/635.html.

 

I also found the website of Jenny Alnes, who has a commissioned piece on board - see her CV.

 

And, for a laugh, the manufacturer of the self-levelling pool tables on board.

[madforcruising]

Thanks again for the links. I didn´t know that there are also self stabilizing beds and that one of it is installed on the Brilliance. Very Interesting.

 

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:

http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS

 

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard

See Photos of River Ems passage

http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH

Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic

 

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England

 

 

09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii

06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas

2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere

2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic

2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic

2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River

1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise

1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic

1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera

1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi

1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[Globaliser]

Yes, that was news to me, too. I wonder how people find it.

 

The videos of the pool tables made me laugh - have just downloaded them and watched them.

[madforcruising]

You are right I would wonder how that feels lying in a bed with the ship around you rocking and you lying without feeling the motion (or feeling the motion ?!?).

Also think about a computer malfunction

I also wonder why RCCL isn´t advertising this feature and We haven´t read about this on the board from anyone expierienced it (maybe I missed this one)

And the rumor of a bowling lane on the Ultra Voyager could get true.

 

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:

http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS

 

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard

See Photos of River Ems passage

http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH

Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic

 

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England

 

 

09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii

06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas

2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere

2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic

2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic

2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River

1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise

1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic

1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera

1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi

1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[spajke]

Just for who is interested in the Jewel. Following site Shows pictures of the JEWEL in side the Solarium, Theater etc.... ITS FANTASTIC

 

http://home.tiscali.nl/~t411310/indx.htm

[Globaliser]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madforcruising:

You are right I would wonder how that feels lying in a bed with the ship around you rocking and you lying without feeling the motion (or feeling the motion ?!?).

Also think about a computer malfunction

I also wonder why RCCL isn´t advertising this feature and We haven´t read about this on the board from anyone expierienced it (maybe I missed this one)

And the rumor of a bowling lane on the Ultra Voyager could get true.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Actually, you can get that feeling on a stormy day by floating on your back in the middle of the swimming pool. You just watch the ship rock and roll around you while you stay pretty still. It's also great to watch the waterfalls off the edges of the pools.

 

But seriously, that bed doesn't deal with what disturbs my sleep most on the first rough night, which is the falling feeling. I find myself waking up for half of every wave, waiting for the ship to reach the bottom and start upwards again, anxious that the falling won't stop (however much I can tell myself intellectually that it will). Fortunately, I only ever get one night of this on a cruise, if there are any rough nights at all.

 

I also wonder why it's only on one ship, and unadvertised. Maybe nobody really thinks very much of it ...

 

On another topic, it looks like the ship is scheduled going out to sea at about 1200 on Friday 23 April (it's a constantly updated webpage). Is this for her first cruise, or is she going out for another test run before 25 April?

 

And does anyone know when and where she is being christened?

[madforcruising]

I heard somewhere here on the board that she will be christened at Southampton. Not quite sure about the date, but think it was early may. Maybe 05/07 or 05/08. Anybody who heard who the Godmother will be?

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS"]http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS[/url]

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard
See Photos of River Ems passage
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH"]http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH[/url]
Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;05;28;7;20;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img]

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;09;28;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img]


09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii
06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas
2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere
2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic
2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic
2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River
1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise
1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic
1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera
1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi
1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[Globaliser]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madforcruising:
I heard somewhere here on the board that she will be christened at Southampton. Not quite sure about the date, but think it was early may. Maybe 05/07 or 05/08. Anybody who heard who the Godmother will be?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>In that case I suspect it'll be 7 May. I think her last 2-night shakedown cruise is 5 May Southampton-Southampton, and then there's an overnight pause before she starts her first "proper" cruise on 8 May ex-Southampton.

Now to try to get an invite to the party ... funnily enough I have a day off work on 7 May because I was supposed to be starting a cruise on the [I]Westerdam[/I] that day.

Interestingly, there is availability showing again on the RCI website for the short cruises on 1 May (Oslo-Oslo) and 3 May (Oslo-Southampton).

[madforcruising]

Our cruise on 05/28 was sold out, too and now there are many rooms available again.

It would be a good idea to go to the christening to pay attention they don´t damage the ship with the bottle [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

I think when she leaves Eemshaven 04/23 that could be not for sea trials but for her way to Hamburg to be there for her first cruises.

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS"]http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS[/url]

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard
See Photos of River Ems passage
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH"]http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH[/url]
Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;05;28;7;20;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img]

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;09;28;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img]


09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii
06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas
2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere
2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic
2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic
2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River
1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise
1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic
1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera
1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi
1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[madforcruising]

I found out she is definitely christened on 05/07.
Here is also her schedule for Southampton departures and arrivals:

[url="http://www.southamptonspin.net/zones/community/abp/passenger.asp?view=6months&shipname=Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas"]http://www.southamptonspin.net/zones/community/abp/passenger.asp?view=6months&shipname=Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas[/url]

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS"]http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS[/url]

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard
See Photos of River Ems passage
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH"]http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH[/url]
Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;05;28;7;20;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img]

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;09;28;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img]


09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii
06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas
2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere
2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic
2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic
2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River
1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise
1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic
1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera
1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi
1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[Globaliser]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madforcruising:
I think when she leaves Eemshaven 04/23 that could be not for sea trials but for her way to Hamburg to be there for her first cruises.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>D'oh! Of course.

From that Southampton site, it also looks like the party's going to continue at sea overnight on 7 May. I'll have to get working on that, although I will have done my short cruise on her already by then.

You haven't managed to find out who her godmother will be, have you?

[Sparkle 123]

Hi thanks for all your photos. We are booked on the Jewel on 5th May for the 2 night mini cruise from Southampton to Guernsey. Cant wait now I've seen all these pictures.I'll report back and let you all know how it went!

[madforcruising]

Globaliser:

The Jewel of the Seas joined today the RCCL fleet officially.
When she leaves Eemshaven tomorow (04/23) at noon, she will be on her way to Hamburg just like we thought it could be.
I read on the Meyerwerft website that she is scheduled to arrive at the first Pilot station on the River Elbe at 08:00am on Saturdary and she will dock at the cruise terminal in Hamburg at 02:00pm.

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS"]http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS[/url]

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard
See Photos of River Ems passage
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH"]http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH[/url]
Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;05;28;7;20;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img]

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;09;28;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img]


09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii
06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas
2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere
2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic
2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic
2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River
1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise
1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic
1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera
1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi
1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[madforcruising]

Anybody has an idea who the Godmother will be???

First pics of the undocking of the Jewel of the Seas:
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS"]http://community.webshots.com/album/125049819TVWuuS[/url]

Jewel of the Seas left Meyerwerft Shipyard
See Photos of River Ems passage
[url="http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH"]http://community.webshots.com/album/131001309cIkOdH[/url]
Jewel of the Seas - 05/28/04 Scandinavia / Russia / Baltic
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;05;28;7;20;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img]

Jewel of the Seas - 09/28/04 Canada / New England
[img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00bfff&cdt=2004;09;28;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img]


09/2003 - Legend of the Seas Hawaii
06/2003 - Norwegian Dawn Florida and Bahamas
2002 - MS Columbus - Cruise to nowhere
2001 - Grandeur of the Seas Mediterranean and Transatlantic
2000 - Splendour of the Seas Transatlantic
2000 - Viking Star on the Danube River
1999 - Vision of the Seas Panamacanal cruise
1998 - Vision of the Seas Transatlantic
1997 - Crystal Symphonie to Mexican Riviera
1996 - Delta Queen on the Mississippi
1995 - Legend of the Seas to Alaska

[Brandis]

Madforcruising,

any idea how long it will take for Jewel to travel from the Hamburg cruise terminal to the Willkomm-Höft? I was hoping to experience the farewell greeting on deck but it might coincide with our second-seating dinner...

Marc

[Globaliser]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by madforcruising:
Anybody has an idea who the Godmother will be???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I've asked, and have been told that it remains confidential.