Live from Jewel of the Seas

German Wunderkind · April 28, 2004

Hello everybody!

We just docked at the Pier in Hamburg after cruise number 1 for the Jewel of the Seas.

And what a fantastic ship this is. We had sunny weather all the days - ok we had a cold wind as well but all in all it was a very good first sailing.

We did not have any technical problems and even if there is some work still going on on the ship it is already beautifull. Service was a little slow on this cruise and there were so many german beer drinkers on board that they nearly ran out of Heineken from the tab (in some bars they only had bottles last night)

We I return home later today I'll try to put on some of the pictures I took on my homepage.

BTW the captain was Thore Thorolvsen and the CD was Ken Rush

Greetings from the home of Radiance, Horizon and Century Class

04/26/04 Jewel of the Seas

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- First passenger sailing - I just hope the yard delivers on time -

Past Sailings

04/2000 Voyager of the Seas

11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season)

11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season)

08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise)

10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's)

look at the pictures at

02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean

http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/

Merion_Mom · April 28, 2004

Thank you, thank you, thank you! First report from the Jewel........I am SO excited.

I know that you said that you'll post a full report, but tell us: what cabin did you have? Tell us about it.

Carol

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Voyager of the Seas - 5-day to Canada - NO AIRFARE!!!! 8/2004

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Jewel of the Seas 12/2004

Explorer of the Seas 12/2003

Explorer of the Seas 8/2002

<marquee>till we sail on the Jewel! New Year's Cruise.....12/26/04</marquee>

<marquee>..........................Oh, no! We have become New Year's Cruise Addicts!</marquee>

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Fredrik · April 28, 2004

Wow,

Sounds promising! IÂ´m sooooo looking forward to the trip this weekend. Hope you have time to post a longer review before we leave for Oslo.

Fredrik

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Jewel of the Seas Oslo

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Brilliance of the Seas West Med

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Serenade of the Seas Panamacrossing

So far:

Splendour of the Seas Med Oct 2003

Navigator of the Seas East C. Jul 2003

Seaside2358 · April 28, 2004

Am looking forward to your review and pics...

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Until Jewel of The Seas<BR

Sensation 3/99

Majesty of The Seas 12/03

MVPinBoynton · April 28, 2004

Thank you German Wunderkind! We appreciate the quick turnaround on some info on our Jewel. We will all be watching for more info and pics. Keep up the good work.

Mike

See our reviews and pictures at Mike and Carol's Website

Costa Classica 3/94

Celebrity Mercury 4/98

Carnival Destiny 4/99

Crown Princess 7/01

Norwegian Star 11/01

Grand Princess 12/01

Sun Princess 3/02

Celebrity Constellation 11/02

Brilliance of the Seas 6/03

Navigator of the Seas 11/03

Jewel of the Seas 06/04

Tahitian Princess 02/05

NHTraveler · April 28, 2004

Thanks for the news - any idea who the concierge is? Glad to hear Ken Rush is present! How is the food service thus far?

Awaiting our British Isles trip in June 2004.

jstducky · April 28, 2004

german wunderkind... i am glad to hear that you had a great trip! i can't wait to see the pictures you post!

this makes me even more excited (if that is even possible!) for my trip on Jewel in Sept.!

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

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thecruisechick · April 28, 2004

NHTraveler,

which sailing are you on in June? We are on the June 21 sailing, if you're on that one let us know. We actually have a very active thread.

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<a href="http://www.thecruisechick.com/">Visit The

June 21st Jewel Web Site</a>

Mary

Jewel 6/04

Tahitian Princess 2/05

RCCL DIAMOND MEMBER 70+ Cruises

dayrate · April 28, 2004

Originally posted by NHTraveler:
Thanks for the news - any idea who the concierge is? QUOTE]

Brett Goad from your favorite ship.

German Wunderkind · April 28, 2004

Hi, Iâ€™m back at home.

First the good news: I just finished uploading my pictures to my homepage. Iâ€™ll try to post them later in a better/higher quality but until then you can follow the link in my signature.

Merion_Mom & NHTraveler

Iâ€™ll try to give you a quick overview. We had cabins 4060 and 3124. Cabin 4060 was a cabin for four but only occupied with two and 3124 was a cabin for two. There were virtually no problems with 4060. The couple there didnâ€™t hear any noise from the Centrum area. Only one thing to remember. 4060 is next to a door which is used for boarding in some ports. It was not used on this cruise but the area is used to store certain things during a cruise. The couple told me that during the second night someone went into that room to get or search for something and that it was so loud that they woke up from the noise.

3124 was totally different. There was some annoying cracking noise to be heard during the whole night and even sometimes during the day. It was so loud that we thought we tried to sleep right over a pig pipe belonging to the air conditioning system. I donâ€™t know what caused the constant noise but it was loud enough that we slept only 3 hours the first night.

Concierge: Iâ€™ll believe that concierge service was not available during our cruise. At least I never saw anyone using the lounge. But maybe I was there not at the right time. Canâ€™t tell you more about most of the crew because there was no list in the Compass. I had to ask around and even some of the senior staff members didnâ€™t know who the Captain was on this sailing.

Food service: In my opinion good. Not as good as on my last Constellation cruise but the taste and quantity was good. We had steak, salmon, tenderloin, cod and everything was cooked as ordered.

At the moment Jewel has only a reduced wine list but they will get their normal stock of wines n the near future (at least thatâ€™s what my waiter told me).

Service in the dining room and some of the bars was a little bit slow. At certain times there were ten or twelve people waiting to order their drinks with a full bar right behind them and only one bartender working at the bar. But 15 Minutes later all our fellow elderly German cruisers had their Heineken and were satisfied.

Fredrik

I doubt I will be able to write a complete review but if you have any specific question Iâ€™m happy to answer it.

One thing - look in your documents. Do you have luggage service in Oslo?

Because in Hamburg we didnâ€™t had it and the check in was a nightmare with all those suitcases.

If you have questions regarding entertainment: I want to post the Compass on my homepage as well but I think itâ€™s not there before the weekend.

I wish you a wonderful cruise and Iâ€™m sure after Navigator and Splendor youâ€™ll like the Radiance Class. And if not: send me your tickets for the Brilliance and Serenade because this class is my favourite.

Greetings from the home of Radiance, Horizon and Century Class

Past Sailings

04/2000 Voyager of the Seas

11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season)

11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season)

08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise)

10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's)

look at the pictures at

02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean

04/26/04 Jewel Voyage No.1 to nowhere

http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/

MKS · April 28, 2004

Wunderkind es ist wunderbar. We are sailing on May 8 and appreciate the pictures. They are great.

Do you happen to remember who is Chief Purser and also Guest Relations Director. Usually you receive a sheet with this info. Dankeschon for any help.

Margie

German Wunderkind · April 28, 2004

Margie

Danke fuer die Komplimente.

Sorry we did not get that paper. I was expecting it also but they didn't put it in the Cruise Compass.

Some people seemed not to know their officers at all (see other posting).

Maybe Fredrik can ask these questions for you on his cruise.

Greetings from the home of Radiance, Horizon and Century Class

Past Sailings

04/2000 Voyager of the Seas

11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season)

11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season)

08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise)

10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's)

02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean

04/26/04 Jewel - Voyage No.1 - cruise to nowhere

look at my pictures at

http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/

jjferr · April 28, 2004

Thanks for the pictures. Now, I really can't wait until July!

Lisa

madforcruising · April 28, 2004

Thanks alot for the Pics and the infos. Makes me even more excited

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

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

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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

jstducky · April 28, 2004

thanks so much for the pictures! they are great! the ship looks beautiful! you're so wonderful for getting these to us so quickly. i know we were all anxious to see the first pictures of Jewel!

jstducky!

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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

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keasc · April 28, 2004

Thank you for posting the pictures. The more I see of her the further away November seems.

Jewel 11-6-2004

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Sovereign 12/30/95

Enchantment 5/24/98

Sovereign 12/31/98

Voyager 11/21/99

Voyager 5/14/00

Explorer 11/18/00

Radiance 7/28/01

Grand Princess 7/7/02

Navigator 1/11/03

Mariner 11/16/03

Jewel 11/6/04

MVPinBoynton · April 28, 2004

Thanks GW. I know you have put in a lot of work today to get these pics posted so quickly. We really appreciate your effors. We only have 54 days till we board her.

Mike

See our reviews and pictures at Mike and Carol's Website

Costa Classica 3/94

Celebrity Mercury 4/98

Carnival Destiny 4/99

Crown Princess 7/01

Norwegian Star 11/01

Grand Princess 12/01

Sun Princess 3/02

Celebrity Constellation 11/02

Brilliance of the Seas 6/03

Navigator of the Seas 11/03

Jewel of the Seas 06/04

Tahitian Princess 02/05

justcruzin85374 · April 28, 2004

Hi German Wunderkind....{{{GW}}}

Oh how exciting to be part of the Jewel and her first sailing!

It sounds like everything went off without a hitch...well except the beer...you wouldn't of had anything to do with that, now would you!

Thanks for the details and pictures they are superb! I'm so happy you were part of this sailing, I'm sure it will be fond memories for a very long time.

Hope you had a good trip home!

Soveriegn 92 E. Caribbean

Majesty 95 W. Caribbean

Granduer 97 E. Caribbean

Rhapsody 00 Mexico

Vision 02 Alaska

Radiance 03 Panama Canal

Brilliance 3/29/04

Radiance of the Seas/Panama Canal 10/18/2003

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My bags are always packed!

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PH8 · April 28, 2004

Thanks for the great pics...........

I do believe the Hotel Director is Francois Wache.....

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**RCCL SOS-8/27/04** Carnival Miracle-2/13/05**

tinkerme1 · April 28, 2004

By any chance, did anyone "let the cat out of the bag" as to who the godmother will be for the Jewel of the Seas? Inquiring minds want to know!

Dankeschon

Celia

"Jewel OTS " 06/04 # 11 & 12

"Brilliance OTS" 04/05 # 13 & 14

richterscale · April 28, 2004

is it december yet..... just six more months for me. keep the pictures coming.....

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

emmy · April 29, 2004

Yes a great big thank you for posting these photos of Jewel so quickly. Much appreciated.

Enjoyed them so much..solarium looks wonderful.

Also curious about the godmother of this ship!

Emmy (359 days to go)

Navigator of the Seas ~ May 2003

Sun Princess ~ April 2002

Enchantment of the Seas ~ April 2000

Nordic Empress ~ May 1998

Splendour of the Seas ~ April 1997

Star Princess ~ February 1995

Countdown to Mariner of the Seas - May 16,2004

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Journey on the Jewel April 23 2005

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Brandis · April 29, 2004

Live aboard Jewel now...

I was amazed when I saw yesterday, how much beer they hauled aboard, but I guess Wundekinds comment explains it. They also received delivery of more deckchairs for the solarium...

Boarding seemed a bit unorganized yesterday, but thanks to being Platinum member, we didn't have to stand in line much. Yesterday, the weather was great, today it's windy,cold and raining. But we still enjoy the cruise very much. Took a lot of photos, will post them at my site www.brandis.org later on saturday.

See ya all later!

Marc

Fredrik · April 29, 2004

Wow, the pictures look great!

Thanks a million.

Fredrik

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Jewel of the Seas Oslo

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Brilliance of the Seas West Med

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Serenade of the Seas Panamacrossing

So far:

Splendour of the Seas Med Oct 2003

Navigator of the Seas East C. Jul 2003

MKS · April 29, 2004

Fredrik or Brandon

Could you maybe find out the names of the Chief Purser and the Guest Relations Director, if you have an opportunity.

Sounds like you are having a wonderful time, Brandon.

How exciting. Can't wait till May 8.

Margie

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