Live from Jewel of the Seas

[Stormy256]

Thanks for the pics. They were great !!!!

 

November can't get here soon enough.

 

Majesty of the Seas 07/00

Vision of the Seas 07/01

Adventure of the Seas 11/02

Jewel of the Seas 11/04

[NHTraveler]

CruiseChick ~

We are cruising on 21 Jun as well - will check out your site.

Pictures are great! Excitement is almost too much - this will be our third Radiance class - these ships are our favorites

NH Traveler

[German Wunderkind]

Hi Brandis

 

The boarding in Hamburg and the lack of deckchairs in the solarium area are two of the weak points on my list for the review.

As you can see or guess in one of my pictures there had been only ten (10) chairs or so placed around the interior solarium pool. Another ten had been placed on both sides to look out of the windows.

Glad they bought and brought some chairs on board.

The boarding procedure is something which has to do with the Hamburg Cruise Center and the organisation of the process. So nothing to worry about for other ports - hopefully

 

There were some roumors in the crew about the grandmother. But noone I spoke to would officially or inofficially tell only one name.

 

justcruzin85374

You would be surprised if I’d tell the truth here.

But to be honest: You wouldn’t believe how much beer some of the old retired Germans drank during that cruise. I hope they did not drink because they did not like the Jewel.

 

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/

[MVPinBoynton]

NHTraveler,

In addition to the website that the Cruisechick specifically created for this cruise, we have a roll call thread that has almost 4,000 messages on 62 pages.

 

June 21 Jewel Roll Call

 

Please check it out also, so that you can join us on the various activities planned and to get to know everyone. We also have another couple from Nashua that goes by the name NHcruiser.

 

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

[MVPinBoynton]

Marc,

I am sorry that the weather is not cooperating for you. Please let us know when you get some pictures up on Saturday. We can't get enough.

 

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]

Thanks Mike - I will explore the thread to date and see what is happening - So there is a NHCruiser from Nashua - interesting - I know a lot of people here in NH, once they start cruising, they are hooked.

[flamingosun]

thank you so much for posting the photos.

It would appear that the Jewel really is quite a jewel...

another beautifl ship in a beautiful class of ships...

Is it true that she will be the last in her class?

 

Click this link to see how cruisers are helping orphans in Honduras: http://messages.cruisecritic.com/2/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=927093444&f=939097554&m=765101151

 

  'til we re-board our beloved Sovereign!

 

then, Splendour of the Seas ...

 

Sovereign 01/02, 11/02, 6/03, 08/03, 09/03

Fantasy 06/2002

Mariner 12/03

Radiance 04/04

[cuppy]

Thank you for posting the pictures.

 

Can't wait to sail on her in November

 

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

[German Wunderkind]

Flamingosun

Unfortunately for the German yard, the spectators of the journey over the narrow river Ems to the sea and to all the people who loves Radiance class she will be the last.

RCL decided not to use their option for more Radiance class vessels and went to Kvaerner Masa Yard in Finland to build the Ultra Voyager.

 

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/

[jstducky]

germanwunderkind:

 

i was wondering about the tides dining room... are there a lot of small tables for 4 in the dining room, or are the majority of the tables large tables of 6, 8 & 10?

 

danke!

 

jstducky!

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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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[7nucruzers]

thanks so much for the info! we're sailing jewel 11/14/04 in the western caribbean. can't wait to see your pics - we're on deck 9 balcony cabins 9560, 9562, 9564 and 9566. Any info on these cabins would be appreciated!!!

 

Happy sailing

 

7nucruzrs

[Brandis]

OK, my photos are online. Just go to www.brandis.org and follow the link there. At the moment, all images still have generic names, but I will fix that as soon as possible. A favorite of mine is PICT0117 on page 10. It is a t-shirt in the gift shop. Who spots the error? It will become a collector's item for sure... :-)

 

Concerning the embarkation problems in Hamburg. I was told by people who did the first and second cruise that after a lot of people had complained on Monday that RCL really took the critics to heart and fixed a lot. It seems embarkation on Wednesday was much more organized.

 

More details to follow, have to go to bed now, it was a long day...

 

Any questions? I'll be happy to answer if I can!

 

BTW: Has anyone got images from the welcome-point.de webcam from Jewels passage on wednesday evening? Or from any other cam on the river from that evening?

 

Marc

[Brandis]

jstducky,

 

I didn't really pay attention, but it seems the majority of tables were 8 and 10. I remember seeing tables for 2 and possibly 4 on Brilliance last summer. But the table layout seems to be a bit different on Jewel. Especially the room between tables seemed extremly tight...

 

Marc

[jstducky]

brandis!

 

thanks for putting the pictures up so quickly! you're great! the pictures you took are wonderful! and that picture of the t-shirt is great. i am sure someone that someone at RCI will spot the mistake soon and enough and they will re-print the shirt so that it says radiance and not voyager... but you've definitely gotten yourself a collector's item!

 

thanks once again for the pics! much appreciated!

 

jstducky!

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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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[jstducky]

btw, the pictures of the food on page 10.. is that from chops or in the main dining room?

 

jstducky!

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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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[psygist]

Thank you so much for your web link to the photos!!!

[MVPinBoynton]

Bravo Brandis! Thank you so much for the excellent pictures and for your fast posting. You exceeded our expectations. It is much appreciated.

Jstducky,
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Mike


See our reviews and pictures at [url="http://www.thepreismans.com/"]Mike and Carol's Website[/url]

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

[SHARONB]

What wonderful pictures. Thank you so much.

[Brandis]

I haven't bought the shirt... The shop staff were aware of the mistake. :-)

The food on page 10 was Chops. Great service. I'm not sure if they usually do this (at least they didn't when we ate at Chops last summer on Brilliance) but before ordering they brought a cart with all the different pieces of raw meat they have on offer and explained what it was. But they were just for display, you couldn't choose your exact piece from it...

Marc

[Brandis]

Oh, just thought about this...

They have the plastic shower doors on Jewel (like Voyager-class ships) whereas Brilliance had a shower curtain. Great change!

I will soon put up scans of the Cruise Compasses and Chop's menu as well as one of the Dining Room menus.

Marc

[Brandis]

The scans are online now on pages 10 and 11 in my photo album ([url="http://www.brandis.org"]www.brandis.org[/url])
Marc

[cuppy]

Thank you for all the pictures.

I can't wait until our November cruise. I have been forwarding the link to all my friends trying to convince them to cruise with us on this ship.

View my photos at
[url="http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb"]http://community.webshots.com/user/cuppyb[/url]

Voyager of Seas - Canada
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Jewel of Seas
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Navigator of Seas
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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

[German Wunderkind]

Hi Brandis

Hope you enjoyed the Jewel as much as we did!

If think it's not suprising that the daily planner is exactly the same than on Voyage No.1 but what suprised my was that you got the same menu card in the Tides Dining Room.
I feel sorry for all those back to back cruises because the even got the same show (West End to Broadway) on Wednesday evening.
How was the Tango Show on Thursday? We had Soul Satisfaction as headliner showtime the first night.

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
[url="http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/"]http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/[/url]

[Brandis]

In the german version of the daily planner, they even forgot to replace the disembarkation port Hamburg with Oslo... :-)

"Tango Buenos Aires" was awesome. It got standing ovations.

It was interesting to see how the german audience reacts to the shows. If one of the musicians started a solo, they began to clap. Also with some songs, they clapped along. Both I haven't seen on cruises with mostly american passengers.

During the backstage tour in the theatre on Thursday they were doing rehearsals for another show which includes a flying act, similiar to one of the shows on Voyager.

Marc

[Merion_Mom]

Brandis,

Let me add my voice to the chorus of "thank you"s! Your comments and pictures are invaluable. I am probably getting TOO excited, since our cruise is still 8 long months away!

We haven't been on a Radiance class ship before, and I have been a bit apprehensive about my teenagers not liking it as much as the Explorer, but I can see that everything will be fine. They are old enough to appreciate the elegance and beauty of this brand-new ship, and besides, WHO CARES? IT'S A CRUISE, and MOM will love it so that should make them happy, right? [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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

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