Jewel Review 3/15 - 3/20

[PACrew]

Just off the Jewel. Overall, great time, fantastic ship and crew. Here are a couple of highlights....

 

Prior to Cruise

 

-Booked shuttle from Fort Lauderdale to Miami via sas transportation. Steve and his guys did a great job. $15 bucks per person...cant beat it.

-Hilton Miami - great hotel...got it from price line for 100 bucks

 

Embarkation - easy, no complaints. We arrived at 11 and were on board by 1145.

 

Room - Minisuite, below spa. Great room, tons of space, great cabin attendant. He knew our names and took care of us like a true pro! Note: be careful around these suites, some people next to us were under the gym and it was noisy.

 

Food - We were really impressed by the buffet. The garden cafe had great selections that were fresh. There were never any lines or waiting (ship was sold out). Breakfast buffet was great too. Note, Tango's was no good. Dont waste your money. Main dining room was good.

 

Drinks - Bucket of beer was great value. O

 

Entertainment - Comedian Joe Yannety was ok, nothing special but funny. The Second City Comedy group was awesome. These guys put on three great shows and we laughed our a&& off the entire time. CD was ok, nothing special. The white hot party was ok, nothing special. There were a ton of spring breakers on the cruise which always made things interesting. No poolside activities which was a disappointment. There were a ton fo people on board and it would have been fun had there been pool side activities...This is the one area that was lacking, there werent many non-paying day-time activities.

 

Ship - looked brand new. In excellant shape inside and out.

 

Crew - friendly, never had a bad moment.

 

A couple notes: We did bring our own favorite wine aboard to enjoy on our balcony. We checked it in our luggage and it was detected. We were called down to a room to claim it. We paid the corkage fee, no big deal. However, because of the high volume of spring breakers, its appears (as the crew told us) that they were pretty strict on the luggage).

 

Disembark - easiest ever... we walked off without a hitch.

 

Overall - great cruise - any questions, feel free to ask.

[dtracker]

Just off the Jewel. Overall, great time, fantastic ship and crew. Here are a couple of highlights....

 

Prior to Cruise

 

-Booked shuttle from Fort Lauderdale to Miami via sas transportation. Steve and his guys did a great job. $15 bucks per person...cant beat it.

-Hilton Miami - great hotel...got it from price line for 100 bucks

 

Embarkation - easy, no complaints. We arrived at 11 and were on board by 1145.

 

Room - Minisuite, below spa. Great room, tons of space, great cabin attendant. He knew our names and took care of us like a true pro! Note: be careful around these suites, some people next to us were under the gym and it was noisy.

 

Food - We were really impressed by the buffet. The garden cafe had great selections that were fresh. There were never any lines or waiting (ship was sold out). Breakfast buffet was great too. Note, Tango's was no good. Dont waste your money. Main dining room was good.

 

Drinks - Bucket of beer was great value. O

 

Entertainment - Comedian Joe Yannety was ok, nothing special but funny. The Second City Comedy group was awesome. These guys put on three great shows and we laughed our a&& off the entire time. CD was ok, nothing special. The white hot party was ok, nothing special. There were a ton of spring breakers on the cruise which always made things interesting. No poolside activities which was a disappointment. There were a ton fo people on board and it would have been fun had there been pool side activities...This is the one area that was lacking, there werent many non-paying day-time activities.

 

Ship - looked brand new. In excellant shape inside and out.

 

Crew - friendly, never had a bad moment.

 

A couple notes: We did bring our own favorite wine aboard to enjoy on our balcony. We checked it in our luggage and it was detected. We were called down to a room to claim it. We paid the corkage fee, no big deal. However, because of the high volume of spring breakers, its appears (as the crew told us) that they were pretty strict on the luggage).

 

Disembark - easiest ever... we walked off without a hitch.

 

Overall - great cruise - any questions, feel free to ask.

 

Hi, PACrew.

You didn't mention the Cirque Bijue. Did you not go or were they not playing? Thanks for the review!

 

DT

[PACrew]

Yes, they did run it on the last night. It was good.

[sailingsoon1]

Hi. We leave Sunday on the Jewel. Glad to hear it was great. Did you do any excursions? We have 3 kids -- 18, 15 and 8. Not sure what to do. Would like to snorkel. Any suggestions?

[Tokaybean]

PACrew: Great review. Very helpful to others. Thanks for posting it. Sounds like you had a wonderful time.

[PACrew]

Sailingsoon...

 

Make sure you do the stingray sandbar in grand cayman...its a great time. The water is only waste high son anyone can do it.

 

In Cozumel, I would snorkel at palancar or chakkanab. Those are the best places.

 

let me know if you have any additional questions. You will have a great time.