Norwegian Jewel
Sail date: December 17, 2011
Overall, the ship was better than expected. The food was good and the options were decent. But they can do away with a few of the specialty restaurants on board such as the Mexican restaurant. Also, like a lot of other reviewers have already mentioned, they will try to get as much money out of you as possible so don't be fooled into buying a bunch of bingo cards because they're a waste of money. In terms of the itinerary, two out of the three destinations were a waste of time. There wasn't much to do at Port Canaveral aka Cocoa Beach unless you wanted to spend a few hundred dollars and go to Disney World or Universal which was an hour away. The private island, Great Stirrup Cay, wasn't much better since it felt like a fake island with all of the construction going around. And one other negative about it is that you have to wake up extra early to just get a tender ticket to hop on a boat that brings you there. As for the final destination, Nassau, this was the best destination out of the three because there were tons of stuff to do and you didn't have to spend alot of money or waste time to get to the places. But other than that, my girlfriend and I had a nice time on the ship and in the Bahamas. so maybe next time we'll just go straight to the Bahamas instead.