Jewel of the Seas
Sail date: September 01, 2013
This cruise was for our honeymoon and it was our first cruise ever. So with that said I can not make comparisons to other ships or ports. All in all it was amazing. The stateroom (we had a suite), dining, activities, drinks, and the staff were great. One thing that amazed me is how the staff; from your waiter, stateroom attendant, bar tenders, housekeeping, cruise director remembered your name, in some cases on the 1st day. I am terrible with names but the staff isn't and it just made you feel special when they call you by name. There are activities for everyone of all ages. That is really our only complaint: there were so many activities that we wanted to do but many occur at the same time, so you have to choose which ones you want to do the most. The food in the buffet and dining rooms was amazing. We did eat at the specialty restaurants twice, the food was good but IMO the food in the main dinning room was just as good. Next time we will skip the specialty restaurants. One word of caution: remember you DON'T have to eat it all. The ship was easy to navigate and find the various places you wanted to go. We mostly took the stairs everywhere as opposed to waiting for an elevator which could get crowded at times. I really don't have anything negative to say about the ship, again I have nothing to compare it to.