Excellent food, service, and itinerary!

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Sawyer Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 14, 2015

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Our first cruise ever to Alaska on the Jewel of the Seas in August of 2015 was truly exceptional. Highlights were the itinerary and ports-of-call, the EXCELLENT food, and the amazing service by the dedicated staff. The boat is indeed a little out of date and will be dry-docked soon for renovations, but that being said, they have maintained it impeccably, and it is very clean and well-kept. Would have loved more opportunities for the younger couple crowd (not drinking necessarily though), but did a pretty good job balancing considering that many who travel to Alaska are older. There was a pretty good mix of people on board, and the staff was great. Cruise director is a little over the top, but that seems to be fairly par for the course. The itinerary, food and service really set this cruise apart from the others!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Really great food in the main dining room!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

There were many, but we didn't participate in most - sometimes geared for older crowd.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Good, but could be better.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Exceptional wait staff and stateroom attendants. Everyone is helpful and attentive.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Outdated, but SUPER clean and well-maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Small, but plenty for the trip. Beds were very comfortable! Beware the bathrooms are tiny on cruise ships.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Add a few days here - so much to see and to eat!

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Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

5 out of 5

Gorgeous way to welcome us into Alaska.

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Go helicoptering to a glacier (book through viator.com to save $$) - best experience ever! Also, be sure to get some king crab legs in Alaska

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

LOVED the Yukon tour we took through Frontier excursions (booked on viator.com). Dog sledding, great scenery and tour guide.

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Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5

Get up early for this and see the Sawyer Glacier! Captain does a 360 degree turn at the glacier so that everyone get a view.

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Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

Beautiful gardens. Delicious fish and chips at red fish blue fish at the Wharf.

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3 Comments

jnb0202 9 years ago

@macc0_1 there are 2 formal nights on this cruise. We didn't go to the MDR on this cruise so I'm not sure how formal everyone went.

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jnb0202 9 years ago

My hubs and I aren't uber social with others when we're on vacation, but I agree about having more things for the younger crowd. All of the "dance parties" and things like that were 50s-70s themed. We're not drinkers so that may not have been our scene either we decided not to go to the quest because of how raunchy it was on our first cruise and that's just not our style. We enjoyed the trivias an

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macc01 9 years ago

I go in a few weeks. Thanks for all your posts. How was the weather for you? On formal night..was it super formal? I have heard mixed on that.

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