Cost Cutting Continues on RCCL

Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 2.6
Author: robkenkat

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

robkenkat

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 11, 2018

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9206

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The question is do I start cruising with another company after this disaster of a cruise. This cruise reflects poorly on RCCL. I already have a cruise booked with them for 2019 - this will be my last one. They're getting to be no different than Carnival.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining room was awful. Not enough wait staff working (also in in Windjammer). RCCL has obviously cut their number of employees working on the ships. I suspect that due to the larger ships, they have switched resources to these newer ships.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Nothing special on this ship for on-board activities. It's getting old and boring doing the same stuff.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Nothing to see on these ships.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Service was poor to non-existent.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Our bed was broken. They did a poor job on refurbishing this ship.