Absolutely wonderful!

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Jewel of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 15, 2018

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1578

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Absolutely wonderful cruise. Perfect to pull into so many different ports, beautiful beaches, inexpensive on the islands and the ship itself is great. The Junior Suite is gorgeous!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy peasy!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Great variety of food, good wine and beer selection.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Really enjoyed the trivia, and also the fitness center is really well equipped.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Good comedians, lovely performance crew. Great orchestra.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone throughout the ship was warm and inviting. Very friendly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Lovely design throughout; modern yet romantic at the same time.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Nothing, all good!

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Lovely to walk around old San Juan.

Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

3 out of 5
Unfortunately, the whole town needs a coat of paint (and it's only a 1-street town, shouldn't be that difficult). Also, not enough bars or restaurants to pop into. We walked to Rainbow Beach (about 2 kms away, good walk), there's a nice bar, but we gave up on ordering food, they took too long and they seemed stressed also. Seems like there should be more bars/restaurants along the beach, that said, it may be due to Hurricane damage, it's hard to tell at the moment. Beautiful beaches though, great to get off the boat and enjoy them.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
Stay at the beach at the port, it's beautiful, not over-crowded, and plenty of restaurants to pick from. Took a drive out to the Maho Beach to see the plane - lovely drive to see part of the island, unforunately, they are still in recovery due to the hurricane, and we wanted to visit the French side, but the beach is washed away, we were advised not to go. I would recommend just taking a taxi to Maho Beach, see the planes, and go straight back to the beach at the port. The beach under the planes is over-crowded, as are the bars.

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5
Absolutely beautiful beaches, everywhere you go. Just perfect. Lovely to take a drive up along the caribbean side - cute and unique properties.

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5
Spice and Waterfall tour is great. LOvely to drive around and see the island ... Grand Anse a nice beach.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Rude customs agents and very, very slow.
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9 Comments

lilygracie    6 years ago

That’s our room in October during Rome cruise. Glad to see you liked the room

dizzzydr    6 years ago

Sound nice

missnotanlines    6 years ago

Excellent shark and you?

70Shark    6 years ago

How are you doing today Miss No Tan Lines 😎

70Shark    6 years ago

All custom agent have no sense of humor 😬

missnotanlines    6 years ago

The jewel is a excellent ship glad you had fun

cruzn4life    6 years ago

happymo    6 years ago

So glad you had a great time.

MarineVet71    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it

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