Mixed Feelings

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 81

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Jewel of the Seas

9 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 27, 2018

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1568

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This cruise felt like an afterthought. I have cruised with Royal Caribbean over 6 times and this one felt like they didn't really care. We were thrilled to be given an upgrade from a large balcony cabin to a suite, but it didn't make up for our general feelings about this cruise. Our first night we had dinner in Chops Grill and it was amazing, however our first night in the dinning room didn't go so well. When we went to our table there were people already sitting there. Turned out to be the second seating people that got the times mixed up. The table we were seated at for that evening was fine but the waiter made it very clear he was put out by having to serve us when we were not his regular diners. We ended up spending 2 days in our cabin due to the virus going around the ship and missed Athens and our diner in Izumi. During the days we were on the ship there wasn't much to do. We attended a few trivia sessions, but not much else was available. The shows were not all that interesting and rather amateurish, although I must say the show the night we were in Naples was very good.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Wash your hands often

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece Did not visit port

Missed this port due to Norovirus

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

3 out of 5
It took over 2 hours to clear the ship in port so our tour was cut short. The Captain added an hour to our departure time, but the tour was still cut. Then the ship didn't leave till after 9:00 pm with no explaination.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

dizzzydr    6 years ago

Thanks for the review

kfield    6 years ago

Thanks for the review

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