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Great itinerary, awesome weather, not enough variety of ship activities.

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Jewel of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 22, 2018

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1158

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We had a great time on our family cruise. Be prepared to be tired at the end though! :)

Embarkation

5 out of 5
The embarkation was simple and easy!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room was fantastic, nice variety, fantastic staff. The buffet (lunch and breakfast) was the same EVERY SINGLE DAY. :(

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Our family participated in the following activities: Rock Wall Sports Court Pools fitness center Movie Theater movies on pool deck comedy night mini golf We were dissappointed that soccer wasn't played much on the sports court, but not sure how that can be improved, there were just more BBall players. The fitness center was great. The climbing wall had VERY limited hours, and we wished there was more open time. The movie theater was great, however we think the movies could be better. Pools were over-crowded, insufficient pool chairs OVerall we had a great time!

Entertainment

2 out of 5
very little entertainment - only one comedy night, we wish there was more.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
all very good service, but lacked the enthusiasm we enjoy from Carnival.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The shower was fantastic and the room was great.

Ship tip

Don't forget to watch movie on the pool deck and the back of the ship (level 10 i think) is a fantastic place to watch a rainy sunrise :)

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5
no excursion - poor service culture here.
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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
We love the turtles in Barbados!
Thumbs Up

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
our favorite, hands down. We did do an excursion, and highly recommend using a boat here - you will see more!
Thumbs Up

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
beautiful island - we weren't a fan of our excursion. too much time on the boat.
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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Did a fantastic beach day here - loved it.
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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
one of our favorite stops ever....
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
easy, much better than our past experience with Carnival.
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wgammon1    4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.
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