AVOID SHORE EXCURSIONS!

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Jewel of the Seas

9 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 02, 2019

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We will probably never go on Royal Carribean again. The shore excursions were a rip off and when we complained, no one cared. Food was OK. The waiters pushed food packages which cost lots as well as excursions.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was very easy and fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The food was OK. The waiters at the specialty restaurants try to push for another 18% tip. However, when you buy the package, you are already charged an 18% tip. so if you put another 18% tip on your slip, they get a 36% tip. Beware.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Really not many to speak of. The pool did get crowded with the usual chair saving. Not much going on at pool. Not too many bands or activities.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Lousy shows that some were repeated.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Service was OK in dining room. Very few waiters spoke English at the buffet.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
It was OK.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Size of cabin was OK. Shower was tiny so if you are on the heavy side--good luck!

Ship tip

Avoid all of their shore excursions--very expensive and too many to one person giving the tour. Very unorganized.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

3 out of 5
It was fine. Shore excursion here was rushed and awful. Very little explanation of what you were seeing.

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5
This excursion was fine. We did the city tour. Only problem was there were way too many people for one guide.

Mykonos, Greece

3 out of 5
Nice island. Guide spoke poor English and couldn't hear her.

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

2 out of 5
DANGEROUS in Plaka. Unfriendly people. Acropolis was fine. We left the tour guide and saw Acropolis on our own. Guide ran us thru Plaka to a restaurant where he probably got a kick back. We were supposed to have time to shop in Plaka, but guide spent so much time running us to a far away restaurant that we had no time.

Naples, Italy

1 out of 5
Horrible tour. Avoid the Capri, Sorrento, Pompeii tour. Guide was unorganized, told us nothing about any of the places we went. We were supposed to have 2 hours in Pompeii, but had less than one hour.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Fine, we took our own luggage off the ship.
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2 Comments

olddbob    5 years ago

Anything you forgot to moan about ?

CruzeFan    5 years ago

We rarely book ship excursions. You can usually find similar independent excursions that are cheaper, less crowded and last longer.

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