Bad start to a Royal experience

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Jewel of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 17, 2018

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1088

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was the worse of all the cryisea I have done. It had a lot to do with the lack of things to do in the boat and the tired unhappy staff. The islands were great, the food did not impressed specially breakfast. Room was not all that the sofa bed is horrible and it was my first Royal cruise therefore did not understand the rave about royal beeing so great.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
The embarkation in Puerto Rico was one of the smoothers embarkations I have ever been on. It was an easy breeze check in and a nice fast walk in to the boat.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food and drink were a hit or miss for me. I did not enjoy most of the options in the buffet and to me it seemed like the same type of food every night therefore end up eating mostly the same thing every night. Did not experience any of the specialty restaurants and drinks were dependent on who and where you ordered from.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Very hard to find something interesting to do for us adults and even worse for my kid.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
My girl didnt even want to go after the second night. She was very dissapointed abd found it to be boring. This was not her 1st time and she has adored other boats programs.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Room steward was not friendly and most times we didn't received the service we are used too. Staff looked tired and not at all friendly.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Over all good layout and nice ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The cabin looked old and dirty. The sofa bed is horrible even for a child. The showers are a little to small and I would have preffer a curtain since it was so small.

Ship tip

The best part was the solarium. Tranquil and relaxing.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Great town. Very easy to hop into public transportation and find a good place to go.

St. George's, Grenada

4 out of 5
Would have loved to do more research about thw place as the excursion we did seemed like a rip off.

Roseau, Dominica

2 out of 5
Been here and not too impressed second time around either.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Good port for shipping right off the boat.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Beautiful beaches, plenty to do and great price.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Worse dwbarkation I have ever been. Lines were long and not moving. Luggages all over the place and hard to find. Very little dirrection and again staff was lost and didnt seem to want to help.
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1 Comment

CruzeFan    5 years ago

Sorry you didn’t enjoy it. We loved the Jewel because it was smaller and did not have all of the waterpark and other things the newer ships have. We only had one Sea day on our itinerary and always enjoy lounging and watching the ocean, reading a book, doing a crossword puzzle or taking a nap.

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