Bucket List Cruise

Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: SeaMiss

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review

SeaMiss

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

9 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 03, 2019

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1092

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Was a Beautiful Trip. Exquisite Locations and Gorgeous Weather.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Arrived at the port from Rome around 2pm and missed the crowds. We did not wait in any lines.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

I am a Crown and Anchor Diamond Member, so I have been on quite a few Royal Caribbean Cruises. I have noticed the variety and quality of the food in the dining rooms declining. No more pepper mills in the dining room on my last two cruises. Several of the wait staff carry their own. We were also disappointed to find out that there is no Lobster night on the Europe cruises. However, you can purchase a Lobster tail meal from the menu for about $35. My Mother ordered the Lobster tail one night and was very disappointed

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Junior suite was neat, clean, spacious and comfortable.

Ship tip

- Book excursions ahead of time

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Ports of call

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

Santorini was very crowded as there were 4 cruise ships in port on the same day. Took excursion to Akrotiri, then to Oia, and was then dropped off in Thira for free time. However, we had to wait in line for an hour to take the cable car from Thira back down to the ship. The only other option was to take the donkey trail down, but it is a bit messy and slippery. I came to the conclusion that Santorini is not a good Cruise Ship stop. I need to go back and stay on the island for an extended vacation.

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Naples, Italy

4 out of 5

Did the Almafi coast by land and sea and Pompeii. The Amalfi coast drive was quite the experience. This excursion included lunch, which was awful and took too long. We only had 1 hour in Pompeii. Another stop I need to go back to.

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Souda (Chania), Crete

5 out of 5

Toured the Venetian Port on our own. Had Lunch along the water . Beautiful Location.

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Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Toured on our own

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Toured on our own. Took ferry over to Delos and then back to Mykonos for more touring on our own.