My recent cruise with my girl friend was amazing. Everything was fantastic. Loved the smaller ship. Service was top notch. Cabin steward was amazing. Waiter and assistant waiter in the dining room were great. Food in the dining room was excellent.

Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 4.7
Author: greekisles

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

greekisles

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

9 Night Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 21, 2019

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would highly recommend this cruise!!! Loved the Greek isles and the Italian Ports. Had perfect weather. Low 79’s every day.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent. We were part of the Key program and ha priority boarding and a delicious lunch from Chops in the first day.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Dining room food and buffets in the dining room were great.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We attended a couple shows; however they had several technical difficulties. We enjoyed the pool on our two cruising days.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Not up to what I was used to in precious cruises. Had several technical difficulties on stage.

Children's Programs

Did. It have any children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Waiters, room steward and assistant waiters were great.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The common areas were clean and maintained. The ship could use a little touch up with paint in certain places.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Nice size cabin and balcony. We enjoyed the sunrises and the sunsets from our balcony. Room was very clean.

Ship tip

The only negative we had was that the wi-if I was very spotty. We had trouble connecting most of the days.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

We stayed in Rome 5 days before our cruise and did private tours. Loved Rome.

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Loved it! Yes we did an excursion and it was great.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

loved Athens. Yes we did an excursion

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Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Loved it. And we did an excursion

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Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Loved it. Yes we did an excursion

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Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Loved it. Yes we did an excursion.

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Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Loved it. Yes we did an excursion.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very smooth and quick.

1 Comment

bobduck1993 5 years ago

You had some wonderful ports of call!

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