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Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Jewel of the Seas

7 Night Qatar Bahrain & United Arab Emirates (Dubai Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 06, 2020

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 7004

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Good cruise if you like skyscrapers skylines. Prepare you're cruise if you want to find the old original places like souq waqif in Doha where you find the local people instead of tourists in the Dubai souqs.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Small portions in main dining room. When I was not so hungry I took a second dessert but when I was hungry I went from the main dining room to the buffet restaurant to continue eating. Good desserts, other food mostly good but not always.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
On the extra seaday because the weather was too bad to tender the trivia questions were the same as three days before. And it was a 7 day cruise! The accent of the foreign crew made it hard or almost impossible to understand them, never had that before.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Good musicians but the shows sometimes were good but sometimes boring.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very good staff except one assistant waiter who really wasn't interested in even trying to kind of smile or asking if everything was alright. The entertainment staff was not so good understandable.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Stains from children's hands stayed on buffet restaurant window for more days. Other spots also stayed longer. You also notice in some corners that the ship is already 16 years old and a little worn.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Ultra spacious indeed. Nice view outside.

Ship tip

When there's a storm at sea, go to the pool tables on deck 6 to see how they're stabilising to make sure the balls don't roll by themselves.

Ports of call

Dubai, U.A.E.

5 out of 5
Very good. Miracle Garden is far away from the port but very good if you like flowers.

SIR BANI YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI, U.A.E. Did not visit port

Bad weather, no tender

Doha, Qatar

5 out of 5
Loved the skyscrapers more than in Dubai but the falcon souq and around was the best thing.

Mina Sulman, Bahrain

4 out of 5
Loved the F1 race circuit visit

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

3 out of 5
Impressive Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, rest of the city not that impressive if you've seen Dubai and Doha just before.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
After getting the luggage there where no sings towards the right exit for the shuttle bus
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1 Comment

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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