Good and Disappointing

Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 4.4
Author: gordon15

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review

gordon15

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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

Sail date: March 02, 2020

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Was nice to have 2 days in AbuDhabi and Dubai but disappointing not to go to Bahrain and Doha. The ship is definitely an old one but staff and food were excellent

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Not a lot to do on the ship

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Evening Shows were generally very good especially the singing quartet 4ever

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Always helpful and very polite

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Embarkation was rushed and therefore some aspects of the cabin cleaning had been missed

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Pick a cruise with few sea days as there’s not much to do on board

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Ports of call

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

Don’t book ship excursions. Get the free shuttle to the World Trade Centre and get a local taxi for as many hours as you like at a fraction of the cost. We paid 200dirham for 4hours and that was between 4 of us

Thumbs Up 3

SIR BANI YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI, U.A.E.

3 out of 5

It’s a windy beach

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Dubai, U.A.E.

4 out of 5