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Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 3.5
Author: Crabcruise

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Crabcruise

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

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8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2023

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8503

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I believe this was our 5th royal cruise, second on Jewel which was supposed to be redone after first time we had been on but definitely didn’t show it, probably looking for another cruise line next time

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Food quality and selection has changed dramatically, more fast food even at main dining

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Some activities that draw people shut down to quickly and are not repeated

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Most seem very new and unclear about things

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship was in disrepair multiple broken windows throughout ship not up to prior cruises on this ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Seems very geared towards much older crowd, we’re semi retired and felt this way

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Process was quick on both ends

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

Okay beaches good but not a lot to do

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Great

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Absolutely wonderful!

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Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

1 out of 5

seems to be outside the loop and rebuilding from hurricane and Covid most things closed many people stated they had no clue the ship was coming

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Absolutely beautiful, crowd ( I think due to Symphony being in port as well) pool and beachs are great!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Took baggage ourselves as seemingly is easier

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

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Cruisersnoozer 1 year ago

Thanks for the review!

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CruzeFan 1 year ago

The Jewel is an older and smaller ship. Try and oasis class if you want something newer with more activities. Most cruise lines postponed the updates and upgrades to their ships during Covid, and have not recovered enough financially to start them again.

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