Our First Cruise

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Jewel of the Seas

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 17, 2023

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9519

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Our first cruise was amazing. Everything we hoped for and so much more. Thank you to CruiseOnly for making this happen with little effort on our part. Will definitely be taking another one next year!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was Excellent!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food in every dining room was fantastic. Windjammer always had a huge variety and had something for everyone (vegan, gluten free, etc.)

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We went to the pool. They also had rock climbing and miniature golf.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Comedian was fantastic, all the show were absolutely amazing, 70's Disco night was one of my favorites. But, the best show was the Parade of Flags. It was a parade to show all the different countries the staff were from. It was spectacular!!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Every waiter/waitress was extremely friendly. Our room steward was Dexter. He went above and beyond every single day and night! Every personnel on the ship was friendly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very nice layout, clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
perfect size, had plenty of room for storing your items, plenty of room to move around in your cabin. Very clean

Ship tip

Once piece of advise would be to buy the drink package, don't take your own, too much hassle. Come ready to have an excellent time and take in all the shows, trivia, etc.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
We didn't so anything except board and leave this port at end of trip.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Beautiful port, loved the ladies dancing as you got there. We did the Trolly Train around Curacao, it was fantastic.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Beautiful, we did the 2 1/2 hour walking tour, learned about their culture and sampled some food/

Kralendijk, Bonaire

3 out of 5
We were only here for 5 hours. When the ship let us off, there were no shops or anything open for another 2 hours. Disappointing!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did self serve and took all our own luggage with us. We were able to get off the boat pretty quickly with no issues.
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

javawoody    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

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