It should have been better

Item: Jewel of the Seas
Rating: 3.2
Author: KR8

Jewel of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

KR8

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Southern Caribbean Holiday (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 23, 2023

Ship: Jewel of the Seas

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

An okay experience but disappointing that we had 4 excursions booked with Royal Caribbean that were cancelled on us. My advice is to use TripAdvisor to get the experience you want on your island visits.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Good food. Excellent service.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Show was not great. Cinema was small. Pool area had lots of people.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

See previous answer

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Personnel were very friendly.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Starting to show its age.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Shower door track was broken. Balcony door was hard to open and close.

Ship tip

Confirm any excursions. 4 of ours were canceled (it is only an eight day cruise).

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Enjoyed visiting Old San Juan and the historic forts.

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Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

Seemed like a nice place. Had a nice walking tour through TripAdvisor since Royal Caribbean cancelled their excursion. However, most of the places were closed on Christmas.

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Port of Spain

3 out of 5

Caroni Wetland excursion was nice.

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Scarborough, Tobago

3 out of 5

Learned a lot about plant usage and awesome hangout for hummingbirds on the Tropical Garden excursion.

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Kingstown, St. Vincent

3 out of 5

Visited the Botanical Garden on our own. (Again, Royal Caribbean cancelled excursion.)

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Did Topper’s Rhum Distillery excursion - our first pick was cancelled by Royal Caribbean.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Did self disembarkation.

8 Comments

Ruby13 10 months ago

beautiful ship and nice itinerary

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basssacker 10 months ago

Thanks for your review

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Gwbigdog 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Niavlys 10 months ago

Ok experience.. Ok price I hope

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javawoody 10 months ago

Appreciate the review

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karlgrgurich 10 months ago

Yes. I was wondering why the excursions were cancelled too. Only twice in 9 cruises we’ve had cancellations. Both times because not enough people signed up

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cruising2004 10 months ago

There are several reasons why a cruise line cancels excursions however you do not state why.

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JimOhio 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing. It would be extremely helpful to know the reason(s) RC cancelled the excursions. There's a reason for everything.

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