It was wonderful cruise. Was distpointed that we didn't get to see Skaway. Other than that it was great. Lot of fog. We was Dawes glacier not Tracy arm, but it was still beautiful. If I do Alaskan cruise again I will spring for an balcony.
Embarkation
5 out of 5
It went pretty fast the only thing that slowed it down was that my sister-in-law had a pack of open cookies and she had to stop and throw them away.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
We ate at Cagney's Steakhouse twice during our trip and Brazilian Steakhouse once. Because we had the perk of the dining packing. The rest of the time we eat at the the buffet and the pool deck meal. Was distpointed that Cageny's ran out of Lobster learned to order it on the first night. Love the pool deck party on the second sea day they roasted a pig.
Cagney's Steakhouse
5 out of 5
It was amazing. I learned to go there the first night in order the lobster will not be gone. The macadamia ice cream sandwich was wonderful. The survive was great.
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
Did not do to many activities, went to the shore Excursion show and the set in the hot tubs. My nephew took advantage of the arcade.
Entertainment
4 out of 5
The entertainment was wonderful except for the female comedy act she just was not funny to me.
Children's Programs
My nephew did not want to go in there
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
As usual the staff was wonderful. The RoomStore is great it's kept us ice our bucket and gave us a towel animal every night.
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
For older ship the Jewel is clean and well maintained.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
It was clean and rooming for two people. Compared to our port hole room we had on our first cruise. The room was joining room to my brother's. Which they had 3 people him, his wife and thier son.
Ship tip
If you go the wrong way you still end up at your room because you are just taking the long way. Always take advantage of the outside pool party, they have kinds of food. It is mid-size ship so everything wad easy to to navigate.
We flew into Seattle two days before the ship was to leave. We rear arrived around 4 local time. We checked into our hotel. Rested and went for a walk and stopped at Thai restaurant and took the food back to the hotel. The next day we took the train to Pikes Marketplace we walked around, my sister in law, my mother and nephew rode the Great Wheel. We than walked to the the Space Needle your we had already booked a tour. We eat at restaurant that was near the needle. We didn't eat at the restaurant that is at the needle. We than took the the monorail back to where the train was and back to the hotel.
We walked around the port. It was completely walkable. We found a place where you could rent a electric car. We rented two of them because thier was 5 of us it only held 4. We drove all over the town. Stopped watch the float planes take off and land. After turning in the car we went eat Alaskan crab. Than looked at some shops. It was than time to get back on board.
We did the Mendenhall Glacier tour through the ship. The drive to it was great we saw lot of Bald eagles. We walked to the glacier and saw the falls. Need more time had to walk kind of fast to get back to the bus. Also the bathrooms were not clean. Than we did the mount Roberts tram. The view was amazing. Once the fog lefted. We walked a short trail on our own hoped to see a bear but we didn't. The guy in the shop was making a totem pole which was cool to watch. We than took the tram back down. It was time to get back on the ship.
We did a whale Excursion through the ship. It was for 3 hours we were able to see Humback whales, Kill whales and Seal lions. Could not get to close because of the side of the boat. Next time I do one with smaller boat to get closer. Great view of the ship. After our excursion we started walked to town but it was long ways, we found a bus got on it into town. All we had time to do was walk around and go in few shops. Saw the Empress Palace. Next time I want to see the town more.
We had an extra day in Seattle because the ship had messed up. We rent a car drove to the trolls that are under the bridge. Which in my option was a waste of time. Than my brother want to go to car museum that turned out to be 2 hours way because of traffic. Was not good day. I would like to just walked around the port and not rent a car. Was lot to see at the port. The next day we disembarked it was easy scince we had already went through customs the day before and got stickers on our ship card. We had a late flight so we eat breakfast and enjoyed the ship as long as we could. We were one of the last to disembark.
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