Norwegian Jewel Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Excursions we're pricey and harder to book than other cruises sold out easily and had to b wait listed

Everything worked like clockwork! Very disappointed about not being able to make specialty restaurant reservations on line before the cruise.

It was a nice local cruise for us. We got to see some fall foliage in Vancouver and Victoria and the weather was absolutely perfect.

Our first time with Norwegian Cruise lines was not impressed.

I am ready to go again already. We’d never taken a northern or chilly weather cruise before. We’ve always gone on warm climate cruises. We acclimated very well to the cooler temperatures and enjoyed it immensely.

Loved this ship and the staff! Good crowd of people, mostly older and very friendly! Room was quiet and easy to navigate the ship.

I would definitely take another cruise on this ship. Overall, I found the staff to be excellent and very friendly. I would have preferred less liquid sunshine, but the areas desperately needed the rain after a warm, dry summer. (Some salmon were dying because the streams they had been imprinted with had dried up.) However, the same trip would have been significantly more expensive over the summer, and likely more crowded as well. I did expect some rain, just not every port over two weeks (back-to-back cruises)!

Overall it was an amazing cruise . Can’t wait to do it again

It had been 4 years since I cruise Norwegian and I had a deposit that needed to be used. I'm very disappointed in the direction they're going wasn't anything like it was four years ago a lot has changed. I don't feel it's the best value for your money out there any longer! I've done several cruises on Carnival and feel it is a much better value for your money. I have not done any other Cruise Line from everything I have researched their prices are much higher.

The Jewel and her staff were wonderful during this beautiful Alaska Cruise. Many Whale sightings as we traveled the inside passage from Vancouver to Seward

Great cruise great venues good ship for glacier viewing

I enjoyed the cruise, despite the liquid sunshine at every port. Hubbard Glacier and Glacier Bay (which I don't consider to be ports) were the most important to me, and the weather was good for those. I had expected rain, but not as much as we received. It seemed at every port someone would say that the weather the previous day had been beautiful. However, they did have a very dry summer and needed the rain.

Our third time on the ship. Always a happy crew. I think this is because of exceptional leadership from the senior staff. The next cruise team and the super shopper Richard are among the best in NCL, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean.

Food was good and liked ability to dine anywhere within constraints of restaurants with extra charges ("nominal fees" for these were not particularly nominal). Liked the ports of call and cruising route. Wheelchair assistance when required was very good. Entertainment could be improved - I like to participate in daytime events rather than evening ones and these were lacking.

Great trip - service and staff were awesome; nature was even better!

Awesome cruise! Love the shows and enjoyed the excursions!

We had a fabulous time on our Alaska vacation, and enjoyed the Jewel tremendously. Our balcony cabin was basically as expected, with sufficient storage and surface space. I was pleasantly surprised to find USB ports in the bedside light fixtures, makes charging your phone and using it as an alarm much simpler! The entertainment on the ship was fantastic, Anna and Vlad were fantastic acrobats, and Larry Omaha was quite funny! Food was as expected, tasty but nothing exceptional except in the specialty restaurants. We have no complaints about service, every crew member we encountered was super friendly and helpful.

For those who want to know more about the towns/ports of call and the history of Alaska, I recommend seminars, Q/A or at least a handout in advance of each port arrival. The main emphasis of the cruise seems to be on the dining/food and cruise evening shows- we could be anywhere in the world. We wanted more information about the history of Alaska and the people who live there. All we received were excursion lists and a map of where I could shop in town.

Great journey I was very pleased with the staff very friendly staff great food Beautiful scenery

Alaska is an absolute must for anyone who likes to travel. I was a bit skeptical about doing a cruise there, but it was a good way to go. Definitely recommended!