I recently spent time on the Norwegian Jewel. I remember how much time I spent ravaging through 20 Google pages worth of reviews, just to find something worth reading. So I’d like to start my Norwegian Jewel Review by stating that it is usually the people that make the cruise, not they attractions onboard. Now to contradict myself, even if you have the best group of people, if there is not a nice set of attractions you are going to be bored. Considering this is my 5th cruise I feel like a cruise veteran. The last little side note I want to get out of the way is that depending on age your cruise experience will be strongly affected.
Variety of different passengers
At first the Norwegian Jewel seemed like a relatively good prices, good sized ship. Due to the varying costs of rooms expect a varying income bracket for the passengers. Of course I did not have any problems with this. The majority of the people I was with had an inside room. The inside room was good for 2 people at most. Once family I knew stuffed three into the room and the only reason that it was able to be done was because they were always outside of the room partying.
Getting Used to the Ship
For the first 2 to 3 days people were more or less creating small groups with other singles or couples around the ship. Meeting 5-6 people should be enough to have a really great cruise experience. I met the majority of fellow passengers during relaxation time on the outer decks, or dinners. Sitting down and starting a conversation with guests ended up being really beneficial. The first couple days seem to be the days that passengers have their sea legs and want to go exploring. Explore the ship the first day so that you know where are the important parts of the ship are.
Attractions
The ship is based on the concept of Freestyle Cruising. This method of cruising is expected to be more open and help to keep your time devoted to whatever you want. Unfortunately this isn’t exactly how the ship seemed to work. Every morning the Norwegian Daily was placed in the front of the door. This schedule shows all the activities available for the day. You are going to need to look this over a couple times and decide which activities seem like fun. If you plan on setting up reservations for specialty restaurants then you will have to work around the dinner reservation. I would advise going to the theater every night because the shows are usually pretty entertaining.
If the schedule stays the same from my recent cruise then the first and last days of the cruise have the best shows. If you enjoy comedy shows try to get to the late night ones and well as the theater ones and don’t worry about going to the theater with kids. The comedian, as well as the rest of the shows are PG. Karaoke is a must do if you want something for laughs. The activities were limited and were not as diverse as I would have hoped they would be. Luckily the ones that I went to were all really enjoyable. Circus De Soleil was the last night and a huge hit.
Food
All the meals I ate on the Norwegian Jewel were scrumptous. From the first day, where i sat down at the buffet before the ship had even left, to the last day where at 1 A.M, I sat down at the blue lagoon to get a snack before I went to sleep everything was great. The buffet named a Garden Cafe has a variety of things to eat. What I really enjoyed was the fact that a lot of the foods they had available were cooked in front of you. Lunch was always delicious at the buffet.
The variety of dinner restaurant aboard the ship really impressed me. The Norwegian Jewel has very diverse restaurants. I was able to try the italian restaurant, the French, Japanese, steak and both of the main dining rooms. The Freestyle dining concept on the Norwegian Jewel allowed me to eat whenever I wanted. That really gave me leverage to eat where I wanted. Reservations for these specialty restaurant had to be made a day in advance. The best was the French restaurant. It had a great admosphere and the food was delightfully different. To sum it all up, you need to try at least one specialty restaurant onboard the ship.
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