Eddie Wilson

Well this is my personal opinion, as an accomplished, experienced milkshake lover…… The milkshakes at JR are glorified chocolate milk. Always have at least one on a few ships and my opinion has not changed. So what’s a milkshake lover to do? Non-alcoholic mud slides. Pro tip. Go to the pool bar to get them, they know how to make frozen drinks. Eddie with a milk mustache.

Five out of four Americans have trouble with fractions. Eddie

We stayed at the Condado Plaza, which was pricey. We could see the docks, but it was not walkable due to the roadways. Taxi was not much at all to get to the pier. We were a little disappointed with the Condado Plaza, as it is advertised as a deluxe experience, but our room was not. The room had a desk with one small chair, and other than the bed no place to sit. It had a sort of open space for I would imagine a small sofa and coffee table, but this room was bare.

Used it last July, worked wonderfully and, it was a free service. Our flights were around 3pm

Amen to that. Looking into No 5 for us. Sailed to Alaska both June and July last year.

We redeemed points for a 7 night Caribbean cruise. I believe they gave me the same proviso, to check and call them if not seen. If was applied just a few days before final payment without issues.

Almost a year later and grandkids are still talking about their Quantum cruise

I believe a person dove into a shallow area on a beach excursion, not booked thru ship. (Allure). Saw on a YouTube vid, said it Took 50 minutes for emergency personnel to arrive. Apparently they feel RCL should have warned them of a medical personnel work slowdown or strike of some kind.. I think they said it was Rostan, not sure Eddie

We were on Jewel in 2019 and again this month, and it is better shape now than it was. We also noted the MDR was better than the past couple of cruises on other RCL ships. Chops was Chops, awesome, but Giovanni’s was better. The RCL shows were average. The two headliner shows were great. They had an English singer who was a Celine Dion impersonator, and wonderful. When we first walked in I thought, oh no, it’s the CD impersonator we saw a few years ago which was so poor we walked out. But it was not that person this time, and she put on a show. The second act was a dance duo from Croatia or Serbia, or well I just don’t remember, but they go by “Gold Art Duo” YouTube has some or their performances from various Countries Got Talent shows, and they were just incredible. So we were on the great show side of Headline Shows, which is nicer than some of the previous cruises we sailed. Eddie

Jewel

We cruised early February and the MDR food was definitely better than our last few cruises. I believe a few cruises ago we rated MDR food a 4 on the survey, the first time ever so low. However, for last week we raised that review to 8 I believe. Our biggest negative in MDR was they are still just understaffed. Our waiter was good, the asst though was covering too many tables and therefore, rarely there. I am not sure I said more than a few words to asst waiter all week, as I didn’t see him.

That is too many 1’s for me to carry. I tipped Vintages and pool bar tenders $5’s and 10’s for Diamond drinks early in cruise, then go back to same person during week, and hit again late in cruise. We tipped tour guides some $75 in total, luggage handlers $5, We were on a week cruise earlier this month, and to do a quick audit, I used less than 50% of what I used to carry in cash for tips, mainly because in the old days I heavily tipped room steward, waiter and asst waiter.

I believe the first scheduled port arrival time is noon.

On our last cruise we were on deck 3 or 4. I was on the lookout for luggage in the hallways and there was NONE on the entire floor. Our room steward told us they like to start with the highest floors and work their way down. She said it was more efficient for the service elevator. She suggested to look again around 4 o clock. The service elevator room was packed with luggage.

I heard there was water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.