Jewel ~ S. Caribbean and Panama Canal ~ April 25th & May 2nd ~ My Diary

[Coralc]

Thank you Jane! I borrowed your animal photos for my print photo album. The look a lot better than mine. I borrowed your crocodile photo, too. Thanks. ;)

 

For some reason Bill is standing in everyone's Macaw photos. :rolleyes: :D Our friends from Norway sent a photo of the macaws, and there is Bill...photobombing. :D

 

~Patti :)

[micmacmissy]

LOL! I wondered if anyone would notice that!

 

I noticed too! :)

 

I also loved your shirt with the sunglasses- adorable.

 

Both your clothes and your review are great, Jane! ;)

[kandj05]

Jane, Thank you so much for the great review. We just finished the PC cruise a month ago and I am still having withdrawals...lol. Your pictures are bringing back great memories.

 

Thank you for taking the time to do the review!! We hope to meet you on a cruise sometime.

 

Kurt and Jackie

[maxs mom]

Thank you Jane! I borrowed your animal photos for my print photo album. The look a lot better than mine. I borrowed your crocodile photo, too. Thanks. ;)

 

For some reason Bill is standing in everyone's Macaw photos. :rolleyes: :D Our friends from Norway sent a photo of the macaws, and there is Bill...photobombing. :D

 

~Patti :)

 

You are quite welcome! Those were not ideal conditions for photography!!

 

That Bill is just a photo hog!! :D

[maxs mom]

I noticed too! :)

 

I also loved your shirt with the sunglasses- adorable.

 

Both your clothes and your review are great, Jane! ;)

 

Awwwwww......thank you!

 

You girls are just too sharp!

[maxs mom]

Jane, Thank you so much for the great review. We just finished the PC cruise a month ago and I am still having withdrawals...lol. Your pictures are bringing back great memories.

 

Thank you for taking the time to do the review!! We hope to meet you on a cruise sometime.

 

Kurt and Jackie

 

It would be great to meet you, too! Thanks for reading!

[CRUISEMAMI]

I did notice the shirt, too!

You are the best at coordinate your clothes, to your excursions......:)

 

Love this....

[maxs mom]

I did notice the shirt, too!

You are the best at coordinate your clothes, to your excursions......:)

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Love this....

 

Sharp eyes, Franca!

[maxs mom]

Sunday ~ May 10, 2015 ~ Mother's Day ~ At Sea

 

Slept in a little today.....another day of rest. Happy Mother's Day!

 

 

 

The CL was not busy at all this morning.....finally!!! I was proud that I had gone this long without demagnetizing my sea pass card. But it happened today. I was using a lot of cameras yesterday and had them around my neck where my sea pass card was, so that must have done it. Diego made a new one for me.

 

Breakfast was really crowded again. Sat with a couple from Virginia that were newly Diamond. There were a lot of things that they didn't know, so we filled them in!!

 

Back to CL for coffee......back to cabin for R&R. There was an Alpha Alpha Alpha call this morning. Always hate to hear that. Found out later that a 56 year old somewhat healthy man had a stroke. The Captain informed us later in the afternoon that we were speeding up and we would medevac him the next morning in the Accapulco harbor around 6 AM. What a shame.

 

Had a late lunch in the WJ. The food here has been really good.

 

Our roll call group had a game of Bunco scheduled for this afternoon. Another game I've never played. I thought this would be a good time to learn. It's not really hard at all, but when you are going over the directions, it seems so complicated. Once we started playing.....it was a piece of cake! I'll have to thank Bernadette (Colorado Babe) for organizing this.

 

 

It was a lot of fun even though I didn't win any of the prizes.

 

 

[maxs mom]

To the CL for drinks and good conversation. It was formal night. Everyone looked nice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[maxs mom]

Walked right in to the dining room tonight. Another new menu. It was just OK. The dessert was the best part.

 

 

After dinner .......we changed clothes and got comfortable. Our clothes are starting to get uncomfortable! Even our comfortable clothes are getting tight! Yikes! We head off for the Love and Marriage Show.

 

 

It was good show again. This one was better than the one on the last cruise.

 

 

Went to the casino after that......should have kept walking. All the money I put in tonight was sucked back in to those silly machines!

 

We grabbed our iPads and tried to get online. We were able to get a little e-mail, but the Wi-Fi has been pretty poor this whole cruise. So I just played around with ceiling shots!!

 

 

Happened to catch Skiergirl and Mr. Ski in the elevator!!

 

 

It was really late when we got to bed!

 

Edited June 4, 2015 by max'smom

[pam_1024]

I agree with you about Quest on the smaller ships being better. My favorite Quest was on the Jewel. We joined our dining room table mates for a team and won 2nd place. Congrats on the win! :)

 

For some reason' date=' they added a Men vs. Women hula hoop contest at the end. Our very own Bernadette won that for us. We had the most points in the game by far......but everyone was given a medal!! Great fun! This beats Quest on the big ships by 100 miles!!!!

 

 

Our fabulous Team Number 1!!!

 

 

After this, we retired for the evening! Still some dancing going on in the Centrum:

 

 

Good Night!

 

[maxs mom]

Monday ~ May 11, 2015 ~ At Sea

 

Another restful day!

 

We got to the entrance of the harbor in Acapulco around 6:15. You could feel the ship totally stop. They wouldn't go into the harbor because of the threat level there. I looked out but couldn't see anything because it was so hazy. The stroke patient was transferred to a small boat about 6:30. I saw some amazing pictures from a fellow passenger later.

 

Breakfast was wonderful! Did I say I love to eat breakfast!?

 

When I went to the CL after breakfast, it was nice and quiet. I witnessed an elderly gentleman come in and talk to Diego. He was making all kinds of ridiculous complaints. I was just astounded at some of the things he was complaining about. Diego was really great with him. Sometimes we don't realize all the stuff the staff has to put up with.

 

Found Maks in a closet getting ready to go to work!

 

 

Went to lunch really early today because we were having dinner at 5:30 (ridiculous hour for dinner!) with Rosa, the Guest Services Manager. Again, WJ food was pretty good. Another reason our clothes aren't fitting too well about now......eating this every day!!!

 

 

Got a lot of reading done this afternoon. We pretty much did absolutely nothing today and it made me feel lousy!

 

So we met in the Schooner Bar at 5:15 for drinks. We knew most of our tablemates already, so that was nice. It was a great group. Rosa was a fabulous hostess.....one of the best "Meals with an Officer" that we have had.

 

We had a choice of a black or white napkin:

 

 

I started with a shrimp ceviche, then had a Caesar salad.

 

 

I chose surf and turf for my entrée:

 

 

And this was dessert......it was pretty lame compared to the desserts we've had at this dinner before. But I'm not complaining!

 

[maxs mom]

Here are a few more picture that I made at the dinner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PCWalton1]

Jane,

It looks like you had a different person handling MTD than for our cruise. Our's was a woman (who I am embarrassed to say I didn't get her name :o). We had a standing reservation at 6 but showed up anywhere from 5:45 to 6:15 and she handled it like a pro. No delays and always seated in the same area.

It is a real delight when a ship know how to handle MTD.

[maxs mom]

Here is the professional picture:

 

 

Dinner was over so early that we had plenty of time to go back to the CL for an after dinner drink.

 

 

 

We let Alice and Bernadette use our private elevator!

 

 

( One night I pulled a lady that we didn't even know into our picture. She thought it was so funny......but wouldn't you know it......My memory card was full!)

 

We went to a comedian's show but he was terrible.

 

 

We ended up.....where else......but the casino! But no reported earnings this evening! Just fun with friends.

 

[maxs mom]

Jane,

It looks like you had a different person handling MTD than for our cruise. Our's was a woman (who I am embarrassed to say I didn't get her name :o). We had a standing reservation at 6 but showed up anywhere from 5:45 to 6:15 and she handled it like a pro. No delays and always seated in the same area.

It is a real delight when a ship know how to handle MTD.

 

We have always had good luck with My Time Dining on the Jewel. They really know how to do it.

[maxs mom]

One more:

 

 

We went back to the cabin after that.

 

 

Tuesday ~ May 12, 2015 ~ At Sea......Again!

 

 

 

Same sea day routine......CL....breakfast.....back to CL. Tried to use the internet, but everything was all jammed up.

 

Lunch in the WJ....good as usual.

 

There was a BBQ out by the pool, but we didn't go to that.

 

 

 

[maxs mom]

More "at sea" stuff:

 

 

 

This afternoon our roll call group had another golf tournament scheduled, but the ship was having a tournament at the same time. So Skiergirl and I played by ourselves. We had fun. We played 18 holes and we tied!

 

 

 

I ran into Joseph bringing all the liquor down to the CL!

 

[maxs mom]

Good fun in the CL this evening!

 

 

 

Dinner was OK and fast.

 

 

We tried to get into the show tonight but there was no way to get a seat......so we just retired to our cabin.

 

 

Quite possibly the smallest towel animal I've ever seen!

 

 

[maxs mom]

Wednesday ~ May 13, 2015 ~ Cabo San Lucas

 

Finally land again!!!

 

We saw the famous rocks early.....beautiful......and looked like a beautiful day!

 

 

We were in port with a Disney ship.

 

 

 

 

Visited in the CL this morning.....lots of folks in there!! Then on to breakfast around 8.

 

We met up with Alice, Jerry, and Bernadette at 9:30 and go on down to deck 3 to catch a tender. We thought we had waited long enough for the crowds to be gone, but that was not the case. It took a little while for this process today. Some tempers were flaring, unfortunately.

 

 

[maxs mom]

We finally got on a small tender. John Blair was helping out this morning.

 

 

It was a quick, smooth and scenic ride into the marina.

 

 

 

 

 

[Dick and Jane]

Our tender ride was not so smooth! We left much later than you and it took forever to load the tender because of the swells. They had to keep waiting for the boat to even up. One person boards. Wait for the boat to rise and lower about 4 feet! Jump on quick while you can.

[SherriZ366]

Finally got my computer problems cleared up (new computer as the one I had would not start when we got home from the cruise). So I could enjoy your review.

 

I thought that the pictures in posts 125 & 126 would make good art for you to sell to RCI for some free cruises.

 

Enjoyed the Panama Canal -- as I emailed and Facebook posted, we watched you go through the canal on the webcam. Caught the ship around the Mira Flores bridges and then watched you go through the lower lock. Very cool.

 

I'm glad there were pictures posted in this thread of the construction. Once this is done, it will really impact Charleston, Savannah and other East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.

[Coralc]

Our tender ride was not so smooth! We left much later than you and it took forever to load the tender because of the swells. They had to keep waiting for the boat to even up. One person boards. Wait for the boat to rise and lower about 4 feet! Jump on quick while you can.

 

We were getting ready to go down to the tenders about ~11:30. Bill was out on the balcony and came in to say that there was a crash and screams. One of the tenders was caught in the swells and tilted into the tender platform, and sustained damage to the roof.

 

That was when we moved parallel to the Disney ship to try and block some of the wave action.

 

They halted tendering for over an hour, maybe two. When it was resumed, we went down and talked to the people that were getting off the tender. Apparently they had been bobbing around the ship for the whole time that tendering was stopped.

 

They weren't very happy.

 

We decided not to get off. I don't jump very well. :)

Edited June 5, 2015 by Coralc