Live Jewel 17th Feb 2020, A last minute change of plan.

[Suzieanna]

I think I will have the Asian Soup, the pork chop and the hazelnut chocolate cake thanks!

[kernow]

2 minutes ago, Suzieanna said:

I think I will have the Asian Soup, the pork chop and the hazelnut chocolate cake thanks!

Think I'm going for the fishcake and salmon, not sure about dessert😄

[Suzieanna]

I was considering the fishcake! haha!

[gi_pam]

Love it! Keep posting the menus and the dailies, please! Trying to get a sense of what our cruise in 3 weeks might be like. 

[Cruzinbabe06]

On 2/15/2020 at 3:20 PM, little britain said:

Lots of that info is on the All you need to know Jewel Dubai page 

I keep seeing this. But cant find the page.

 

Where is it please?

[little britain]

4 minutes ago, Cruzinbabe06 said:

I keep seeing this. But cant find the page.

 

Where is it please?

Face a different social site.....

[kernow]

Good morning from the beach at Sir Bani Yas.

 

Last night on board was good. We went to the Diamond lounge about 7, it extends into the Vortex and was busy but there were seats available. Nothing to stop anyone walking in but the waiterdidask to see our seapass when we ordered. I usually other a Cosmo and it was a very good one🍸. We  then went onto dinner, nice tablemates and pretty good food. By the time we had finished it was after 10.30 (long dinner is no problem for us) and there was nothing on that appealed so we went back to the cabin. Hoping to stay up later tonight as it's the silent disco which is one of my favourites. 

 

There is free internet on the island but it doesn't seem good enough to post pics so I'll try again later.

[kernow]

Now on the local Du internet with the SIM I purchased in Dubai so will try pics again.

[kernow]

Now some info on the island. Tender tickets were available to collect from 8am. We choose to get the 10-10.30 slot. It's beautiful weather today and calm seas so tender was lovely. Apparently they missed this stop last week as the sea was too rough. One thing I've noticed,  the weather in the Compass is completely wrong, temps are 25-30 everyday.

 

Some pics of the island, if anyone wants more info let me know.

[kernow]

More pics. This beach is Al Ghazelle but the other one is very similar.

[kernow]

Just eating lunch from the buffet on the island. The food is all bought from the ship like in the Caribbean.

 

We didn't know what to expect from this stop but we really like it here.

[LuCruise]

Following. You don't see many reviews on Jewel .  Have a wonderful cruise!

[grapau27]

4 hours ago, kernow said:

More pics. This beach is Al Ghazelle but the other one is very similar.

Great photos.

[kernow]

Tonight's dinner menu. We are going to Giovannis. Surprisingly tonight is not formal, we asked and were told day 4 and day 6 are formal, very unusual.

[TravelMadBrits]

Great photos thank you. Can you tell me if there was anywhere worthwhile for snorkelling on Sir Bani Yas? 

[ppcox]

5 hours ago, kernow said:

 

Hi Julie We are sailing on the Jewel next week so following along. Love the shots of the island wasn’t sure what to expect. We should have been on a 10 day cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore this week but like you a long planned holiday was cancelled.

We fly out to Doha on Thursday for a few days with our son who lives there .

Im now looking forward to this holiday Thanks to your posts, it's taken a few days for everything to sink in. Happy cruising and thanks for posting.

[kernow]

6 hours ago, TravelMadBrits said:

Great photos thank you. Can you tell me if there was anywhere worthwhile for snorkelling on Sir Bani Yas? 

I honestly don't know but I didn't see anyone snorkelling. The sea was quite cold which I wasn't expecting so we only paddled. We were talking to a lady in the tender queue who said she had been swimming and once you got used to it, it was OK.

[kernow]

6 hours ago, ppcox said:

Hi Julie We are sailing on the Jewel next week so following along. Love the shots of the island wasn’t sure what to expect. We should have been on a 10 day cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore this week but like you a long planned holiday was cancelled.

We fly out to Doha on Thursday for a few days with our son who lives there .

Im now looking forward to this holiday Thanks to your posts, it's taken a few days for everything to sink in. Happy cruising and thanks for posting.

Yes, it's a shock when everything is changed last minute isn't it? I feel sorry for the people on the later Quantum cruises who still don't know what is going to happen. 

 

I'm sure you'll have a great holiday once you get here, we started to relax once we got to Dubai. Nice to get to spend some time with your son too. We are just docking in Doha as I write😀.

 

[kernow]

Dinner for us last night was in Giovannis. It's our favourite speciality restaurant and it didn't disappoint. The food was excellent and our server great, the best staff member we've come across so far. Quite a few of the staff on the ship seem to be just going through the motions doing their  job.

We had an 8.30 booking and there were only 3 tables already there, by the time we were on main course we were the only customers!

 

After dinner we listened to the singer in Schooner bar for a bit ( quite good) and then up to Vortex for the silent disco. They had security on the door preventing under 18s (do they always have this? Never noticed before). The disco started slowly but ended up being good fun. There was almost a fight on the dance floor at one point. There were one group who were very drunk (Brits unfortunately) and the 2 men' were jumping around on the dance floor taking up everyone's space. One of them fell into another guy who got angry and it almost came to blows. Not sure why they allow people to keep drinking when they get this bad especially when there are security around.

 

Some food pics

[kernow]

Today's Compass 

 

[kernow]

Just got back after a few hours walking around Doha. What a nice place, it felt very safe, clean and friendly. There was a free shuttle from the terminal to the Islamic museum of art car park which took about 10 minutes.  There were taxis and people offering tours but it's another lovely day so we walked along the Corniche towards Souq Waqif, about a 15 minute walk. This was a lovely area, a big square and to the side a traditional souq which was great to walk around. Unlike some countries there was no one hassling you, the locals were chatty and friendly.

If you want to change money for local currency there is a counter in the terminal which will change any unused notes back at the same rate.

 

Some pics from our day

[Bobal]

Great info and pics. Thank you. We'll be visiting Doha on a cruise in May and have bookmarked this to help with my planning

[kernow]

9 minutes ago, Bobal said:

Great info and pics. Thank you. We'll be visiting Doha on a cruise in May and have bookmarked this to help with my planning

Be prepared for very hot weather in May🌞. When we were walking back today we saw a readout of 27 deg.  

[kernow]

Tonight's dinner menu.

[suesnake2002]

Question?? Some men have white head gear, some have red. Does that mean anything, or just a fashion statement??