​🛳️​" LIVE" from Jewel - Feb 20-25, 2022 ​🛳️​

[NC State]

Livingonthebeach I hate to see your cruise come to an end.  I love, love all the information you are sharing. 

[ONECRUISER]

13 minutes ago, BND said:

The pineapple guava sangrias were one of the featured drinks on Harmony last Nov/Dec at the Solarium bar.  I drank quite a few of them.  Can't remember if the other two were.

 

Glad to see some pics. We're on Jewel this Nov (b2b) and Oct/Nov 2023 b2b to Quebec and back.  I've checked out a few videos and it's nice to see all the indoor seating since we'll be needing it for Canada/NE next year.  This will be our first time on Radiance class.

Agree, Beautiful Pictures. Me, 35yrs Cruising havent done anything but Radiance Class in last 20. Love my longer 10+ niter Caribbean and Repos usually doing these in B4B's. Nice Class, easy get around nice size and setup. Will enjoy them until replaced with only larger Ships. Will be my First on Jewel this Apr-May, would like do that Canada and see it followed with Repo to Caribbean...

Edited February 24, 2022 by ONECRUISER

[livingonthebeach]

Went to A Taste Of Royal for lunch today. The food and wine pairing was exquisite! Had such a blast talking to my table mates I forgot to take pics of the food. We were from South Florida, Central Florida, South Carolina and Upstate New York. We all instantly connected and had an awesome time! I did mange to take a pic of the menu.

 

[livingonthebeach]

1 hour ago, NC State said:

Livingonthebeach I hate to see your cruise come to an end.  I love, love all the information you are sharing. 

Thanks so much! I’ve enjoyed this cruise tremendously. I’m glad you’re following and like you said, all good things must come to an end. I freaked out when I returned to my cabin to find the following…

[island lady]

2 minutes ago, livingonthebeach said:

Thanks so much! I’ve enjoyed this cruise tremendously. I’m glad you’re following and like you said, all good things must come to an end. I freaked out when I returned to my cabin to find the following…

 

Always makes me sad to see those.  😞  Probably one of the best things about TAD on a B2B...they don't show up.  😉 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Always a sad day to see those tags appear 

I feel your pain!

[livingonthebeach]

1 hour ago, ONECRUISER said:

Agree, Beautiful Pictures. Me, 35yrs Cruising havent done anything but Radiance Class in last 20. Love my longer 10+ niter Caribbean and Repos usually doing these in B4B's. Nice Class, easy get around nice size and setup. Will enjoy them until replaced with only larger Ships. Will be my First on Jewel this Apr-May, would like do that Canada and see it followed with Repo to Caribbean...

Is the Canada repo what they call the snowbird cruise?  If so, I’ve heard great things about it. I’m tempted to book it. 

[livingonthebeach]

12 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Always makes me sad to see those.  😞  Probably one of the best things about TAD on a B2B...they don't show up.  😉 

🤣 I have my first B2B next year and so looking forward to TAD! 

[BND]

1 hour ago, ONECRUISER said:

Agree, Beautiful Pictures. Me, 35yrs Cruising havent done anything but Radiance Class in last 20. Love my longer 10+ niter Caribbean and Repos usually doing these in B4B's. Nice Class, easy get around nice size and setup. Will enjoy them until replaced with only larger Ships. Will be my First on Jewel this Apr-May, would like do that Canada and see it followed with Repo to Caribbean...

This Nov is Caribbean and Bahamas b2b.  The Canada one next year has amazing ports, a few we've been to, a few we haven't.

[livingonthebeach]

10 minutes ago, BND said:

This Nov is Caribbean and Bahamas b2b.  The Canada one next year has amazing ports, a few we've been to, a few we haven't.

Is the Canada repo on the Jewel?

[BND]

18 minutes ago, livingonthebeach said:

Is the Canada repo on the Jewel?

Jewel is both b2b's.  It's not really a repo for Oct 2023 because the ship isn't staying in Quebec.  The ship leaves from NJ on 20 Oct and arrives in Quebec on 30 Oct. It then leaves the same day and returns to NJ.  It's 10 days for each cruise.

[livingonthebeach]

Someone asked on another thread if there were any violinists onboard. I can confirm we have a classical guitarist and violinist duo on this sailing of the Jewel in the Centrum.

 

 

 

[livingonthebeach]

Lovely sunset while hugging the coast of Cuba on our last night.

 

 

Our current position

 

Edited February 24, 2022 by livingonthebeach

[livingonthebeach]

Dinner at Chops tonight. 

 

For starters I had the Beef Carpaccio 

 

 

Followed by the Petite Filet Mignon with red wine sauce and a baked potato. Scrumptious meal as always.

 

[livingonthebeach]

So sad to be disembarking tomorrow morning. All in all the cruise met my expectations and then some. Met some wonderful people and had a great time! The only downside was no production shows, spotty Internet and no paper cruise compass (can be prearranged with cabin steward on day one).
 

Otherwise everything else was terrific and you couldn’t beat the price! Will definitely sail Jewel again and again. 

[JamesEM]

Have a safe trip home, enjoyed your review and photos.

[NC State]

WoW you have me so pumped for my April 9th cruise!  Thank you for taking the time out of vacation to share it with us!

[livingonthebeach]

Welcome to Miami!

 

Edited February 25, 2022 by livingonthebeach

[livingonthebeach]

Day 6 - February 25, 2022

Disembarkation Day - I have a 9:40am disembarkation time so just hanging out in the DL.  I have it all to myself - not a soul here yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Motor City]

2 hours ago, livingonthebeach said:

Day 6 - February 25, 2022

Disembarkation Day - I have a 9:40am disembarkation time so just hanging out in the DL.  I have it all to myself - not a soul here yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was fun, thank you for sharing!

We are on Jewel this Tuesday.

Can you advise how we can request the latest possible departure?

First time cruising on RCI.

We don’t fly home till the following day and not in a hurry to get back to our MIA hotel.

[livingonthebeach]

6 minutes ago, Motor City said:

 

This was fun, thank you for sharing!

We are on Jewel this Tuesday.

Can you advise how we can request the latest possible departure?

First time cruising on RCI.

We don’t fly home till the following day and not in a hurry to get back to our MIA hotel.

Go to guest services once onboard and let them know. You can also opt for self assist which means you carry your own luggage out and get off whenever you want. They were not even checking tag numbers today so people who didn’t have flights to catch got off pretty much whenever they wanted even if they were assigned a number. Have fun on your cruise! You’ll be on the one right after the Salsa Dance charter I suppose. Enjoy!!

[Kak86]

Thank you for your review!  Appreciate the time you spent on the review and all of the pics.  Cruising on Jewel 3/26 and this review made me even more excited!  

[Orca70]

Thanks for a great review. It was great to follow along.

[zencruisers]

Thank you for the great review and pictures.