Living the Dream Year 5 Day 93 – Day 16 of 29 day Florida, Caribbean, SeaWorld, and Disney World Trip – Day 5 of 4 night Bahamas and Perfect Day Cruise on Jewel of the Seas – Departing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and onto SeaWorld Orlando, Florida – Cruise and ship Review

Year 5, Day 93, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/01/2025 DAY 16 of 29 day Florida, Caribbean, SeaWorld and Disney World trip. – Day 5 of 4 night Bahamas and Perfect Day Cruise on Jewel of the Seas. Day 1 of 2 at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida. Departed ship in Fort Lauderdale and drove to SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida. Walk off departure in Fort Lauderdale started at 7am. We traveled 454 Nautical Miles on our four day cruise.

We departed the ship with group 20 at 8am in Fort Lauderdale and headed to Orlando.

We drove up Interstate 95. Then we took 60 west for 35 miles through nothing into Oceola County. After that, we got on Florida’s Turnpike. It is amazing how much open land there is in Florida. I wonder how many gators there are.

We hit a Laundromat in Orlando. It’s been a long time since I fed a machine quarters. Interesting enough, there were mostly men doing laundry (like 11 men and two women).

Tonight we are in the Hilton Garden Inn by SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. A little park walk and then off to bed.

Here’s a review of our 4 night cruise on Jewel of the Seas. Jewel of the seas 4 night review

Balcony room 7092 – Pros

• Clean bright room

• Nice large balcony.

• Carpeting appears to be new

• Cleaned everyday and bed made

• We received robes and upgraded amenities for being diamond plus

• Great stateroom attendant

• Comfortable bed

Balcony room 7092 – Cons

• Balcony is not very private It is close to the centrum and extremely loud in the evenings until 11pm. Louder than balcony room 7600 where we had previously stayed.

• The toilet had an issue and didn’t flush all the time. The bathroom sink is not vented properly. The water drains slowly and bubbles up as it is draining.

• The middle glass shelf in the bathroom cabinet is not secured and fell. The stateroom attendant fixed it. But it just sits on some screws.

• Ship is old and sitting on our balcony you are looking at a lot of rusty metal.

Food – Pros

• Nice variety of food in the Windjammer buffet and everything was very good

• The food in the dinning room was just okay. Nothing special to say wow or even recommend

• Dining room has excellent servers.

Food – Cons

• Multiple times there was slightly warm water for hot tea and slightly warm coffee set out in the Windjammer buffet.

• Three or four times I was served a drink from a bar with a chipped rim on my glass. This even happened in the Crown Lounge.

Casino

• Clean and not smoky. In fact they were announcing no smoking before casino opens and also if not playing.

Crown Lounge – Pros

• In between cruises the lounge was thoroughly cleaned along with the food area. I watched someone come in and inspect it. He also checked the temperature of items.

• Concierge was excellent.

• Bar servers were great

Crown Lounge – Cons

• First time I was actually approached by next cruise to purchase an open booking

General Pros

• The employees are fantastic and we were treated very nicely. I would say the employees are very loyal to Royal. Met a few employees who remembered us from other cruise ships.

General Cons

• Main Pool was cloudy.

Spa – Pros

• Prices are high, but the manicure pedicures are the best.

Spa – Cons

• You have to realize that an experience in the spa is filled with sales pitches. Kind of annoying. They try to sell you eye cream, face cream, body scrub, hair conditioner, or anything they think they can. LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE!! They even try to sell you services (hair styling, massages, acupuncture, teeth whitening, or any other upgrade they think they can get more money from you)

Windjammer Buffet

• Black tile floors near beverages are filthy. Even when they first open that floor is very dirty.
• The chairs outside in the rear eating area are extremely uncomfortable if your bare legs sit on them. I walked away with horrible hurting indentations in the back of my legs the first time we ate outside. After that, I shifted to the edge of the chair. This way, my bare legs below my shorts did not rest on the seat. Wearing pants you will be okay.

Loyal Ambassador

• Very nice and helpful

• We met with her to change our room amenities from wine to tote bags and toiletry bags.

Weather and Seas

• It was very calm and sunny. We meandered along most of time. Like floating in a bathtub.

Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.

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