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Thank you. We’re Italian and have absolutely no idea how much we should tip, I think we’ll just ask or follow the others that will be at our table.

Loving your report. We have a reservation for Teppanyaki on the Jewel next week, what would your advice be as to how much we should tip the chef?

Maybe Negroni sbagliato, which is Campari, Martini rosso and topped up with Prosecco, it’s lighter than the normal Negroni which has gin instead of the Prosecco and is pretty lethal but both options don’t have sugary mixers.

The adventure begins🥳🍾🎉

Thank you. Will do.

That was the info I was looking for. Thank you so much.

Hi, I love your reports with your dad and am sorry he won’t be with you on this one. I have a question that I think you can answer. We are on the Jewel Panama to San Diego cruise in 10 days and am starting to think about packing. What is the air conditioning like in the restaurants? Do I need to pack a light jacket or a pashmina and should I pack long sleeve shirts or sweatshirts for my husband?

That is good to know. I will definitely be heading to the Casino.Thank you.

This isn’t my first cruise but I never noticed cash machines on board, so great news and problem solved. Thank you.

Hi, we are on the Jewel Panama to San Diego cruise and will be stopping in Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Huatulco, Puerta Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. When we’re on holiday we don’t usually like taking a lot of cash and use cash machines to withdraw what we need for excursions, tips etc. Is there a country on our stops that we should avoid using cash machines? We only use ones at banks or where there’s security guards. We are European so I have to order dollars and would like to get an idea of how much we would need.

I have been on hundreds of planes ( mainly European airlines as we live in Italy) and the only time they lost my luggage was a Miami to Milan flight with American Airlines so it can happen with any airline. It’s the ground staff at the airport not the airline staff. We have iPhones and always put an AirTag in our luggage so we always know where it is.If it does get lost you can tell the airline exactly where it is so they can get it to you quicker.

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I think you did the right thing.

It depends how much you drink. We are not big drinkers, a glass of wine or a beer with lunch, a cocktail at the pool , a Prosecco before dinner, a couple of glasses of wine with dinner then a drink before bed and the free at sea package is still worth it, because drinks are expensive on a cruise (at least for us Europeans) also you have the internet deal. Do a search for drink menus so it gives you an idea of the costs. Have a great cruise.

How did you get these prices. Was it last minute?, direct with NCL? or some other option?

As far as I know you can only bring wine on board if you have one of the drinks packages.

As far as I know you can only bring wine aboard if you have one of the drink packages.

Sid, I have really enjoyed your adventure. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us . We are Italian and live in the alps, north from Milan so you now have an international following. We are on the NCL Jewel Panama cruise 21st March. Where are you heading next? I need to know so I don’t miss your new adventure.🤗🤗🤗

jtdlmc, thank you so much for this info, it’s exactly what I was looking for. I know every embarkation is different so no guarantees but based on this info I now know when to book our transfer.Thanks again.

Thanks guys. So no time slot, I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. After me_phisros info I’m leaning more to a morning boarding but I’m hoping for more info from anyone that has recently boarded early afternoon from Colon.

Hi, we are on the Jewel Panama cruise next month and we’re wondering what would be the best check-in time. We would prefer to avoid the rush hour. From what I’ve seen most people like to be on board for lunch so I’m thinking it will be very busy before that. We will do the pre check-in before we leave but this is our first time on ncl so we will have to queue in the normal line. Would an afternoon slot be better? Also I know that every port is different with organization etc. so if someone has already done the boarding in Colon any tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hi, both Cruisemapper and Cruisetimetables have our Panama Cruise leaving from Panama City, I’m pretty sure this is wrong because NCL has it leaving from Colon and after checking the Jewel cruise before us it docks in Colon, so I don’t know how reliable these sites are.

Thank you so much for posting the photo, this was exactly the info I was looking for. I’m really disappointed that there aren’t loungers but I’m still going to go with the upgrade. Thanks again.

I’m new to this board but the roll call for this sailing has been in the NCL roll call listings for months so glad you’ve finally found it.

Thanks for this info, I kept reading reviews where Nicuragua had been removed from the itinerary but couldn’t understand why it was still in our itinerary for March. I now know it’s not going to happen. I’ve also just seen a post on TripAdvisor that says they’ve been told that also Guatamala is removed from the itinerary, looks like we’re gonna be spending a lot of time at sea which we don’t like.