Magickpyggie

Hi KJE Atlanta,

Yes Caelos is the Concierge and helped make it an outstanding cruise, he seemed as excited about our 40th celebrations and our new Grandson as we did. He seems to be a bit fed up with the Med just now especially as this was the last Eastern Med cruise.

John

Hi KJE Atlanta,

Yes Carlos was the Concierge and we had met him last year too, he made our cruise really special and I think he got almost as much fun as we did from our 40th celebration and the birth of our Grandson.

He did say that he was getting bored with the Med especially as they have stopped the Eastern Med cruises now.

We met another couple who were starting a "follow Carlos" club.

John

Hi Lisaxx,

Sorry, missed the aircon and phone.

Room was always cool except the WC by the front door. There is a small handy phone plus a number of other phones.

John

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Hi Lisax

I will try to answer your questions,

You are looking at the TV, and the starboard patio door is on the right side

It can get windy if the Jade is heading into the wind at speed, you can sit down.

Have you checked out the pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/magickpyggie a lot of them were taken on the balcony.

Best liking, the seclusion and opulence.

Worst dislike, the starboard patio door had a habit of unlocking itself at night, just had to set the child lock.

That is a very minor issue.

It is fabulous

John

Hi jdymd, sorry I did not give you a very good response.

Alanya walked ashore and down the quayside and mostly looked at the ships in the harbour, very pleasant area.

Limassol Used the shuttle bus to the town and walked around then found a little restaurant where we had a meat platter that was very good then got the shuttle bus back

Haifa Did a ships tour to the winery and Rothschilds gardens, good tour good wine and cheese and nice courier

Iraklion As this was a Sunday, took a ships tour to winery, really to shop, then visit to Cretan village and snacks, quite good.

Naples Took taxi ti Sorrento where we had two and a half hours in Sorrento and stops en route for pictures, see links to pictures.

Hi Gillian, lovely to meet you and Jacquie too, hopefully we will meet again

John and Joan

I don't think the Jade is going to do that itinerary again, they had five crew coaches to Massada and the Dead Sea because it was the last time. The new itinerary did not seem very popular with the crew as there is only one sea day and they have to get a lot into that.

There are motorised blinds that you can raise at night as you can be seen at night if there is a light on or behind you. The curtains are very thick however. You can see through the glass onto the balconies but not clearly. It is worth it, we will have to start doing the lottery soon!

I have put some images onto Flickr, please ask me any questions you want and I will try and answer them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magickpyggie

Very best regards

John and Joan

Hi medtech2, over 300 taken, never put pictures on Cruisecritic yet, can you point me to somewhere I can read about it?

Do you have any particular areas you are interested in?

John

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You can't see the side of the ship, it's about a 45 degree angle to the sea and the Garden Villa "wall" behind you cuts off your view to the rear.

The pool can be noisy, but the patio doors are effective and you have motorised blinds at the front to stop any view in at night. Thick curtains help too.

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Hi goldmom,

The Gem is slightly different in that there are two DOS, the Jade has only one, so you get only one balcony, if you are lying down taking the sun the wind isn't too bad. We had two sunbeds, two chairs and two tables on the balcony so a lot of room. There are three tv's the lounge and the bedroom were fixed, the bathroom is on a wall swivel.

The sodas and water were just refreshed, we didn't have a minibar. We were give a list and chose one Scotch and two very nice red wines, you can mix and match as you wish.

We had dinner sent up from Grand Pacific two nights, because you can! It was fabulous, Bose sound system, but take your own CD's if you want your choice of music.

Ask any questions you want, I will write the review soon.

Bests

John

If you have any questions about the Black Diamond Suite 15000 on the Jade, just ask. We were on April 6th Eastern Med cruise. It was outstanding.

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Hi, pull the bedside table await from the wall and you will find a wall socket just behind, that's where they are on the Jade suite. That's where I plugged in my CPAP. We also carry a lightweight cable for the hotels too.

Enjoy.

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