Ncl jewel - is it true that the galley is on the 4th floor for all restaurants?

[cruzin007]

I am looking to book a cruise on the Jewel for October, but I have been reading quite a few postings on how noisy the mini suites can be. I just hung up on an NCL cruise person and she told me that the only galley on the Jewel is on the 4th floor. Is that true?

 

She told me that all the food is cooked on the 4th floor. I am looking for a mini-suite since we will have twin 2 year olds with us and the more room the better. Who's right?

 

I'm looking at the deck plan for the 12th floor and trying to compare it to the 11th floor. There is a grey area near Mama's Kitchen - what is that area if the NCL cruise person is right, that there's no galley on the 12th floor?

 

The other person who is booking with me wants to be close to the back of the ship and I want to be closer to the middle so we are looking at all options, but we don't want to be under a galley or kitchen and not under the pool.

 

Any help you can give to clear this up would be helpful.

[Elationismyship]

I am looking to book a cruise on the Jewel for October, but I have been reading quite a few postings on how noisy the mini suites can be. I just hung up on an NCL cruise person and she told me that the only galley on the Jewel is on the 4th floor. Is that true?

 

She told me that all the food is cooked on the 4th floor. I am looking for a mini-suite since we will have twin 2 year olds with us and the more room the better. Who's right?

 

I'm looking at the deck plan for the 12th floor and trying to compare it to the 11th floor. There is a grey area near Mama's Kitchen - what is that area if the NCL cruise person is right, that there's no galley on the 12th floor?

 

The other person who is booking with me wants to be close to the back of the ship and I want to be closer to the middle so we are looking at all options, but we don't want to be under a galley or kitchen and not under the pool.

 

Any help you can give to clear this up would be helpful.

 

Just off the Jewel -- I can tell you that the main galley is located between Tsar's and Azura on deck 6.

[2inTul]

I am looking to book a cruise on the Jewel for October, but I have been reading quite a few postings on how noisy the mini suites can be. I just hung up on an NCL cruise person and she told me that the only galley on the Jewel is on the 4th floor. Is that true?

 

She told me that all the food is cooked on the 4th floor. I am looking for a mini-suite since we will have twin 2 year olds with us and the more room the better. Who's right?

 

I'm looking at the deck plan for the 12th floor and trying to compare it to the 11th floor. There is a grey area near Mama's Kitchen - what is that area if the NCL cruise person is right, that there's no galley on the 12th floor?

 

The other person who is booking with me wants to be close to the back of the ship and I want to be closer to the middle so we are looking at all options, but we don't want to be under a galley or kitchen and not under the pool.

 

Any help you can give to clear this up would be helpful.

 

The galley for the Garden Cafe & Mama's Kitchen is indeed located on deck 12 in the space you have indicated. The galley of the two main dining rooms is located on deck 6 between the two. Each specialty restaurant has their own galley adjacent to their dinning rooms. To the best of my knowledge there is no galley located on deck 4.

[DAGVBSB]

I was in a mini-suite on the Dawn (similar in design to the Jewel). Our mini-suite was directly under the pool and we never heard a thing. I have heard from those under the buffet that sometimes you can hear furniture being moved above in the early morning and late evenings, but that was only occassionaly.

 

Like I said, don't fear being under the pool in the mini-suites because the floor is very well insulated.

 

Personally, I would probably choose a BA balcony over and AF mini-suite. The Mini-suites get no perks (those start at AE and higher.)-- no breakfast in Cagney's, no robes, no priority embarkation/debartakion, no priority tender tickets. Mini-suite is just a deluxe balcony. The bath tub is a mini tub....don't plan to sit in it and soak...even my 8 year old daughter couldn't fit.

 

Basically a mini-suite gets you a mini-tub and about 50 sq. feet more of cabin.

[HowardK]

I was just on deck 4 and dug it. Less traffic=better sleeping.

[DMH15]

Don't forget with the mini you also get the "curtain"!

[bakerintn]

There are no minisuites located under a kitchen area.

[Ms belp]

I am looking to book a cruise on the Jewel for October, but I have been reading quite a few postings on how noisy the mini suites can be. I just hung up on an NCL cruise person and she told me that the only galley on the Jewel is on the 4th floor. Is that true?

 

She told me that all the food is cooked on the 4th floor. I am looking for a mini-suite since we will have twin 2 year olds with us and the more room the better. Who's right?

 

I'm looking at the deck plan for the 12th floor and trying to compare it to the 11th floor. There is a grey area near Mama's Kitchen - what is that area if the NCL cruise person is right, that there's no galley on the 12th floor?

 

The other person who is booking with me wants to be close to the back of the ship and I want to be closer to the middle so we are looking at all options, but we don't want to be under a galley or kitchen and not under the pool.

 

Any help you can give to clear this up would be helpful.

 

You hung up on her? Then you didn't get an answer. Please do your homework

[bananasforcruises]

I made several calls to NCL and received different answers also. They tried to say it was a storage area, but then they told me it was a kitchen or could be the galley. I am looking at booking a mini-suite for a cruise soon. I will try to book a cabin under the card room if I can get one.

[cruzin007]

I didn't hang up on the person from NCL. My call ended. It was just an expression I use when I finish a call.

 

Some people say there are no mini suites under a kitchen, but there are a lot of postings on this site from people that booked mini suites under a kitchen or galley about rolling metal carts, etc. Especially since the buffet is open all day and night, there will be a lot of cooking done. I can't believe that they cook everything on the 4th floor and then bring all the food upstairs.

[LOWTYD]

I didn't hang up on the person from NCL. My call ended. It was just an expression I use when I finish a call.

 

Some people say there are no mini suites under a kitchen, but there are a lot of postings on this site from people that booked mini suites under a kitchen or galley about rolling metal carts, etc. Especially since the buffet is open all day and night, there will be a lot of cooking done. I can't believe that they cook everything on the 4th floor and then bring all the food upstairs.

 

You'd be surprised. I did a Carnival kitchen tour and it was a level down from the MDR and the waiter carry these huge trays of food up an escalator and right though a swinging door. I was rather impressed.:) There a some Mini's below the Great Outdoors I did have one on the stern of the ship (Gem) and I really didn't notice the noise. if you are looking at the mini's on either side, you will be under the Mama's or the part of the Garden Cafe. The inside rooms are below the grey area. Midship will put you below the pool area Which, if you are worried about noise, may be a better option.

[cruzin007]

The grey area on the deck plan for the 12th floor is where the mini suites would be on the 11th floor and over the 11th floor inside rooms. The inside rooms would hear the noise more but the minis would hear it also. I just read a posting on this site about someone staying in mini suite 11606 and they said they heard a lot of noise. They heard noise starting at 5 in the morning - metal carts, etc. They ended complaining and eventually they had their room changed, so that means the cruise lines know how bad it can be noise wise for a person in a room under the galley.

 

There should be a way for cruise lines to build ships with all the restaurants on one floor and have the deck with the pool and clubs over the floor with the restaurants and clubs et cetera on the floor below. All other floors should be guest rooms.

 

The other thing cruise lines should do is discount rooms or suites under a kitchen or galley so when a person books it at a discount they know exactly what they are getting themselves into.

[DAGVBSB]

 

There should be a way for cruise lines to build ships with all the restaurants on one floor and have the deck with the pool and clubs over the floor with the restaurants and clubs et cetera on the floor below. All other floors should be guest rooms.

 

The other thing cruise lines should do is discount rooms or suites under a kitchen or galley so when a person books it at a discount they know exactly what they are getting themselves into.

 

Those would have to be on the upper decks since the pools are usually located on the top open deck. That would put all the restaurants, casino, theaters, clubs on the upper decks and would create a traffic nightmare. Also, ships want the galley's on a lower deck so it is closer to the ships store which is usually on the lower decks. Ships also need a mid ship deck of services for the reception desk, shops, etc.. This deck can also serve as an gangway deck for ports.

 

 

Another idea that I have seen on the RCCL Explorer of the Seas was to have most of the public areas on the back of the ships. (Dining room, ice rink, Buffet, Photo Gallery, Reception desk, etc.) That was a disaster. I tried to avoid the aft elevator as much as I could because there was always a line for it on every deck. Many times we had to ride up to get space on an elevator to ride down! We were on a aft balcony on the Explorer, directly below the Buffet and never heard a thing.

[OceanDreaming2]

I would choose the mini over a balcony just for that extra 50 sq. ft. of space and the privacy curtain. The cabins have a better layout, IMO.

 

We had a aft mini on the Jewel and only heard deck noise from above once in a while. It was not a deal-breaker by any means.

[kayhil3]

I didn't hang up on the person from NCL. My call ended. It was just an expression I use when I finish a call.

 

Some people say there are no mini suites under a kitchen, but there are a lot of postings on this site from people that booked mini suites under a kitchen or galley about rolling metal carts, etc. Especially since the buffet is open all day and night, there will be a lot of cooking done. I can't believe that they cook everything on the 4th floor and then bring all the food upstairs.

The buffet is open all night for coffee, tea (hot and cold) and water only no food. So no cooking all night.