16 Night Westbound Transatlantic Cruise - Royal Caribbean

Ship: Jewel Of The Seas
Length       962 ft
Passengers 2,500
Crew         859
Speed    25 knots (29 MPH)  
Departure:
 Harwich, UK Aug. 31, 2012  
Arrival:
 Boston, MA Sept. 16, 2012  

Friendship tours
- The Ship Shop
Donna Millican 1-800-243-1630
donna@friendshiptours.net

Cruise Details
(www.royalcaribbean.com)
866 562-7625
800 398-9819 online check-in help

Emergency contact: To speak with a passenger onboard, the caller dials 1-888-RC4-SHIP (724-7447) (U.S. only) at a rate of $7.95 per minute.
The caller will next be prompted to enter his or her major credit card number and expiration date. You are then given a menu to select the ship name "Jewel Of The Seas".

Electrical:
According to Life Onboard | RoyalCaribbean.org/faq, "North American standard, 110 volts AC is used on all of our ships."

Itinerary | Shore & Land Excursions | Post cruise notes

Lonely Planet

Yelp

Fodor's

Maps

RoyalCaribbean Port Explorer

Date	Port	Guides	Tourist web page	Port Map
Sat. 01-Sep 7AM-9PM	Le Havre, France		www.normandie-tourisme.fr
	Paris, France		Paris travel guide - Wikitravel
Sun. 02-Sep 7AM-4PM	Portland (Dorset), UK		DorsetTouristGuide.com JurassicCoast.com
Mon. 03-Sep 10AM-4:30PM	Cork, Ireland	More	cork-guide.ie
Tue. 04-Sep 5AM-11PM	Dublin, Ireland	More	dublin.ie/visitors.htm
Thu. 06-Sep 9AM-6PM	Klaksvik, Faroe Islands
Sat. 8AM-Sun 5PM 8-9-Sep	Reykjavik, Iceland	More
Thu. 13-Sep 8AM-6PM	St. John's, Newfoundland		NewfoundlandLabrador .com
Sun. 16-Sep 7AM	Boston, MA		donsnotes.com

The cruise changed route twice because of tropical storms or hurricanes.
High seas from remnants of Hurricane Isaac and/or Gordon caused us to reroute to the east of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland on Wednesday 9/5.

Jewel rerouted on Monday 9/11 to avoid Hurricanes Leslie and Michael. Map

The captain, crew and Royal Caribbean were very efficient at dealing with these problems and keeping the passengers informed.

 
Checkin
Go to www.royalcaribbean.com > Before You Board > Online Check-in
Create an account I guess this is not necessary.
  Go to Go to www.royalcaribbean.com click "login" to create a login
  Select Shore & Land Excursions

Map

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Icebergs:
Icebergs are not a problem in September. Here's what RoyalCaribbean had to say,
"Regarding the icebergs patrol we are receiving icebergs update report from Navarea thru EGC system fleet net every 6 hours and Canadian Coast Guard Ice Patrol in which we also participate as necessary.

Anyway in September while we are crossing North Atlantic ocean it's not likely that we will encounter any icebergs on our path. Icebergs are know to be in mentioned area at spring time in March and April. See Icebergs at the cruising page.

Links:
GTS Jewel of the Seas Ratings and Reviews | SeaScanner.com
Map of Iceland - World Atlas
Current position of GTS Jewel of the Seas at SeaScanner.com
Wave heights & wind at OceanWeather.com
  Wind symbols (wind barbs)
Ocean Currents and Climate
Surface Currents at Atlantic Ocean
RMS Titanic: The Ship of Dreams
Distance Calculator
Ships and Shipping: Chapter 4