Courtyard villas bring a brand new style of accommodation
When the Norwegian Jewel arrived in August 2005 she introduced a brand new style of accommodation – courtyard villas.
The villas on the 92,000-ton ship have private courtyard and sundeck, and guests also have a concierge lounge for added privacy, with
dedicated butlers offering continental breakfast, refreshments all day and canapes and drinks before dinner.
There are ten restaurants including passenger favourites such as Cagneys Steak House, Blue Lagoon and NCLs signature restaurant, Le Bistro.
The ship also includes a new concept for NCL – Bar Central – featuring a martini bar, a champagne and wine bar, and a beer and whisky pub all connected but with three distinct personalities.
In addition to Bar Central, Norwegian Jewel features the Sky High Bar, a beer garden designed to resemble a hot air balloon with sandbags, ropes and a rattan front, and Fyzz Cabaret Lounge, inspired by all things spherical and out of space, featuring three private Karaoke rooms.
Norwegian Jewel offers an extensive choice of cabins. In fact, while Norwegian Jewel is modelled after Norwegian Star and Norwegian Dawn, NCL has increased the number of cabins from 1,112 on Norwegian Dawn to 1188 on Norwegian Jewel, including the addition of ten penthouse suites positioned high atop the vessel.
She also boasts NCLs latest standards in cabins, with rich cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee makers in every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than other ships, containing separate WC, shower, and washstand compartments separated by sliding doors in the outside, balcony and suite cabins.
A large number of cabins (including suites and junior-suites) can interconnect to create a two, three, four or five-bedroom area suitable for small or large families.
Norwegian Jewel features the latest in relaxation and fitness at the contemporary South Pacific-themed Bora Bora Health Spa and Beauty Salon. Mandara Spa, the worlds leading operator of landside resort spas, will operate the spa, pampering NCL guests with an exotic menu of spa and beauty treatments combining the best of East and West.
There is an advanced Internet Cafe and Photo Gallery with kiosks to print photos from digital cameras as well as the latest laptops, which guests can rent to use around the ship. And theres also NCLs signature WiFi.
The Sports Deck contains a basketball, volleyball and tennis court, while the Body Waves Fitness Center boasts state-of-the-art cardiovascular workout equipment – each with its own TV – aerobic and yoga area with a sprung wooden floor, steam and sauna rooms, a jet-current exercise pool, an indoor lap pool, whirlpool and hydrotherapy pool.
The ship is particularly family-friendly and features the Splashdown Kids Club and Sapphire Kids Pool, a brightly colored facility for children designed with a cute and friendly tropical sea creature theme as well as the Underground Teens Club.
PASSENGERS : 2376
BERTHS : 1188
CREW : 1010
FACILITIES : Two main dining rooms (open seating), casino, three swimming pools (one inside), fitness centre, show lounge, theatre, library, cinema.