Unfortunately, this will have to be a “come back to it after the trip” post. I didn’t shoot nearly enough photos to make the post as detailed as I’d like. I shot videos instead, and will have to edit them when I get home, before I can upload them to the site.
Here are a few photos, though!
Laundry: What is this?
A hint: for safety and cleanliness, soaps, etc are not added to the washers along with the laundry, through the doors in the front.
Differences between the Latitudes BTS tour and the Paid One
The Latitudes tour is not as wide-ranging as the paid tour. What we saw on the Latitudes tour is all things that have direct customer-facing exposure: the galley, the backstage area, and the laundry. On Jade (and I presume other Jewel-class ships), this meant we were only on deck 6 mid-ship (galley, between the two main dining rooms), deck 6 forward (backstage), and deck 4 forward (laundry).
The paid behind-the-scenes tour, however, adds the bridge, the engine control room, and at least gives you a glance into the crew dining room and you get to walk down the I-95 (the central corridor through the crew area, generally on deck 4). In some of those areas photos aren’t allowed, but it’s still neat to see the more technical areas of the ship.