Breakaway 1/2-1/15

There are 4 smoking areas on the entire ship including the Haven which most passengers do not have access to. I would hardly call that "many".

 

 

 

:rolleyes:

Of course you neglect to post that the casino is a smokestack that is not walled in and the smoke permeates most of the indoor 6/7/8 areas

Posters love to debate this but the fact is the ship is horribly designed and the casino is a cloud of smoke that makes several bars and eating venues unusable for non smokers

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There are 4 smoking areas on the entire ship including the Haven which most passengers do not have access to. I would hardly call that "many".

 

:rolleyes:

If there were more areas the smoke wouldn't all be in one place ;)

There are 4 smoking areas on the entire ship including the Haven which most passengers do not have access to. I would hardly call that "many".

I guess they figure that since smoking is a dying habit (literally and figuratively), not many smoking areas are needed.

There are 4 smoking areas on the entire ship including the Haven which most passengers do not have access to. I would hardly call that "many".

 

:rolleyes:

I was in the Haven on this cruise. I don't remember any smoking area in there.

I will be doing my review soon. I started with a head cold this morning. :eek: I am still getting all of my photos organized.

As far as smelling smoke:

I felt the worst place was at Maltings on the waterfront. Two of our favorite bartenders work there and we spent zero time there because of the smoke.

Deck 15 pool deck smoking pen was 2nd worst.

The entrance to the Haven was somewhat nearby and every time the doors to the outside deck opened when we were near the Haven door, we were able to smell the smoke.

The casino was third.

I spent quite a bit of time in the Casino and at times it was bad enough to leave a machine and go somewhere else, but that really depends on how many smokers were in there and where. They had a bunch of Smoke Eaters or Ozone cleaners running all the time to help with the smoke.

We also had to spend time in the ships hospital. My daughter vomited nonstop on Night 4, starting around 1:30am. We had just left Puerto Rico and were heading for St Thomas so I thought that maybe it was motion sickness. By 8:00am she hadn't stopped, so down we went. The Dr was afraid she may have had appendicitis, so he did blood work, gave her IV fluids, IV Zofran, and IV Ranitidine to stop the vomiting. Once she was hydrated, the did a urinalysis and it turns out she had a UTI, probably from the hot tub or pools. Antibiotics were prescribed and we were back in our room by 12:30. Total cost: $1333.99 (which will be reimbursed by Travel Insurance)

If my physician diagnosed the cause of my respiratory infection to be the smell of smoke a couple times, I'd get a new one. Perhaps you got chilled out on one of the decks and, hence, got a "cold." [emoji848]

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I was in the Haven on this cruise. I don't remember any smoking area in there.

I will be doing my review soon. I started with a head cold this morning. :eek: I am still getting all of my photos organized.

As far as smelling smoke:

I felt the worst place was at Maltings on the waterfront. Two of our favorite bartenders work there and we spent zero time there because of the smoke.

Deck 15 pool deck smoking pen was 2nd worst.

The entrance to the Haven was somewhat nearby and every time the doors to the outside deck opened when we were near the Haven door, we were able to smell the smoke.

The casino was third.

I spent quite a bit of time in the Casino and at times it was bad enough to leave a machine and go somewhere else, but that really depends on how many smokers were in there and where. They had a bunch of Smoke Eaters or Ozone cleaners running all the time to help with the smoke.

 

We also had to spend time in the ships hospital. My daughter vomited nonstop on Night 4, starting around 1:30am. We had just left Puerto Rico and were heading for St Thomas so I thought that maybe it was motion sickness. By 8:00am she hadn't stopped, so down we went. The Dr was afraid she may have had appendicitis, so he did blood work, gave her IV fluids, IV Zofran, and IV Ranitidine to stop the vomiting. Once she was hydrated, the did a urinalysis and it turns out she had a UTI, probably from the hot tub or pools. Antibiotics were prescribed and we were back in our room by 12:30. Total cost: $1333.99 (which will be reimbursed by Travel Insurance)

Upper forward deck on the sun deck on the BA. Glad your daughter is doing better and that is the reason I avoid the hot tubs. I saw one couple on 1 of the Gem weekenders having sex in the hot tub on the pool deck once right after i got on the ship. That was all I needed to see.

BTW are you planning on the 2 week cruise on the Escape when it comes to NY? I am booked on the after Thanksgiving sailing, would be nice to see you again.

Of course you neglect to post that the casino is a smokestack that is not walled in and the smoke permeates most of the indoor 6/7/8 areas

 

 

Posters love to debate this but the fact is the ship is horribly designed and the casino is a cloud of smoke that makes several bars and eating venues unusable for non smokers

 

 

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And of course you neglect to post that 3 of the 4 smoking areas are outside.

OMG I am freaking out at what happened to the girl with the UTI. Did the doctor really say that she could have contracted it from the pool or hot tubs? And the person who mentioned a couple having sex in a hot tub onboard...I almost lost my coffee. That is beyond disgusting.

And of course you neglect to post that 3 of the 4 smoking areas are outside.

The casino smoking does quite a good job of making a large indoor portion of the ba a smoking area.

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OMG I am freaking out at what happened to the girl with the UTI. Did the doctor really say that she could have contracted it from the pool or hot tubs?

It comes more from being inthe hot tubs and pools and then sitting around in a wet swimsuit for longer periods of time. Oh and let's face it, women/girls are more suceptible to these type of things, due to our anatomy. I doubt there was anything IN the hot tub that gave it to her. Plus everytime I walked by the pool/hot tub area, you could smell a hint of chlorine. The water is flushed and cleaned regularly.

Also keep in mind, you can get a UTI by taking a bubble bath in your private bathtub, in your own home. It just depends on how suseptible you are.

I felt fine upon disembarkation and still do but I could hear one of my neighbors constantly hacking-coughing through our shared wall the last few days of the cruise, so I am not surprised by the OP's post.

The casino smoking does quite a good job of making a large indoor portion of the ba a smoking area.

 

 

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No it doesn't, If i cannot light up in that section it is non-smoking.

OMG I am freaking out at what happened to the girl with the UTI. Did the doctor really say that she could have contracted it from the pool or hot tubs? And the person who mentioned a couple having sex in a hot tub onboard...I almost lost my coffee. That is beyond disgusting.

Yes, that's what the Dr said. And she was only in the Haven hot tub. She was also in the Haven pool and children's pool. Not the splash pool, main pool or main pool hot tubs.

It comes more from being inthe hot tubs and pools and then sitting around in a wet swimsuit for longer periods of time. Oh and let's face it, women/girls are more suceptible to these type of things, due to our anatomy. I doubt there was anything IN the hot tub that gave it to her. Plus everytime I walked by the pool/hot tub area, you could smell a hint of chlorine. The water is flushed and cleaned regularly.

Also keep in mind, you can get a UTI by taking a bubble bath in your private bathtub, in your own home. It just depends on how suseptible you are.

I agree that girls are more susceptible to UTI's but she is quite healthy and hasee only has one before. And that was when she was 3.

The casino smoking does quite a good job of making a large indoor portion of the ba a smoking area.

 

 

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No, it doesn't.

I have not wrote my review yet because I am very sick, got sick on the last two days of the cruise. I have bronchitis (I am not a smoker and have never even had one smoke my entire life) I am 23 y/o and healthy. My Dr asked me yesterday if I had been exposed to second hand smoke recently and my answer was a YES. I am here to state that I knew the smoke issue was an issue on the Breakaway I just did not think it was of a severe problem as I encountered throughout the ship. I should also state that I do not have asthma. This alone would discourage me from sailing on the Breakaway again...very poor planning on NCL's part. It is mind baffling how many smoking areas there are and how the stench permetes the entire ship.

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Taylor

-I was not in the casino unless to walk through it, ate at the noodle bar once.

Too bad you got sick.

I just returned from the 13 day Southern Caribbean Cruise on the Breakaway and I can tell you after spending a few hours in the Casino on a daily basis, I did not notice any stale air or smoke in the Casino, other than when smokers were around me. Everyone does not have the same sense reality as another and therefore to say that the place reeked of smoke is unfair, as you may be one who has this heightened sense. I have played in casinos in Charles Town West Virginia where smoking is permissable and I can tell you that at times that place wreaks of smoke, nicotine and stale air. The Breakaway is nowhere near that bad. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being Charles Town West Virginia, the Breakaway comes in at about a 2 and that just depends on the number of smokers sitting around the tables. I did not notice the smoke on Deck 6 on our way to breakfast at Taste and Savor in the mornings, nor did I notice in on Deck 8 when we ate Ocean Blue or headed to Tradewinds for shopping, but again my sensitivity to smell may not be as sensitive as others.

People need to understand that what is being offered on these critiques are just opinions and issues that happened on their cruise, there tends to be emotions and extremely subjective views of these incidents and these opinions can be manipulated or stated in ways that appear to be negative and or positive. Please keep that in mind when reading these posts and writing these posts, these experiences occurred to these people, will it happen to you? Maybe, maybe not. You need to make decisions based on the input and knowledge that you have gained or feel.

For example, the lady whose daughter received a UTI from the hot tub that is 1 person that we know of that received a UTI, possibly from the hot tub. There are 4,000 people on the ship and let's say that the same day 1% of the people used the same hot tub, that means that there is a 2.5% chance of getting a UTI, what if 80 people were in that hot tub that means the chance lowers to 1.25% and what if it is 400 people used the same hot tub that day and she was the only one that got a UTI, then the chances are less than 1% that you will get a UTI.

There could be other explanations as to why the little girl received a UTI, such as not enough water during the cruise or other ways as mentioned in previous posts. The thing that I find funny are comments that I can't believe that they had sex in the hot tub on the cruise ship, well do you stop staying in hotels because the previous couple had sex in your room before you booked it? If that was the case, no one would ever want to stay in my wife's and mine hotel room let alone in our cabin (13722 by the way).

Vacations are about making memories both good and bad. If you had a bad experience aboard the ship, sorry to hear that. Maybe you set your expectations so high that one little thing will ruin your vacation and you spent too much time dwelling on it, or maybe you think you deserve to be treated differently because of who you are or what you paid or because you feel that you are better than everyone else. I don't know and I don't care to know you if you are this way.

As for me, I had one hell of a great time. The crew was fabulous. They entire crew bust their ass trying to make everyone happy and give each of the best experience that they can. They try and while there may have been some minor issues, so what if it wasn't perfect, so what that something bad happened? It all could have happened somewhere else or been a lot worse than what it actually was, you were on vacation make the best of the situation and move on.

For those that expect everything to be perfect, that sets the bar so high and complains when it doesn't go as planned, look in the mirror, examine yourself and ask "Am I perfect?" My guess is the answer is "no you are not". Those that live in glass homes should not throw stones.

If you had a great time aboard the ship

We were on the BA 12/18-12/26

DH started coughing the first night and continued thru the entire cruise. I'm sure his throat got irritated from the casino as he is very sensitive to smoke. I started towards the end and continued for a week after we got home. No signs of anything else for either of us...no runny noses, no stuffy heads, no fevers....just cough after cough

We noticed that a lot of other people were coughing.

Bigmb69, there is a huge difference between a public hot tub and a private hotel room. Hotel rooms are cleaned between guests and the sheets washed. And they are private. A public hot tub on a cruise ship (or in a hotel) is just that...in view of anyone. I doubt people would have sex in a hotel bed if it was in the lobby.

I just returned from the 13 day Southern Caribbean Cruise on the Breakaway and I can tell you after spending a few hours in the Casino on a daily basis, I did not notice any stale air or smoke in the Casino, other than when smokers were around me. Everyone does not have the same sense reality as another and therefore to say that the place reeked of smoke is unfair, as you may be one who has this heightened sense. I have played in casinos in Charles Town West Virginia where smoking is permissable and I can tell you that at times that place wreaks of smoke, nicotine and stale air. The Breakaway is nowhere near that bad. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being Charles Town West Virginia, the Breakaway comes in at about a 2 and that just depends on the number of smokers sitting around the tables. I did not notice the smoke on Deck 6 on our way to breakfast at Taste and Savor in the mornings, nor did I notice in on Deck 8 when we ate Ocean Blue or headed to Tradewinds for shopping, but again my sensitivity to smell may not be as sensitive as others.

 

People need to understand that what is being offered on these critiques are just opinions and issues that happened on their cruise, there tends to be emotions and extremely subjective views of these incidents and these opinions can be manipulated or stated in ways that appear to be negative and or positive. Please keep that in mind when reading these posts and writing these posts, these experiences occurred to these people, will it happen to you? Maybe, maybe not. You need to make decisions based on the input and knowledge that you have gained or feel.

 

For example, the lady whose daughter received a UTI from the hot tub that is 1 person that we know of that received a UTI, possibly from the hot tub. There are 4,000 people on the ship and let's say that the same day 1% of the people used the same hot tub, that means that there is a 2.5% chance of getting a UTI, what if 80 people were in that hot tub that means the chance lowers to 1.25% and what if it is 400 people used the same hot tub that day and she was the only one that got a UTI, then the chances are less than 1% that you will get a UTI.

 

There could be other explanations as to why the little girl received a UTI, such as not enough water during the cruise or other ways as mentioned in previous posts. The thing that I find funny are comments that I can't believe that they had sex in the hot tub on the cruise ship, well do you stop staying in hotels because the previous couple had sex in your room before you booked it? If that was the case, no one would ever want to stay in my wife's and mine hotel room let alone in our cabin (13722 by the way).

 

Vacations are about making memories both good and bad. If you had a bad experience aboard the ship, sorry to hear that. Maybe you set your expectations so high that one little thing will ruin your vacation and you spent too much time dwelling on it, or maybe you think you deserve to be treated differently because of who you are or what you paid or because you feel that you are better than everyone else. I don't know and I don't care to know you if you are this way.

 

As for me, I had one hell of a great time. The crew was fabulous. They entire crew bust their ass trying to make everyone happy and give each of the best experience that they can. They try and while there may have been some minor issues, so what if it wasn't perfect, so what that something bad happened? It all could have happened somewhere else or been a lot worse than what it actually was, you were on vacation make the best of the situation and move on.

 

For those that expect everything to be perfect, that sets the bar so high and complains when it doesn't go as planned, look in the mirror, examine yourself and ask "Am I perfect?" My guess is the answer is "no you are not". Those that live in glass homes should not throw stones.

 

If you had a great time aboard the ship

Very well said.

No it doesn't, If i cannot light up in that section it is non-smoking.

You are so funny

You know and I know that the open air design of the ba casino allows smoke to drift to the entire open air 6/7/8 deck areas

But you can keep on arguing that it isn't true even though you know it is

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You are so funny

 

 

You know and I know that the open air design of the ba casino allows smoke to drift to the entire open air 6/7/8 deck areas

 

 

But you can keep on arguing that it isn't true even though you know it is

 

 

 

 

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I know if no such thing.

No, it doesn't.

I'm not the person you quoted but yup you are correct.....

The smoke from the open air midship deck 7 casino has never ever drifted to decks 6 or 8

Or to le bistro

Or to the bars/food areas of 6/7/8

Even though the casino is not walled in and the vast majority of players are sitting there playing and smoking....you are correct....

The smoke does not drift and it miraculously stays put even though it's not an enclosed space

We like to complain about the design of the BA but we really shouldn't as it's an engineering miracle

Ncl has figured out a way to keep smoke from drifting without using walls

Fwiw.....the exhaust system doesn't do a good job either. Lol

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