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We arrived around 6:30. Actual wait time was probably 20-25 minutes.

Good morning from a drizzly foggy Breakaway somewhere near Roatan. I’ll admit I’m not a balcony guy. I just don’t spend enough time in the cabin to care about paying extra. But daily coffee on the balcony is nice! WCM just tastes better here for some reason!

@PaperSniper4 I fully plan to cruise until I’m 112. Or just cruise 12 times a year! I’m sure with enough cruisemath I can make it feel financially advantageous to cruise every other week 🙂

@ltmguy We went to Howl at the Moon tonight - the pianos - and they were pretty good. Talented keyboard players and the usual rapport with the audience. I think it’s tough to do that show in an auditorium style seating format - if just doesn’t have the energy of a true piano bar but the music was good and the audience was into it. A few dancers and plenty of singing along. I found what may be a new favorite drink too, which definitely added to the night! Carijillo. Never getting a mimosa for breakfast again if these are available throughout the ship! Might even take a flask of the Licor43 to Starbucks from now on!

@slavens_09 If you had added that Jayhawk part before it would have saved me 500 calories 🙂. But selling my tix to that game paid for a huge part of my cruise! We listened in the car as we drove to NOLA and enjoyed 95% of the game.

Dinner tonight in Savor - and here are the night’s menus: I chose the french onion soup, A had mushrooms, J the bruschetta plus the mozzarella and tomatoes and C had the tostados. My soup was great, the others all liked theirs as well. Tostadas is a stretch - it was really three nacho chips with stuff on top but she said they were good. For our mains, I went with the pan-seared hake on spinach mashed potatoes- it was very good but I’d choose something different next time. C had the fried chicken, A had the bacon wrapped shrimp and J picked the NY Strip again. To be honest he might eat that every night in the MDR. Dessert choice for me was tough so……I went with the Crème Carmel. And the vanilla cheesecake from the sugar free menu. You know, so it must be healthy right? C picked flourless cake and chocolate ice cream. A picked the banana split and J went with the fruit plate. Food was very good. Service was great but a bit rushed tonight. And since I missed out on the pretzel bites pic at lunch we returned late night strictly for the purpose of research and delivering that pic. I sacrificed and ate them to make this report complete! Sorry for the blurry menu pics tonight. I’m going to stop compressing those and edit them a bit more starting tomorrow - they just aren’t turning out well and it’s hard to read the small print.

@slavens_09 Some additional ‘research’ this evening allows me to state definitively there are no beans in nachos or coney 🙂.

30 minute wait for Taste or Savor so will use that time to recap O’Sheehans for lunch. Same wait there maybe they just always say that timeframe?! Lunch tasted great but the service was a bit challenged. It was just Josh and myself, and we started with wings (me) and nachos (J) for an appetizer. I’ll tell you we split the pretzel bites but that might be inaccurate and we may have ordered two 😉 the service was so odd I forgot to take a photo of the pretzel bites. First a menu: My wings came first. About 5 minutes later the nachos arrive. Then my burger (custom bacon cheddar) came while J was finishing his nachos. No pretzel bites yet. Burger was great by the way. First order of pretzel bites arrive and the second a few minutes later. Then a long pause. Long enough that I finished my burger and all pretzel bites were gone. About 10 minutes later we had his Coney Island Hot Dog. He also said it was great. The food was all great but it was a weird experience as we couldn’t figure out the method to our servers madness. We will return bc I need one of those coneys too!

Mixx for a quick drink before dinner…

Norwegian vs. Carnival So many posts are NCL vs. Carnival. We have cruised both several times along with a couple others. Straws…..NCL wins. They use straws rather than those nasty paper or candy straws. I bring my own but have been happy every time I get a traditional straw. So on this topic, Norwegian wins.

Unlimited but not the streaming level, the one under that. There were four basketball games I would have streamed but otherwise didn’t need it - didn’t inquire as to what the upgrade would have been.

Current internet speed - parked in Cozumel sitting on deck 16 overlooking the pool. It’s not blazing fast but it almost never drops and seems consistent everywhere except our balcony. Before starlink it was off and on all day.

The OBC is a fantastic deal - during pandemic both NCL and CCL were dirt cheap and cashing in on the credit makes 100 shares a bargain if you cruise a bunch.

This is why I like being on the ship while in port….don’t have to wrestle people for chairs!

I’m entering my breakfast report from O’Sheehans as I wait for lunch at O’Sheehans. Seriously we do more than eat I promise! The menu: I went with the breakfast sandwich which was very good. Josh and Angie had the same. Chelsie chose French toast. Also said it was good. Small portion so I couldn’t steal a taste without being stabbed by her fork. Bagel basket service was fast, food was good. Next we do lunch to see if it’s the same.

@ltmguy This is the officer board I believe you were asking for. Have a 30 minute wait for O’Sheehans so wandered down. It’s digital and I’m uploading highest quality level to help if you zoom in but not the best…

Hey @sarahandmike23 should we be worried you fell overboard or maybe had too many margaritas at the Haven bar? LOL

Thank you @www3traveler I’ll get the pic today!

In the cabin category we are in we get two free laundry service bags - Freestyle Daily added to show scale. My socks might fit 🙂

View of Breakaway from the pier.

Greetings from Cozumel! @ltmguy I saw the request for officer board and comedian and will get to that tonight I think. Quinn the comedian is on board and we’ve seen him before and enjoyed. Need to hunt down the officer board

That place is so fun!

Correct on the pier. We are like you….every cruise stops at Cozumel so why go again!? But here we are off the ship. Probably won’t eat but will stretch our legs walking around and maybe sit at Starbucks (you know to really immerse ourselves in the culture in a typical touristy way) - my addiction is coffee over margaritas lol. MDR’s - the food is the same but Manhattan Room just feels ‘classier’ - if not seated near the stage like last night that would be my pick. But honestly it might come down to shortest wait time! If you want quiet I think Taste and Savor are safer bets.

@Laurenran Having a great trip so far - we love Breakaway and hope you have a great trip! If you have any questions or request pics I’m happy to oblige. Otherwise it just looks like all we do is eat! 🙂

We are now in Cozumel! We still haven’t decided if we will leave the ship or not, feels like a breakfast decision. If we do we won’t be ashore long.