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Beautiful!

Blue and orange are complementary colors on the color wheel--I'm getting used to the look, kind of like it now!;)

Thank you so much Lloyd for all the great appetite-whetting photos! Do we know if there is a wrap around promenade deck?

Thanks for your advice. We decided to go with a Native Way excursion with snorkeling and some time at Rum Point, so we don't have to choose between the two!:):)

Does anyone know how far a walk it is to the Rum Point beach from the Cayman Ferry dock? Not afraid of walking but don't like a long walk in sun/heat. Thanks!

Is it possible to find a beach with facilities AND snorkeling, within a reasonable distance to the port? Rum Point seems a little far. Any advice is welcome!

Thank you to all the helpful posters--thank you especially Cruisin'Lady for suggesting we sit in the quieter area in the MDR. It sounds like as I suspected that the food quality is not that different between Blu and the MDR--upon reflection I realize that it's the ambience of Blu that's so appealing for me and hopefully being seated in that quieter area of the MDR will help!

We've done Aqua class the last two cruises and loved it but alas we are in a regular balcony cabin on the next cruise to save $ for the cruise after that (lol)--we are doing the 3 specialty restaurant package bought with OBC but I think it will be so hard to not be dining in Blu! Has anyone else survived this change?

Haven't read through the whole thread but I"m in the 'Suite not worth it' camp--and it wasn't even the price I objected to. We were in a forward penthouse on the Jewel and yes breakfast in Cagney's was fun and yes the cabin was huge and beautiful BUT it was too beautiful (if that can be believed)--as soon as we were back on the ship from a port it was like we were sucked back into it, only to emerge for meals and shows, such that after the cruise was over we felt like we never experienced the ship! Honestly I like to be part of the masses and not part of the privileged. IMO

Such great ideas and advice on this thread! My modus operands is to book my cruises way in advance, watching prices to see if they go down, sweet torture that it is to think about them, but also plan summer land-based vacations in the meantime (I cruise mostly in the winter). I live in Boston and recently discovered Mid-Coast Maine--Wow! Not for cruising but a week by the sea is still great.

Was on the Celebrity Summit in May 2016 and on the HAL Veendam in 2014 and Nordam in 2015. Enjoyed all three cruises but preferred HAL. The Celebrity ship had excellent food, perhaps better than HAL. But the HAL ships had better libraries - large attractive rooms with access to a coffee bar. The library in the Summit was a small room in an obscure location. Also the HAL ships had more varied and interesting daily activities, including movies with free popcorn.

Totally agree but we still prefer Celebrity: maybe it's the style of the ships, or the demographics. But the obstructed ocean view we took on Maasdam for the Eastern Canada cruise was huge compared to Summit's balcony cabin. So do your pro's and con's...

Terry: Thanks for the pic! I love the Solarium--looking forward to it on our Feb. 2018 Silo cruise!

Something pre-cruise we like to do: put on cruise playlists (find them on spotify or even on cc) and dance in the living room, as if we're already on the ship!

Thanks for letting me know! Guess we'll have to try to stay up late for the late-night dancing!

Does anyone know what kind of music they play? (i.e. is it for disco dancing, rock and roll, or cheek to cheek--I mean on the face!);p

Ditto on getting the $100 OBC: NCL agent called it doing a 'refresh.' Hilarious mistake caught at the same time: after my age was listed, DH was listed as 1 year old!:o (Wrong Latitudes number too). The agent caught the mistake, not me--yay for him and now I will check my confirmation notices more carefully!

Guess this belongs on the rudest thing to ever happen to me on a ship. Years ago, on my first Celebrity cruise (and my last with unknown table mates) I ordered escargots at dinner, one of my favorite appetizers. The woman next to me asked "What's THAT?" I told her "Snails," to which she replied "Snails, eeww...they better not crawl off your plate onto my plate!" Later that night after the ship's priest who was seated at our table as well told an anti-Semitic joke, and I told him that was offensive, he just shrugged his shoulders. So after dessert we had the maitre d' seat us alone at a table for two.

Meeting our two friends Joanne and Robert! Doing a great Jamaica tour with them, hanging out in Cozumel, and eating pizza in our suite on the Pearl!

Got the offer on two cards (Blue)--thanks to the OP for the alert about this! Using it to pay for next summer's Baltic cruise on the Breakaway!

Thank you so much for your detailed, informative review. We are thinking of going next summer (2018) on the Breakaway. You gave me a lot of great ideas!

Thanks for all the info and advice on this thread--I've booked the Breakaway for July 31, 2018 leaving out of Copenhagen where I hope to stay pre and post-cruise. A Scandinavian cruise has been on my bucket list for a long time! Interesting to hear of an option to head to the sea in Germany instead of Berlin--3 hours each way seems too much, especially for DH who likes to maximize his relaxing times on cruises! Any advice on whether to do NCL sponsored excursions versus on your own? (I've chosen the credit for shore excursions as a perk but I expect I could change this...).

We'll be on the Silhouette in February 2018-thanks for your review! We'll definitely check out the Embassy Suites, too.

Looking forward to more of your review, too--your restaurant tips are great! We're not sailing on the Adventure until Feb. 2018 but I will definitely make a note of your suggestions. Thanks!

Adventure-President's Week, Feb. 2018. First aft junior suite!

Called Amex and made a fuss--they said they'd add it to my offers next billing cycle. We'll see!