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:D Do think about A Spa Pass. :cool:

Most def! Think about then act upon it!

Any more stupid questions?;p

Thirty and six days

#5 We stayed in 11502 mini-suite. There was one room between us and the Bridge Viewing room. A great location. It was quiet. Folks did not make much noise going into the viewing room. No kids running around. We could look into the bridge wing from our balcony and received a daily morning wave from the captain. As far as bidding goes, never done that.

38!!!

I get motion sickness in the back of a car, never have on a ship. Best of luck too you getting over it.

39 days!!!

If you are into Thermal Spa stuff, do it! I would be bummed to sail on the Breakaway and NOT have a Spa Pass. Spa pass is well worth it IMO. I actually preferred lounging around in the Spa over the Haven Courtyard.

40 days and counting down!!!

41 days

I understand that the thread was started in 2014 but people are still posting cabin information and the person that started the thread is still active.

It is a Sticky at the top of the NCL Forum and the title of the thread is very helpful. I was happy to see it but if the PDF compiled document is not being maintained or even made, then perhaps the thread is of no value any more and the sticky thread should be deleted?

You spend so much time on the subject, why don't you maintain the PDF?

I personally like sailing in a full suite on the Dawn, better than on the Breakaway. Although the Breakaway has the Haven Courtyard, the personal attention given by the concierge and butler have been superior on the Dawn. Don't know why, maybe less suites to deal with? Just my observation. As I always get a Spa Pass, the thermal suite is sort of like my Haven Courtyard, lacking the bar.

The perk of having breakfast and lunch at Moderno is not to be missed, do it a couple days any way. The steak they serve is the same filet they serve in Cagney's. I get it every morning as steak and eggs.

Too there is a section, velvet roped off, in the theater reserved for "Garden Villa" guests. The concierge opens it for all full suite guests. It isn't the prime location, but is still good.

I will be sailing the Dawn in another 43 days in a 2 br. family suite with balcony and first cruise as Platinum. Good Times ahead!

I know there must have been kids in the Haven on the Breakaway, I saw them once for 10 minutes next to last day of the cruise.

I find it hard to believe the Getaway had no "real" shows, was it a maiden voyage?

What the OP describes is not a scam...and is normal on all cruise lines that has cabins for 3-4 persons. Let me explain. A ship's total capacity is based on safety considerations....such as the number of positions in lifeboats. What this often means is that that not all berths are permitted to be filled. Having extra cabins with 3-4 berths gives the cruise line and passengers more flexibility in choosing their cabins. But it also means that as a ship gets close to be sold out...there will be some empty 3rd-4th person berths that cannot be sold...because using those berths (on that particular cruise) would mean the ship exceeds the maximum number of occupants permitted. In the US Market, exceeding this number of passengers would get the ship into real hot water with the US Coast Guard...who would likely block the ship from sailing. So to put it very simple terms, a ship might have 3000 berths...but be limited to a capacity of 2900 (this is just an example).

 

It is interesting to read the latest version of SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) requirements as it pertains to lifeboats. Bet most cruisers were not aware that a ship need only have lifeboat capacity for 75% of the persons onboard. But before you panic, the remainder is to be handled on life rafts and various inflatables (ever notice those large cans tied along the outside of the boatdeck?

 

Hank

The cruise ships will have the life boat space for all the passengers. Crew will be in rafts and such.

Forty Five days till we cruise from Boston to Bermuda, then back!

46 !!! Dawn to Bermuda!

You can get together at the stern, good visibility to the aft. The upper decks have good visibility with out glass. Port and starboard 100 or so feet from the bridge has good visibility on the upper decks too, no high glass as you get farther mid ship.

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For a week long vacation? Definitely a cruise. Less than a week? Land. Seeing distant family, for me, obviously will be a land vacation. On a land vacation I am thinking of being aboard a ship.

Our early 2016 summer trip to Horseshoe Bay we saw a couple purple bladders sailing around. They were the dreaded Man O War. We stayed away.

50 days !!!

I have sailed on Dawn, Gem and Breakaway. I keep returning to the Dawn. Love that ship and crew. Only wish Dawn had an upper level viewing lounge to hang out in. I don't see how one can be bored on a "mid size" ship like Dawn. The old ocean liners from the past must have been real snooze fest! Titanic? Just a little ship with nothing to do but play chess and shuffle board.

54 Days!!

 

In La Cucina, I agree that the Osso Bucco is usually excellent. It's one of my favourite dishes on the whole ship.

My favorite.

A few years back my wife an I were invited to dinner with Alain, the Hotel Director, on the Dawn. We had our meal at La Cucina. He ordered the Osso Bucco, so I figured he must feel it is good. I ordered it too. Awesome, I order it every cruise now.

The "Salad" bar in Modern is my favorite aboard ship.

Dawn 62

I have never been board on cruise ship. Some have more to do than others... but they all still have more to do than I can do in a given time period. Although I love the ports, the ship is the destination too me.