DeeT

We sailed on 8/21/16. Our check in time was 10-10:30. We arrived and parked at 9:50. Handed over our luggage at about 10am went thru security and check very quickly - no lines at all. We then had to wait in the waiting area until about 11:40 and then boarded the ship. I noticed the check in lines at that time were long.

Just off the Breakaway two weeks ago and I found the Garden Cafe very easy to navigate. Although it did get busy at times we never had a problem at lunch or breakfast finding a table (we didn't eat there at dinner so can't comment).

Like others suggested I'm sure a staff member would gladly help you.

And this is why I can never find a accessible balcony room for my daughter.

Wow, that's terrible. NCL should ask for physician note to book this room IMHO.

My friend and her husband are on this sailing. She just messaged me that they are doing ok but shows canceled and obviously not allowed on deck. 23 foot waves and 87 mile winds. Need to be careful walking on ship. they will be arriving in Bermuda two hours late as they sailed further to avoid worst of the storm. She did say they are still having fun!!

That was funny. :D:D Only difference is I don't think you can give someone else cancer from your farts. Or maybe some are so bad they can can. :D:D

OMG you are cracking me up!!!!

Hi DeeT, how was your cabin? Were there any noise issues at all? I am looking at the cabins right around yours for our cruise next summer. Also, were there any issues with people smoking on their balconies (even though it's not allowed)?

sorry to not have responded sooner! Busy catching up with work.

Our cabin was great! No issue with noise or smoke. We liked the location as well. Didn't feel the ship moving at all.

My husband and I leave two weeks from today! So excited! Love reading the positive reviews! Glad you had a wonderful vacation with your family!

It's a great ship and Bermuda is beautiful. I think any negatives are easily outweighed by the positives! Enjoy your trip!!

Thanks for a great review! It sounds like it was a fun trip. We are on Breakaway in just a few weeks and we cant wait!

It was a very fun trip! Enjoy your cruise!!!

Thanks for the review! Do you know who was performing in Fat Cats?

 

 

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no, sorry!

We did not get drink packages and we didn't buy water but the I think the price list in the cabin mini bar said water was something like $4.75/bottle?

Just back today. We had a great trip! While still fresh in my mind below are some thoughts, comments and experiences from our Bermuda cruise.

We were at NYC pier by 10 am. Security and check in were super fast. Waited about an hour and half and were eating lunch by noon in the Main Dining Room. Our cabins were ready soon after and luggage was delivered quickly.

Traveled with my husband, son (19) daughter (17). Both kids made friends within a day or two and had a great time with them the rest of the trip. This was our second cruise on NCL and second trip to Bermuda. My husband and I are not late night people. Kids had their own room so I had them check in with us when they got back to the room, which was usually around 1 am. I did lose track of my daughter for about 6 hours at one point on day two during the day (and had all kinds of horrible tragic scenes in my head - her being tossed overboard being just one of them). After searching the ship for about an hour with no luck I ended up having her paged (and can now sympathize when I hear names on the loud speaker). Turned out she fell asleep on a deck chair, got a bad sunburn and a severe tongue-lashing for it. After that they both had to check in every so often.

Anyway, back to the trip.

We were on Deck 13 - Balcony cabin 13142, and Inside cabin 13443. Loved our little balcony and kids enjoyed their own little space. Cabin Steward was Joel. He kept the room very tidy, and refilled our towels, coffee pods, half and half whenever needed. He was great.

Cruise Director Dan Dan was funny and entertaining. We saw Burn the Floor (great!) and Rock of Ages (also great!). We also watched the Crew Talent Show (we were impressed).

We had dining promo for 4 specialty dinners. Ate at Cagneys, Teppaynaki (sorry I think I killed that), La Cucina and Modernos.

Hubby wasn't crazy about his Cagneys dinner. We both had Surf and Turf (Filet mignon and lobster). He also order lobster bisque, which we didn't care for. My meal was very good, his was way overcooked. He didn't send it back and I just gave him some of mine.

Japanese steakhouse was fun. Food was also very good. We both enjoyed it. He had filet (much better here) and lobster again and I had filet and chicken.

La Cucinda was great. A lot of food! I had the t-bone (I like steak in case you couldn't tell). The T-bone was probably my favorite steak of the week.

Modernos was very good. Really liked the salad bar. Honestly we got full pretty quickly.

We had lunches in O'Sheehan's, in MDR, in buffet and in the Grill place on Deck 16. Very good burgers there. Kids ordered late night room service each night and liked it.

We had a couple of breakfasts in the MDR. All were very good.

Now for the pool decks. On sea days my husband and I were on deck by 8 am. We put our stuff on our chairs and went for breakfast at buffet. We were back at our chairs within 40 minutes tops. We watched as security put stickers on chairs that had been "claimed" but were people-less. I'm not sure of the reasoning for doing this since there did not seem to be any consequence when no one showed up, even after a couple of hours. Security never came back that I coud even tell. We enjoyed the pools in the morning, but by late morning and after that the pool was very crowded. Especially when there were games or other activities (men's leg contest, etc) going on. We would hop in and out just to cool off, or just use the shower. There were always lounge chiars available on deck 17.

Before dinner we would find the comfy chairs on the Waterfront area on Deck 8. Was a very nice spot if you wanted some peace and quiet and a nice place to look at the ocean.

On our last sea day there was a small motor boat that the Captain accounced we would be stopping and turning the ship around to go investigate since it was not supposed to be there. Everyone was gathered at the side of the ship to watch as we came closer. We pulled up right next to it where we all could see it was empty. The captain announced that it may have just come untied from it's mooring during a storm and floated out to sea. I hope that was the case!!! :eek: He said he informed the coast guard who would come retrieve it. We were back on our way.

Our first day in Bermuda we went to Tobacco Bay. Hubs and kids did rock jumping. It was fun until it started pouring and didn't stop. We went back to ship. Next day we stayed closed to ship since it was supposed to rain again (never did, it was nice day). We went to Calico Jacks Pirate ship and had a lot of fun jumping off the plank and climbing the rock wall/slide ($5 pp). My daughter and I then went and did some retail therapy. Last day we were at Horseshoe Bay by 8:30 am. It was great! Weather was perfect and the was beautiful. We were back on the ship by 12:30 and went to lunch.

Happy to report there were no pier runners!

A couple of side notes: If you ask the Rep at the Service Desk they will give you free playing cards.

If you ask the Rep at the Future Cruise desk they will give you a ship pin each.

If you ask your room steward he will bring you robes to use.

This morning we had breakfast in MDR at 6:30. Got the kids up at 7:30.

We were all packed and doing Self Assist Debarkation. Of course the elevators were very congested so we all manned up and carried our luggage down 5 flights to Deck 7. It moved very quickly from there. Customs was very fast. We were in our car by 8:45 and home by 10 am!!!

All in all we loved the Breakaway and Bermuda.

And now since no one is bringing me food, I need to go food shopping!!:p

you might want to think about changing the title of this thread LOL

bahh haaa haa haa! :D:D

ugh, sounds awful. What a shame.

Am I on candid camera????

Thank you for all very useful info. I've made several notes for my BA

cruise next week:)

I agree with you, but the OP is looking for something different from HSB and SPB certainly meets that requirement.

 

 

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The OP asked for feedback. That's what I offered.

I don't think you can even compare Snorkel Park to Horeshoe Bay. Snorkel Park isn't all that great.

How was your steak and your wife's prime rib? They look very good!

Thanks again for all pictures and your comments and helpful information. This is one of the best reviews ever!!!:D

Nice review! Getting me excited for our Breakaway cruise on 8/21:):):)

Thank you so much!

As if anyone would know which brats were yours.

Yikes! that was nasty.

I'm loving your detailed review and all the pics! Glad your daughter was feeling better. We leave in 10 days!!! I'm very excited but not looking forward to the chair hog situation. It does sound like there's other outside seating/lounge chairs options so that makes me feel better. I don't have little kids and don't need to sit right next to the pool. I would like to be able to take a dip to cool off occasionally so would prefer to be kind of nearby.

The food sounds great!

Looking forward to more pics and review. Thank you!!

This happened to us on Carnival but the cruise was already in progress. We came home a day early to NY because of a hurricane. They said passengers were welcome to stay on board until the next day but we live in NY and once docked we felt like we were home and cruise was over so we went home! As did many other passengers. I don't remember exactly what they offered but we were offered some small amount off a future sailing (within a year) which we did not take advantage of because we cruise ever few years or so.

I did however put in a claim with our travel insurance and received a pro-rated amount back so that was good.

Although your situation sounds different and I completely understand why you are upset. That's bull!

15 days!!! :):):)

It definitely blows.

Lol!

It's been awhile since we sailed Carnival but each cruise our kids would go up the Guest Services desk for a free deck of Carnival Playing Cards. We would play cards on the cruise and it was a great souvenir! Since I'm guessing they are not expensive we will buy a deck on board.