VickiD59

Who'da thought you'd have a To-Do List on your vacation - I think it's great you volunteered to get info for all of these things. Since asking, I did find out that the "festival" I was asking about is a beach party at Snorkel Park that happens on the Wed and Thurs the BA is docked.

http://www.snorkelparkbeach.com/

Definitely something the 20+'somethings in our group will probably take advantage of. And their 50+ something parents have every intention of meandering along (if only for a little while), but we'll see how that goes :rolleyes:

You can scratch that one off your list.. unless you plan to go, then you can give us a first hand account.

Anything else you asked???? Yes...HAVE A GREAT TIME!!! We willl be watching you sail away tomorrow, and of course your arrival on Wed morning. We need to know which direction you'll be docking! :D

Happy Sails,

Vicki

Maybe I will get that all you can drink package. LOL

That truly made me "LOL" :D

In my little neck of the NY woods.. most schools go right to that last week in June. Albeit not full days, and for the higher grades they'll be taking finals and such, but ever since I was a kid waaaaaaaay back when.. our school year always began the Wed after Labor Day, until the last full week of June, and it's pretty much the same now. We used up so many snow days this year with all of our blizzards and storms that we went over the allotted amount, and now have a few extra full days tacked on that might have otherwise not taken them right to the very last Friday of June.

But it's safe to say... Schools Out for Summah! :cool:

Looks like Summit is gonna mix it up a little this week - nose to nose.

There's 5 Weds in July...maybe they'll shake it up a little by then ;)

I hope it docks port side today just to mix it up - it's probably predicted that it will dock starboard today as that's been the pattern so far; two ports, then one starboard. Also, that's how the Dawn docked, which also seems to be a pattern the BA is following.

If there truly is a pattern... then predicting for the upcoming weeks, we'll be docked starboard and I don't wanna be docked starboard! Ok.. that was my pre-coffee rant for the day :p

Good Morning all you, crack o'dawn Wed morning crazy people...like me! :p

The evening party is at Snorkel Park- which turns into Club Aqua at night:

 

http://www.snorkelparkbeach.com/events-flyers.html

Thank you, I believe that must be what the reviewer was referring to - as with previous cruises, my plan is to be out and about late.. dancing the night away. Then reality happens around 11pm when my head hits the pillow :o I'm much too young to feel this damn old :rolleyes:

Any info on the street festival that happens in the vicinity of the Dockyard - not to be confused with Harbour Nights in Hamilton. This is something that happens right at/near the dockyard area... late on Wed night??? Last week someone mentioned something in their review, but the details were vague as they did not attend. I believe they said it was from 11p-3a; any info would be great.. thanks.

PS - HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME - will be watching your sailaway and arrival in Bermuda!!! :D

Thanks for the info. I figured it had to be too good to be true as it was the first time I'd ever heard, or read about it. Oh well :cool:

Yay! So enjoying reading over my morning cup of coffee - what a nice early morning surprise :)

2Cruise4Ever... I was just reading your 2008 Dawn to Bermuda review and you mentioned "9 Beaches". Was this one of those pay-for-the-day resorts, or are you able to just go there? Sounds beautiful.

Dawn docked starboard side this morning. Bet Breakaway does this Wednesday as well.

Was thinking the same thing myself - now I'm monitoring the docking of TWO ships... I need a vacation to stop the madness LOL :D

Welcome back home Breakaway!!!

SIX more weeks!! :D

I just purchased two sets of eBags - really like the quality; I think I'm going back for the slim set.

More more more! :cool:

46 more wake-ups!!!

I see it's port side again for both - love when the camera zooms in when the ships are turning... like right now!:D

So we've had, port- port- starboard- port- port. We'll see if a pattern develops. I'm still hoping for the rare, but not unheard of, aft to aft docking.

So excited to be home from work and find that there were some new posts to the review... YAY :D

We heard there would be a party that night at the dockyard from 11:00pm-3:00am, cover charge, but halved for cruisers to I think $5.00. My partying days are long past, so we did not go! LOL!

Passing that info on to the 20'somethings in the family... we have the late seating for Rock of Ages that night - sounds like something fun to do afterwards.

Enjoying your review, thanks for sharing :)

These were the complaints from the Breakaway's first year as well. The May reviews were great, everyone loved everything - then June came, and little negatives began.. and by July.. the sky had fallen, no one could get a lounge chair unless they slept in it from the night before.. tiny balconies... layout of ship isn't good.. not enough pools..not enough elevators (that's nuts), and terrible smoke from casino. Other than adding more chairs they can't really do much with the other stuff, accept maybe better ventilation in the casino area.

By the time these reviews began rolling in, we were already booked, and now we're leaving in 7 weeks.. in JULY :eek:

But all kidding aside, I'm curious as the weeks roll on and the sailings become more crowded, and school ends, and the ration of adult:kids begin to multiply before our very eyes, if they have listened to the complaints of the previous June-Aug season and tried to fix, or at least tweak that which can be corrected.

We're 25 in total, made up of two main families and a bunch of inlaws and outlaws - we just set up our transportation. Originally we were considering driving (well... the men folk were I should say).. but we (the wives!) changed our (their) minds :p I see you're in Dutchess... I'm in Putnam

i get excited every time i watch her leave! Seven more weeks for me! :d

ME TOO! It certainly was a spectacular day for sailaway.

Ok everyone that just got off today... we want to hear ALL about it! :D

We have friends who are leaving on the Breakaway today - looks like a nice day so far.