zencruisers Posted June 12, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I have been wanting to do this review since getting off the ship on May 5th but have been busy with life. This will be my first review here on Cruise Critic. This review may go in bits and pieces when time allows. So a little about myself and my lovely wife. We are both in our early to mid 50's and this is our 4th cruise. All of of cruises have been with Norwegian.Our last cruise was in November of 2017 on The Getaway. We loved that ship so we decided to try the sister ship. We tend not to let too much bother us when on a cruise. After all we are on vacation so it takes a lot to screw that up so we tend to go with the flow while on the ship. I will try to post as many pics and I can. There will drink porn and a little food porn. I will try to continue a little later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellame Posted June 12, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Great .....I'll follow. Family vacay on BA in 3ish weeks. Favorite spot?? Fav food?? Fav port or excursion?? entertainment?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevkay Posted June 12, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 12, 2019 How can I not follow? We are on the Breakaway in 10 days, my husband and I are in our 50's, on our 4th cruise with NCL and 3 years ago we sailed on the Getaway and loved it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 12, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted June 12, 2019 We booked this cruise about a year and a half in advance so it was a long countdown. We live in Phoenix, AZ so we flew to Ft Lauderdale the day before. From there we Ubered to Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You_only_live_once Posted June 13, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looking forward to your review. We are on the Breakaway in Sept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Our flight leaving out of Phoenix Sky Harbor departed at 6:00 am so that meant we had to be up at 2:30 am. We were all packed the night before so all we had to do was gather out toiletries and go. We had our in-laws house sitting and watching our fur babies so we said goodbye to our dogs and we were off. An obligatory pic of the fur babies giving us the guilt trip. After our last cruise we said we would never over pack again. Well that didn't happen. Maybe next time! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) We arrived at the economy parking lot at 4:00 am and unloaded our bags. 2 bags each and a backpack each. At this time were again saying no over packing next year. We vowed 1 bag each next time. A quick picture of where we parked for reference and we we off on the tram to the Southwest Terminal. I am a firm believe when going through TSA you have to make sure you have cool socks! Edited June 13, 2019 by zencruisers 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 hours ago, bellame said: Great .....I'll follow. Family vacay on BA in 3ish weeks. Favorite spot?? Fav food?? Fav port or excursion?? entertainment?? My favorite spot on the ship is hanging by the pool. I enjoy the energy and vibe listening to the reggae band. Our favorite food was at Ocean Blue. Amazing food and service. Our favorite port is Roatan, Honduras. This was our third time there. Favorite excursion was Mayan Chan in Costa Maya.This was our first time there. We will be going back next April. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 hours ago, bevkay said: How can I not follow? We are on the Breakaway in 10 days, my husband and I are in our 50's, on our 4th cruise with NCL and 3 years ago we sailed on the Getaway and loved it! Thanks for following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 hours ago, You_only_live_once said: Looking forward to your review. We are on the Breakaway in Sept. Thank you for following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoppie124 Posted June 13, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 13, 2019 13 hours ago, zencruisers said: We arrived at the economy parking lot at 4:00 am and unloaded our bags. 2 bags each and a backpack each. At this time were again saying no over packing next year. We vowed 1 bag each next time. A quick picture of where we parked for reference and we we off on the tram to the Southwest Terminal. I am a firm believe when going through TSA you have to make sure you have cool socks! I literally LOL!! Those are the best!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellame Posted June 13, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Enjoyed the puppy and socks pics ...... however the luggage one was truly startling!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryj Posted June 13, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Following along, we're on the Breakaway in August. We have Maya Chan booked so looking forward to your review of here too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted June 13, 2019 We were at the airport pretty early but Starbucks was open so Mrs Zencruisers had to stop for coffee. After that we were off to find our gate. We found it and there we found our plane waiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #15 Share Posted June 13, 2019 While waiting for our call to board someone came up to us and asked Zencruisers?” We said yes. It was AZYAYA who organized our roll call. They are from Arizona too. We started talking and they had booked the same flight and two of the same excursions (Maya Chan in Costa Maya and Mr Sanchos is Cozumel). This was the beginning of what I am sure will turn out to be a great friendship. We have already booked our next cruise together. It was time to board the plane. We were officially in vacation mode. We began taxiing down the run way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 13, 2019 Author #16 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Time to get vacation mode on. A Bloody Mary for Miss Zencruiser and tequila and OJ for me. The beginning of a great day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJA Posted June 13, 2019 #17 Share Posted June 13, 2019 23 hours ago, zencruisers said: We booked this cruise about a year and a half in advance so it was a long countdown. We live in Phoenix, AZ so we flew to Ft Lauderdale the day before. From there we Ubered to Miami. Did you do an over night? Sailing on Breakaway in September and flying day before to Ft. L 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maulers2000 Posted June 13, 2019 #18 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looking forward to more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Our flight to Ft Lauderdale had a short layover in Atlanta. We are descending into Atlanta. Once off the plane to catch our connecting flight we had stopped and what was something disguised as pizza. It was no bueno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #20 Share Posted June 14, 2019 4 hours ago, AmyJA said: Did you do an over night? Sailing on Breakaway in September and flying day before to Ft. L We stayed at The Hampton Inn in the Brickell District. Great location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) Once back in the air theflight attendant announced that we had newlyweds on board. She passed out cocktail napkins for anyone that wanted to give advice. Edited June 14, 2019 by zencruisers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #22 Share Posted June 14, 2019 With vacation mode is kicking in. I had the Miller Lite and Mrs Zen had a Summer Shandy in honor of our oldest daughter Shandi. One beer led to two beers. Today’s flight was sponsored by the B-52’s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #23 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) As we got closer we go our first glimpse of the ocean. Soon after we were descending into Ft Lauderdale. Edited June 14, 2019 by zencruisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsears94 Posted June 14, 2019 #24 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Nice work; definitely following this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zencruisers Posted June 14, 2019 Author #25 Share Posted June 14, 2019 8 hours ago, willsears94 said: Nice work; definitely following this. Thanks you for following. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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