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The first margarita of the trip - 

The cruise was a 5 night to Bermuda - 

First thing we did was find a nice place to sit and have a margarita- so we sat by the pool and had a drink until lunch time - my son loved the big screen playing videos at the pool - 

We had lunch at CK - it was ok I wasn’t overly impressed but this is one of the comparisons  issue - the Haven restaurant was definitely a step up from CK . However , the staff at CK were great. I had stuffed dates , we shared a flatbread and I had the chicken  The dates were good ,the flatbread was very thin hard to hold without it breaking apart and the chicken was ok- 

Since it was my husbands bday I bought the birthday decoration package from Royal- yes a bit pricey but my son was so excited about it - 

here we are with some of the decorations. 

I will continue tomorrow - tons of laundry to do now - the joy of coming home from vacation 🙄

We live very close to the port cape liberty so we took a car service - left around 9:45 and got there by 10:15. I must say it was a bit confusing at the port - there were a bunch of people standing around so we thought the doors were closed - I went and asked a worker and they said go right in and then a rush of people followed us. We were checked in and on the ship by 11:07 - also a bit confusing I saw a few people go through the suite door but no announcement was made so I went over and they let us in and again a rush of people followed us - can you tell I was very excited to start my cruise ! 

Here is the ship as we were pulling in to port and the walk into the ship - it is amazing how great it feels to walk through and take that first step in the ship - 

Hi fellow Cruisers :

I have been lurking around for awhile and have gotten some great information and figure I would give a review of our cruise - I don’t take a tremendous amount of pictures but will post some - 

Here is some background on us :

It was my husbands 48 th bday the day of embarkation- 

I also am 48 - we had our 10 year old son with us and our 18 yr old daughter did not come. 

Our cruise history -

1996 - Majesty of the seas 

1997- celebrity ( century)

2007 Freedom of the seas 

2016- Disney Fantasy

2017 - Disney Wonder

2018 Norwegian Escape and Getaway 

We had some traumatic events happen in 2013-2016 - our daughter was diagnosed with Autism at 2 and she also has a Seizure disorder - she became very aggressive and we had to make an extremely difficult decision to bring her to a psychiatric hospital in 2014 - during that time I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and had to have a double mastectomy and several other surgeries as well as a year of Chemotherapy. I am grateful I am now a 3 year survivor and my daughter has been in a group home and is doing well. 

Because of this tumultuous time we tend to splurge a bit when we cruise - we stayed in the Haven on the Norwegian cruises and had a suite on the Anthem. Much comparison of Norwegian and Royal Caribbean came into the picture quite often during this cruise. I will try and give as much detail as I can but please any questions I will be happy to try and answer - 

here is my son ready for the trip .......

Testing 

We were on the escape in June. We had lunch by the haven pool while playing cards and it was very lazy and just what we needed - having said that we only did it once because the menu was very limited - we absolutely LOVED the Haven Restaurant for breakfast - we sat outside and the food was great. We also really enjoyed dinner there . Going on the Getaway in November and looking forward to having many meals there.

Thanks for the replies - very helpful- we are big broadway fans including my son so I think I will take him to million dollar quartet and cirque and go without him to burn the floor- when we were on the Escape he was brought on the stage at Choir Of Men

to be part of the show it was hysterical!

Hi All- I am new to the boards - so much great information to find here. I will be on the Getaway in November with my DH and DS 9 - I was wondering about the shows - are they all good for a 9 year old or should we plan to ship ( ha! ha!) him off to kids club for any- we were on the escape in June and he enjoyed after midnight but we went to see the brat pack without him.

Also, we loved the brewery on the escape - any venue compare on the getaway?

Thanks for any input you have :cool: