WolfRiver

We have the Ultimate Dining Package and are going to the early cirque show on the Breakaway this coming Sunday! Can't wait!!!

But, can I go to the cirque and eat at another specialty restaurant later the same night with the package?

Thanks!

This is actually our fourth cruise on The Breakaway in the last 18 months, so we are used of driving right to the Port. We usually stay at my mom's near Montreal to sleep a little and leave at 2:00 in the morning for an easy 6 hour drive.

In this case, we will be four instead of just me and the girlfriend, and it will be the Winter season for the first time, so it's all quite complicated and I have no clue what to do!!!

Too small for 4 at my mom's to sleep and the two other don't like the option anyway...

What to do, grrrrrr!!! Can't wait to be on the boat!

Would it be possible to grab a cab back to Embassy Suites Hotel for 4 persons with luggages once the cruise over?

As others have mentioned, there is no good solution to your problem.

 

Holiday Inn in NYC with nearby parking would be the best.

 

Other options:

1). Park/sleep through trinityreservations at Newark Airport, airport bus to

Port Authority Bus Teminal, and cab to the port.

2). Stay outside north of NYC, drive to Port Imperial in NJ to park for $15/day, and take the ferry across to 39th St for $9/pp, and walk or cab to the pier.

3). Drive down through New England, Hotwire a room in Stamford CT, park at Stamford Train Station, take MetroNorth to Grand Central Station and a cab to the pier.

 

What are your exact dates?

Thanks a lot... we are leaving on the Breakaway on January 18, so we are looking for a Saturday night NY stay on the 17. It is safer for us to get to NY one day earlier, since we need to drive appr. 10 hours and we want to make sure not to get stuck in a Winter storm...

I am having a tough time to find an hotel near Manhattan Port where we could stay the Saturday night for a Sunday 12 nights cruise while leaving the car at their parking lot.

Does it even exist?!

TIA,

Nic

Love your review. We'll be on the Breakaway in 10 days, can't wait!

ah, i'll bite. I'm hopeless.

 

1) nobody said anything about not being able to afford corkage, did they?

 

2) by me bringing my own bottle of booze, how did i ruin your vacation? Are you upset that you didn't get to wait in line behind me to place your drink order? To make it up to you, you can wait in line behind me while we're waiting to be seated for dinner, how's that?

 

 

What's next? Banning playing cards from being brought aboard, or charging $15 to bring a deck aboard, because, well, if you want to play cards you really ought to be playing them in our casino at our odds?

+1

:-)

I am not feeling bad for bringing two out of seven wine bottles without paying a corckage fee, since I'll "cork" my own bottle. I have never done this by the way but I will in 3 weeks for our in-room dinners.

Last cruise, I had to pay for another bottle in Le Bistro since the sticker was nowhere to be seen on the bottle we brought and for which we had already paid the corckage fee, so...

They may not physically look in your carry-on bags, but every cruise I have been on starting in North America they required carry-on items to go through the scanner. In Seattle, the couple in front of us had a couple of wine bottles in their carry-on suitcase. They got diverted out of the line to pay the required corkage fee. Maybe they do not catch 100% of the wine brought on board, but they seem to do a pretty good job.

 

If you place liquor in your checked luggage and your bag does not arrive in your room on embarkation day, expect a written invitation to the 'naughty room' later in the day... been there, done that.

Please keep in mind that on Norwegian, at least in New York, they scan your bags before you get go to corckage table...

Last 7 day cruise in Haven on the Breakaway, we tipped butler 100$, concierge 40$ and steward 40$. We used the butler for two in room dinners and concierge for dinner reservations.

They don't look at your carry on. 5 bottles in my bag that I bring to the corkage table. 2 bottles in my wife's bag...

And obviously you bring the stickered bottles to the restaurants...

We normally bring 7 bottles and pay the corkage for 5 of them. We do not pay the corkage for the 2 bottles we'll drink in our room. Never had a problem...

I've lost the e-mail for the Breakaway pre-concierge service. Anyone can help me?

TIA

Just booked today two free Breakaway cruises for me and my girlfriend in Haven for October Bahamas and in a mini-suite for a 12-day cruise in January. So I'm not too upset about this change. However, I'll get more info once on the ship and might gamble a little less depending on what I'm told.

Thanks a lot on the quick answer!

Ok, I was on the Breakaway last month and all suites had access to butler + concierge AND to the Haven area.

Is this the same thing on the Gem. For SE category, I know you a concierge + butler service, but can you access the Haven Courtyard? Can you lunch at Cagney's?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Well, me and my girlfriend sat in those last Saturday on the Breakaway. We enjoyed them!

Where can I get the "pillow menu"?

Thx.

The first time I booked thru CAS, I was given the extension of my contact. She is very good and booked me a comped haven suite for March!

Be nice, appreciative and the person will be glad to give his/her extension number to deal with you in the future...

My husband tried to make reservations for a b2b on the Jewel for the last week of March and first week of April. Not only couldn't he get the same cabin both weeks, they couldn't give him a cabin at all for the second week. Apparently we have a guarantee, but no cabin number.

 

We were given two inside cabin certificates and he was upgrading to a balcony. I wonder if there is an outside possibility we will get an upgrade?

 

I imagine spring break and the relatively short time between now and then are the culprits.

 

This one will be weeks 5 and 6 on the Jewel just this year alone.

Have you ever been able to book a comped B2B with CAS before? Since you have "to earn" your next cruise by playing the cruise before, I'm skeptical this can be done...

I just printed my edocs for my upcoming cruise.

Am I suppose to see somewhere on those that I can access thru Priority checkin?

Thanks in advance!

When are you going in March? We are going in March too.

March 16. Thanks for all the answers!

I will be on the Breakaway in March with Haven access. Can I invite 2 people not from the Haven for a lunch or dinner to eat with us?

Thanks!

I cruised on NCL for the first time in March 2013 and lost about 5K$ playing mostly pai gow poker (also a little black jack, craps and slots). For that cruise, I got a drink card after the first night, a 500$ credit on my final bill and 2 specialty dinners... I was then comped a mini-suite for 2 in October, where the drink cards were waiting for us in our cabin (we drank for at least 700-800$ in the casino), got a specialty dinner, got a 400-500$ credit and achived Golden Status. Now I am going on a comped cruise in March in a spa suite & haven access... I only lost about 2.5K$ (and only played pai gow) on my second cruise, so I feel like a winner! Can't wait!

Can we eat outside at the Haven restaurant on the Breakaway? I loved eating outside for Cagney's and Moderno on my last cruise and was wondering if it was possible to do this at the Haven restaurant.

Many thanks!