This is just another report/ review of the NCL Breakaway Haven May 29 sailing to Costa Maya, Harvest Caye, Roatan and Cozumel. My travel party included DH, me and my adult son who claimed he was just “along for the ride”😊
This is our first cruise since 2019. We booked about 90 days. I waited until the cruise line dropped some of the testing requirements. I was willing to test once prior to embarking and before flying to Florida. I work in the medical field and am very familiar with the covid virus. The stress of testing negative really affected our pre cruise excitement.
I only booked two dinners outside the Haven and had no other planned activities.
We woke up of Friday and did our EMED proctored tests from home. Very easy and I highly recommend them. EMED test have an expiration date so don’t order them to early.
After our negative test, we started packing and then left the next morning to fly into MIA a day early. Stayed at The Hampton Brickell. Great stay as usual. Clean and reliable. We took a short Uber ride to POM at 9am. We had a 9-930 check in. I had my Printed negative test results in large ziplock bag and my vaccine card in there as well. Simple -no fumbling through papers. They just looked at them once prior to entering the terminal. The Haven check in was super easy to find and well marked prior to even entering the new building. Not many ppl there at 915 am. We masked up for our flights, Ubers, elevators and check in with the NCL agent and hand sanitized often. The Haven Lounge is beautiful, with plenty of space and snacks to cover you until boarding between 11-12. The butlers start buzzing around prior to embarkation and lead groups on board. Once off the gangway, the groups waited for elevators few of which were masked. We took the stairs from deck 6 to 16. After the first flight we unmasked as no one was taking the stairs. No lie- we were huffing and puffing but it was worth it. By now it was noon. We arrived in the Haven passed by the bar and immediately got in a short line for lunch in the Haven.