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Happy Anniversary! I love the idea your DH had on keeping the bed flower pedals. Keep the photos coming they are great.
Which Haven cabin did you stay in?
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes!
My DH was very creative, I thought with his keeping of the petals! :)
Glad you like the photos, it makes it worthwhile adding them when people enjoy them. :)
We stayed in cabin 17128, a Courtyard Penthouse suite.
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Happy Anniversary! What a way to celebrate on the Escape in The Haven. That cabin looks heavenly!! I am looking forward to more of your review!. We have to wait 10 more months before our turn. :)
Thank you!
Wasn't it an amazing way to celebrate? I feel so lucky we had the opportunity.
10 months will go by in a flash, hopefully! Enjoy!
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happy anniversary
thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure.
Thank you for your good wishes and I hope you enjoy reading more! :)
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So onto Day 2....a sea day.
We woke early and just kept pinching ourselves that we were in this beautiful cabin!
Next on the list of new experiences to try out was breakfast in the Haven.
Well I can thoroughly recommend it! It is extremely calm and peaceful. We were greeted warmly by the Maitre D and escorted to what was to become *our* table by the window!
I have to say this was an amazing way to start the day.
Please don't get me wrong, we have always enjoyed breakfasts on NCL ships, whether it be in the Garden cafe or O'Sheehans or the main dining room, but this was just so peaceful and relaxing. We loved it.
After breakfast we went for a wander around the Haven pool and sundeck area.
The lower level, where the pool is, was quite busy and there were a fair few children around, enjoying the pool. We wandered upstairs to the sundeck and decided that was the place for us. There was a shower if we needed to cool off and those beds were SO comfortable. Best of all.........empty beds!
Unfortunately Mother Nature conspired against us and there was a thunderstorm, so no sunbathing this morning!
We went for a walk around the ship, taking pictures as we went.
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When we arrived back in our cabin, we found a bottle of prossecco and a dish of m and m's, so we thought how rude it would be if we didn't check that they were good! Out on the balcony we went and I can tell you all was good! :)
The balcony was lovely, nice wicker furniture and room for a lounger as well. Happy days!
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Congratulations! Following your review.
Thank you very much! Hope my review will be useful.
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Looking forward to the rest of your review.
Thanks for reading along! I promise there is more!
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Congratulations!
What a wonderful surprise! Your steward and butler appear to have done a wonderful job with the decorations!
Thank-you!
The steward and butler did an amazing job, didn't they? We were really impressed! :)
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So Kelly, our Butler brought along our luggage and startled the life out of us by ringing the doorbell of the cabin!!! I didn't even KNOW these cabins had a doorbell.........such a Haven virgin! ;)
Kelly talked us through the coffee machine workings and asked us our snack preferences and asked if there was anything he could help us with. He was so lovely.
We unpacked and settled in to this beautiful cabin and then got ready for the evening.
We met the family in O'Sheehans and made use of the Viva Vino wine package we had purchased!
Tonight we visited Pinchos Tapas bar and really enjoyed it! I think between us, we tried almost everything on the menu!
We had the SDP for 3 meals but chose not to use one of them for tonight as it was just as good value to pay as you go and save the dining package for another speciality restaurant.
After dinner, we went for a wander and ended up in the Skyline bar where we caught the tail-end of a group, A-Minor. They were good, but as I said, they were just finishing up and were followed by a DJ playing Latin music and whilst the ladies of the group were happy to listen, the men were not, so we vacated the Skyline bar and hit Headliners where we Howled at the Moon till the end!! Great night!
The family then headed off to their cabin and DH and I had a drink in O'Sheehans and then wandered into the Casino, like you do! We also grabbed a snack here!
After a few turns on the slots, we made our way back to our Haven.
The bar area was deserted so I snapped some pictures of there and the pool area at night. Just gorgeous.
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At some point we realised that beautiful as the bed looked, we were going to have to sleep in it, so my creative DH came up with an idea for the rose petals!
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They lasted like that all trip! :) :)
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So, where were we up to? Oh yes, we've got a cake to eat and champagne to drink whilst watching Miami fade away into the distance! What a life!
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Congratulations! We are also celebrating out 25th on the Escape in November! Can't wait to read more.
Thank-you, and congratulations on YOUR upcoming 25th. Enjoy your Escape! :)
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Congratulations on your Anniversary! We did the Haven for our 35th. My Sister made arrangements for Decorations but they weren't as elaborate as yours. So jealous!
Thank you so much! :)
The room looked amazing, we were overwhelmed.
The banner fell from the ceiling a couple of times during the trip but I just kept making DH put it back up! :)
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what a wonderful surprise! congrats :)
Couldn't have asked for a better surprise.........and thank-you! :)
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Congratulations on your anniversay. How wonderfully kind of your family to upgrade you to a have. Can't wait to read more!
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Thank you for the congratulations!
It was indeed very kind of our family, we were stunned and very grateful.:)
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I shall continue our adventures tomorrow as I'm back at school in the morning and need my beauty sleep! :eek:
The jetlag is creeping up on me!
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To say I was overwhelmed was an understatement! I'm not sure how I managed to take the photos, I was shaking so much!
We explored the gorgeous room and the balcony and then set off for O'Sheehans where we had arranged to meet the family for lunch. Yes, I know we could have had lunch in the Haven, but hey, this was a family holiday after all.
After a lovely lunch, a wander around and of course, lifeboat drill, we headed back to our room for sailaway.
More surprises! Our Butler, Kelly, arrived with champagne, courtesy of the Captain!! and a beautiful cake, courtesy of our fab family! This day just kept getting better and better! :)
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So Sunday came around and we drove to the Port of Miami.
Embarkation was calm and easy in the Haven check-in area and we were soon being escorted aboard the beautiful Norwegian Escape.
We were taken to the Haven Lounge and indulged in snacks and prosecco whilst hearing the Concierge, Virginia, tell us all about our *ship within a ship*.
We were then very naughty, and slipped away to see if we could find our cabin! Even though it was still only about 12 noon by now! Well we were VERY excited!
So we found it, and it was ready! Here is the sight that greeted us!
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Hi everyone. Thought I'd best make a start on my review of our Escape trip! We arrived back yesterday as we continued our trip with a visit to Key West after Escaping!
So, as the title suggests, this was a special cruise and holiday for us as we will celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary in September. We are both in Education, so have to cruise in August but it's always okay to start celebrating early, right? ;)
After flying in to Miami from England, we were met at the airport by my brother-in-law, who lives in Miami and who would be cruising with us again, along with his family. We had done this on our Getaway trip 2 years previously and were looking forward to doing it again.
During dinner at his house that night, he announced he had a surprise for us.
He had upgraded us to the Haven!!!!! Well my excitement levels were already high! They were now through the roof! Embarkation day couldn't come quickly enough. :)
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Cagney's, Teppanyaki, and Pinchos Tapas.
I'm completely with you on that one!
That's exactly what we just did on our Escape cruise. :)
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I'm looking for them too, please and thank-you! :)
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We never had to ask anyone or talk nicely to them, it was just on as standard.
What I meant was, that on occasion if there was one sport on the screens in O'Sheehans and my DH asked for something DIFFERENT to be put on, the bar staff were always accommodating.:)
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I know when we were on the Epic last Summer, my DH spoke nicely to the lovely bar staff in O'Sheehans and was able to watch some UK football and also some Golf.
Maybe the staff took pity on him because he's also a *bluemooner* ;)
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Hi Nigel,
Well we are certainly not experienced cruisers like some on here, but we took out first cruise on the Sky in 2011 and have taken a cruise each year since then. I'm like you and have some serious cruise envy when I look at how many people have taken and how many they have planned!
We have sailed the Epic twice.........2nd time to do the things we missed first time around! :)
We took NCL excursions because I am a worrier about getting back to the ship on time, even though they were more expensive! :eek:
Our only other expenses are our drinks, and like you, we save up our pennies in order to enjoy our holidays. I certainly don't think you have to fork out an enormous amount of money to enjoy a cruise. Any holiday is what you make of it and a cruise is just the same, in my (very humble) opinion.
I hope you have an amazing time on the Epic........any questions, please feel free to ask away! :)
Our Silver Wedding Escape was a HAVENly surprise!
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Don't you just LOVE surprises like that? :)
Thank you for your good wishes. Well I can still remember being newly-weds and it doesn't seem that long ago! I can promise you we still have fun after all these years! :)
Didn't realise just how much that jetlag can hit! But I WILL continue, I promise!