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Lobster Night - Breakaway

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babygirl722

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Can someone tell me when Lobster Night is? For a long while, it was the first night of sailing but have now heard from a friend who recently sailed that it was the second night. Unfortunately, NCL Customer Service isn't very helpful but I know my fellow Cruise Critic members will be! Thanks a million.

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On our sailing, 6/23 there was no lobster night at all. Although, more recently, reports state that lobster was served in the buffet only, not in any MDR's. Maybe this is an attempt from NCL to "redirect" the huge crowds and long wait times from the Manhattan Room we have read about.

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KJE Atlanta

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everywhere I have read shows Lobster back in MDRs 1st night only problem was 6/23 cruise

 

I could be wrong here, but my impression from what I have read on CC (not every thread or post though) is that the Breakaway has done away with lobster (surf and turf) on the first night, but the rest of the fleet still offers it. Can anyone confirm that based on recent experience? We're on the Jade in a couple weeks, so I'd love to know the answer. ;)

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My guess would be that they are getting fewer complaints by not serving it, than the number of complaints received over the lobster meal they were serving.

 

 

hey im from Tennessee I liked the Lobster on NCL...

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I could be wrong here, but my impression from what I have read on CC (not every thread or post though) is that the Breakaway has done away with lobster (surf and turf) on the first night, but the rest of the fleet still offers it. Can anyone confirm that based on recent experience? We're on the Jade in a couple weeks, so I'd love to know the answer. ;)

 

6/16 sailing on Breakaway yes lobster first night MDR but I read no more??

Just off the Gem today and.... YES lobster first night MDR surf and turf--was very good :)

But sorry to say many changes on the Gem... especially in the casino, front desk guest services, and the meals--cut backs everywhere. Still we all had a wonderful cruise

Safe sailing

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KJE Atlanta

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Lobster is by far one of the most over rated things on this planet. I eat it. But I don't get how people go nuts over it.

 

I would imagine that lobster done right is very good by most objective opinions. A couple years ago on NCL the lobsters we had were small, overcooked, rubbery and mediocre at best. Last year on our Epic sailings and then this year on the Sky and the Breakaway, the lobsters have been much bigger, cooked properly, and overall very good. We eat in specialty restaurants most nights, but if the lobster is being served and it is being done like it has been on our last 3 or 4 cruises, it's definitely worth it, in our opinion, to go the MDR that night.

 

I bet there are some things that you really like and look forward to eating that I or others would call overrated or feel blah about. Everyone has different tastes.

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We sailed on the Jewel on June 28th to Alaska and they had lobster the first night in the MDR. I thought it was good enough for not having to pay extra for it. My son was thrilled to try it and liked his first experience with it. Bummer if they don't do that anymore. We are sailing the Getaway in March.

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On our recent Breakaway sailing (July 28-august 4) there was no lobster in the MDR. There was a note in the Freestlyle Daily on the second night about lobster dishes in the Garden Cafe, which we did not bother worrying about. We only ate at La Cucina, which had no lobster tail on the menu, but we wouldn't expect it at an Itailian restaurant. It is fun looking forward to a lobster dinner on your cruise, but it doesn't make or break our vacation. Glad we enjoyed it on Royal last year!

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I could be wrong here, but my impression from what I have read on CC (not every thread or post though) is that the Breakaway has done away with lobster (surf and turf) on the first night, but the rest of the fleet still offers it. Can anyone confirm that based on recent experience? We're on the Jade in a couple weeks, so I'd love to know the answer. ;)

 

On Jade there is a lobster dish at the start of each cruise. BUT depending on your cruise, it might not be surf and turf because Jade's itineraries are designed so that they will work as B2Bs and hence they will do the full 14-day rotation of menus that are fleetwide. We sailed on Jul 19 and had the another dish (had menu #8 on embarkation night) which was "seafood extravaganza" or something like that.

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Thanks everyone. Would LOVE to hear from someone just off the Breakaway about this. It certainly won't make or break my cruise, but if they are serving it, I'd like to enjoy it and make sure that I don't have reservations for a specialty restaurant that evening. I was on the Gem in February and the lobster was excellent; in fact, it was the best we ever had on a cruise.

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Thanks everyone. Would LOVE to hear from someone just off the Breakaway about this. It certainly won't make or break my cruise, but if they are serving it, I'd like to enjoy it and make sure that I don't have reservations for a specialty restaurant that evening. I was on the Gem in February and the lobster was excellent; in fact, it was the best we ever had on a cruise.

 

There is currently no lobster served in main dining room on Breakaway

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