My Norwegian Breakaway Family Cruise Review - April 7, 2019

[sid_9169]

On 4/19/2019 at 9:38 PM, tripleboom said:

We arrived at Teppanyaki and after waiting for the group ahead of us to be seated, we were quickly escorted to our table.  We had a great chef that was equally great with the kids. Connor was excited for the filet mignon as he already likes a good steak.  Meanwhile, Landon opted for the macaroni & cheese from the kid's menu.  We had to pay the full price for Connor's meal, but Landon's kid's meal was complimentary. 

 

The whole process does take a fair amount of time, but we didn't have much planned for this particular evening, so the easy pace was just fine with us.  We just had to keep our fingers crossed that the boys would keep their shirts clean during the meal so we could still take pictures. 😬

 

 

 

 

While we were waiting for the food Landon was determined to learn to use the chopsticks provided. I am barely competent with chopsticks when we go out for sushi once in a while, but teaching a 6-year old seemed well beyond my pay grade.  He was getting more and more frustrated, and was basically ready to give up when something clicked.  Behold, the chopstick master!

 

 

Finally my shrimp had been slid onto my plate, and my steak was coming within a few moments.  That's when the moment that every family that goes out to dinner is well acquainted with.  

 

 

Every. Dang. Time. 🤪  sid_9169 I gave them some privacy, but at least took the photo of the door in your honor!

 

Even with the potty break, our meal was pretty fantastic!  The best part was the chef would dole out a ton of rice, veggies, steak, shrimp, etc. to everyone, but would only slide a tiny bit to Connor.  Connor, to his credit, never complained though gave me a couple of hurt looks before the chef would circle back and give him a healthy dose of food. 😄  All the standard hibachi tricks were there aside from the onion volcano. But with a beating rice heart, flying eggs caught in the mouth (I went 2 for 2 I'll have you know), an egg dragon, etc. we were thoroughly entertained throughout the meal!

Something about those restrooms that I just can't resist photographing... Thanks for the honorable mention...

[Moonglo]

On 4/22/2019 at 4:10 PM, tripleboom said:

I had originally been looking at Maya Chan for this trip, but they were sold out. Instead, I started looking for some of the other beach clubs in the area to which we could go. I looked at Tropicante, Barefoot, and a handful of others, but the Trip Advisor ratings and other online resources helped me settle on Yaya Beach.  

 

At a cost of $45/adult and $25/child (ages 6-12), we were guaranteed a beach bed lounger, a combo platter lunch (quesadillas for the kids), and open bar during our visit. We paid an extra $10 at the time of booking to choose the lounger we wanted in advance.  We opted for bed #3 right at the water line for the beach.  Well worth the extra $10 as we had a knockout view throughout the day!

 

 

 

 

The beach umbrella over our chairs was perfect, and it included a call button to call for Luca, our awesome server. The only time we used it was to let him know we were ready for our lunch. Otherwise Luca seemed to magically show up every time our drinks got low.  What a guy!

We were there February 2020 on NCL Getaway cruise......we had a great spot as well.....loved the food and view. Staff was very attentive as well.....a great spot.

[UnicornMom]

Hi @tripleboom  This was such a great review.  I am dreaming of normal life returning and contemplating booking a cruise on the breakaway.  One quick question do things like the rope course and mini golf cost extra money?  I know some cruise line charge something like $10 per person (or more) for all these extra activities aboard the ship.

 

Thank you again!