Shadowmeboy Breakaway Adventure from New Orleans to the Western Caribbean!

shadowmeboy · May 26, 2022

The excursion was fun. I would suggest sticking to Salsa y Salsa in Cozumel over this one. They tried their best, but it was definitely second rate. It was hot and humid, and the fans were not cutting it in the room.

We made it back to the port area.

These guys were doing Danza de los voladores.

Wikipedia says its "The Danza de los Voladores (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdansa ðe loz βolaˈðoɾes]; "Dance of the Flyers"), or Palo Volador (pronounced [ˈpalo βolaˈðoɾ]; "flying pole"), is an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony/ritual still performed today, albeit in modified form, in isolated pockets in Mexico."

It was impressive to watch.

shadowmeboy · May 26, 2022

Well it was time to head back to the ship. We were tired, hot, and hungry. Not a good combo!

Adventure of the Seas had just arrived.

Getting back onboard the ship

We headed to lunch to eat something and rehydrate.

shadowmeboy · May 27, 2022

Time for lunch in the MDR!

Chicken Quesadilla

Wedge Salad

Fish & Chips

Bacon Cheeseburger

Strawberry Ice Cream

Five Spice Mango Tapioca Pudding

After lunch, we headed out to the waterfront. We had a drink at Syd Norman's outdoor bar. Then headed aft around deck 8.

We stopped and got Ice Cream at the Bake Shop!

It was delicious!

shadowmeboy · May 27, 2022

We enjoyed watching the sea!

Plaque Wall for the Breakaway

We headed up to the Stateroom, relaxed for a bit, and then got ready for dinner.

shadowmeboy · May 27, 2022

Cagney's was on tap for tonight!

We were using the Platinum dinner, so we got to choose a bottle of wine. I believe we got the Sangiovese.

Susan got the Lump Crab Cake

Black Tiger Shrimp Trio

Wedge Salad - I love me a good wedge!

Susan got a Filet Minion

Porterhouse!

Table view with sides!

Seven Layer Chocolate Cake

Raspberry Crème Brulee

After Dinner we went to the Comedy Show.

Quincy Carr was the comedian!

He was really good!

We headed off to bed after the show, ready to attack our final sea day!

Note: I will be out of town for Memorial Day Weekend to help my family prepare my Grandma's House for sale. I will resume the review once we get home. I didn't want to alarm anyone if I failed to post for several days. Have a Happy and Safe Memorial Day Weekend.

drumming cruisers · May 27, 2022

Great review.

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

On 5/26/2022 at 11:41 PM, drumming cruisers said:

Great review.

Thank you!

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

It was a long Memorial Day weekend for Susan and I. We drove 7+ hours down to my Grandma's House outside of Portland, OR to help my Mom and Aunt pack my Grandma's House. She is on her way to Florida, so we had to get her stuff ready to move down there. We ended up working nonstop for the roughly 36 hours we were down there. We packed the house, loaded a Uhaul, and then unloaded that Uhaul into a storage unit till the movers can move it to Florida. We are exhausted. We then drove that 7+ hours back home on limited sleep on Monday. We both went back to work today. We were glad we were able to help, but it didn't feel much like a holiday weekend.

I am back and will do a little bit more tonight.

- Matthew

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Day 7 - April 9th, 2022 - Sea Day

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We also got the sad paperwork.

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shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Here is the Spa menu if anyone wants to see it.

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shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Time for Breakfast!

Half grapefruit for me with cottage cheese. Things are looking better on the cottage cheese front!

Yogurt Parfait

Eggs with Ham, Bacon, Tomato and Country Potatoes.

Eggs Benedict with country potatoes and mustard. The mustard with the country potatoes was amazing. It livened up the country potatoes to new heights! I will definitely be doing that again.

Waffle with Bacon and ham!

Mimosas!

We went and finalized our photo package. it only took an hour to sort through 248 pictures! We got told we were the number one photo takers on our cruise from the photo staff. They said the next highest was in the 150 picture range. Go team!

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Of to trivia and then the Battle of the Cake Masters. BOCM really should be called watch the chef do a correct cake and watch the Cruise Director make a booze cake. Am I wrong?

We couldn't figure out what she was doing with her cake.

What a beautiful cake!

Notice the booze is already half empty.

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

No words can describe that monstrosity.

Posing for the camera

um...

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Afterwards, we headed to the Theater for the technical talk and Q&A with the Senior Staff.

L to R - Chief Engineer, Captain, and Hotel Director.

Lots of good questions. I asked my favorite question. What was their favorite restaurant onboard. Cagneys and Ocean Blue were the answers.

Afterwards we went bowling!

gutter ball!

I won, but it wasn't very pretty.

Finals of the Blackjack Tournament. Carol our friend was in the finals.

The cards weren't in her favor.

shadowmeboy · June 1, 2022

Time for Lunch!

I had to get the Bay Scallop Gratin again. This time i asked for lots of bread to go with it. It was delicious again.

Bistro Salad

Spinach Caesar

Spaghetti Carbonara

Bacon Cheeseburger

Flan de Coco

Warm Chocolate Lava Cake

Seas2mountains · June 1, 2022

Thank you for the great review and photos!

tgloersen · June 1, 2022

On 5/15/2022 at 9:26 AM, shadowmeboy said:

So we got ready for dinner, and headed down to do the picture circuit. The ship photographers would have 5 to 6 stations set up among decks 6 & 8 each night.

This couple was getting their pictures taken when we arrived at our first station.

There we are!

Another Station up on Deck 8

This set of pictures turned out great! We got some frames as part of the package we bought, so these were the pictures we put in them.

This one was not in the frames, but it looked really good!

After pictures it was Moderno Night!

Here is the Menu

Susan's salad bar plate

Here is mine!

Ah the Pineapple! The DSLR did not like the darkness of some of the restaurants onboard, so the photos are a little fuzzy due to lightening.

Dessert menu

Chocolate Coconut Tres Leches Cake

Rice Pudding

PineApple Baby!

shadowmeboy · June 5, 2022

On 6/1/2022 at 12:24 PM, tgloersen said:

PineApple Baby!

I am sure you are ready for that in a month!

shadowmeboy · June 5, 2022

On 6/1/2022 at 4:56 AM, Seas2mountains said:

Thank you for the great review and photos!

you are welcome! Thank you for reading it!

shadowmeboy · June 5, 2022

Enjoying the Sea as we pack up our things.

Finally it was time for our final dinner. 😞

shadowmeboy · June 5, 2022

Shrimp Louie

Smoked Mozzarella Ravioli

Bouillabaisse

Citrus-Glazed Seared Salmon

Roasted Prime Rib

After Dinner it was off to Burn the Floor.

We enjoyed Burn the Floor, but found Six to be more up our alley.

When we got back to the room, we noticed we had reentered the Mississippi River. We got ready for bed, as we had to quickly get off the ship in the morning for a surprise!

Edited June 5, 2022 by shadowmeboy
Forgot a picture!

Nclgetawaymenhoney · June 5, 2022

Thank you again for sharing your great cruise with us at cruise critic. Very enjoyable and wonderful pictures. We cruised last month again and so happy to be cruising again. In October we will be doing New England and Canada and I appreciated your review of that on the Dawn. Take care and keep cruising!