Taking a getaway on the Breakaway - Almost live, maybe....

[G-DawgMN]

12 hours ago, James_Elmore said:

Thanks for the review enjoying it and thanks for the dailies.  Looks like nothing in syds last nigbt and just karaoke in it tonight surely there not dumping them also. 

Syds has had things. I think Rumours is tonight. 
 

Zippo in the main theater tonight though. 

[G-DawgMN]

 Went to O’Shehans for breakfast. Ordered the corn beef and hash with some eggs. I’m more a fan of the canned stuff. 
 

 

 

 

 

 The plan was to use Victor Bodden to take us to Infinity Bay. We checked in there and watched all the other groups of people get taken for a tour. After an hour we decided to give up since it was almost 9:30 now. As we were waking off, they said our driver was almost here. Told them it had been too long. So we are having a ship day. 
 

 

 

[G-DawgMN]

I think I missed dinner last night. The MDR menu wasn’t exciting so we though we’d try the buffet. 
 Full disclosure, we rarely do the buffet so I don’t know what’s normal. Only one side was open and it seemed to have somewhat limited selections. The carving station was leg of lamb and the specialty stuff was several types of kabobs (meat only). I settled on some pizza which was once again pretty good. Dessert selections were lame so I had a scoop of ice cream. 
  Apparently I had some Mac and cheese and tried out the lamb. 

 

[G-DawgMN]

Day 4 Dailies. 
 

Day 4.pdf

[detroitlions]

On 1/30/2024 at 12:02 PM, KSSS2013 said:

 Yeah it hasn’t been any better than the old internet so I’m assuming it’s just really busy. 

Most on here do not understand how the tech works. Most of the speed or connectivity issues have to do with the ship not starlink. For instance access points on the ship. If your in a spot on the ship with lack of access points near you your not getting a good signal.

[G-DawgMN]

  Talked to Victor about the tour. He apologized and offered to take us out for free due to the delays. Thanked him for the offer but we stayed onboard. 
 

   Had lunch in the buffet. Not a bad selection today. Good was hot and fresh. 
   Ate some Indian food along with pizza. Also had some chicken Parmesan. It was more chicken coated in egg. Also had meatballs and meatloaf. 
  Ended the meal with lemon sorbet and pistachio ice cream. 
 

 

 

[minn55441]

Thanks for posting the dailies.  We are on the Breakaway next week.  By the way, not sure you noticed but it is 56 degrees in Minnesota today.

[G-DawgMN]

3PM and we had to eat again or we might die. 
 

Highlight was the ham and pickle sandwich. 
 

[G-DawgMN]

Oof da! 6:40 and it’s a one hour wait for taste and savor. I should have worn pants and taken my chances at the Manhattan room. 
 

Someday I’ll understand what the Sapphire priority dining perk means. 🙂

Edited February 1 by KSSS2013

[G-DawgMN]

 Well maybe being Sapphire helped. It was only 20 minutes of waiting. 
Waiting for the new 80s Cabaret broadway show thing in the Spiegel Tent. 
 

   Food pics later. Or tomorrow. Or never if I forget. 
 

 

 

 

[G-DawgMN]

Harvest Caye today.  More to come. 

[chewsifer1220]

On 1/29/2024 at 2:24 PM, KSSS2013 said:

I didn’t see any, I believe I already posted photos of the cases. If I missed it let me know. 

I appreciate the answer! I couldn't read the tags on the cases so I thought I'd ask. 

Really loving this review also! Thanks again!

[PaperSniper4]

On 1/29/2024 at 4:33 PM, KSSS2013 said:

Just a note. 4:30 and our room hasn’t been cleaned yet. I know it’s a 3rd world problem but the once a day service doesn’t work well. Skipped a nap in the room since I assumed he’d come during that time. 
 

 

Holly cow! That's early for cleaning! Or did you mean 1630 or 430pm?😉

Edited February 1 by PaperSniper4

[PaperSniper4]

14 hours ago, KSSS2013 said:

Oof da! 6:40 and it’s a one hour wait for taste and savor. I should have worn pants and taken my chances at the Manhattan room.
 

Someday I’ll understand what the Sapphire priority dining perk means. 🙂

Did you make reservations before boarding? Curious, as we did for our upcoming and I hope the reservations are honored.

 

Manhattan remains the more "elegant" MDR of the three? That's the only one we used last time, but this next cruise we'll be trying the others also.

 

We booked either 1730/530pm or 1800/6pm for dinner, so I am hoping it won't be too crowded at that early time. We're old farts who eat early obviously!😁

 

 Doug

Edited February 1 by PaperSniper4

[G-DawgMN]

3 minutes ago, PaperSniper4 said:

Holly cow! That's early for cleaning! Or did you mean 1630 or 430pm?

16:30. 
 

It’s been very late afternoon every day. We don’t want to go back to the room and nap at all because we don’t want to

miss our room getting cleaned. 

[PaperSniper4]

14 minutes ago, KSSS2013 said:

16:30. 
 

It’s been very late afternoon every day. We don’t want to go back to the room and nap at all because we don’t want to

miss our room getting cleaned. 

Ah, I understand completely about the nap! One of life's pleasures! I forget, is NCL doing just one cleaning a day? Fine with us, we also let our steward know on any ship that's all we need. However, we always request an AM cleaning if that is possible.

 

 Doug

[G-DawgMN]

7 minutes ago, PaperSniper4 said:

Ah, I understand completely about the nap! One of life's pleasures! I forget, is NCL doing just one cleaning a day? Fine with us, we also let our steward know on any ship that's all we need. However, we always request an AM cleaning if that is possible.

 

 Doug

 With their schedule and amount of rooms they’re not doing requests. At least on this cruise. 
 

 

[PaperSniper4]

1 hour ago, KSSS2013 said:

 With their schedule and amount of rooms they’re not doing requests. At least on this cruise. 
 

 

I have reservations and expect NCL to honor them. I'll be disappointed and surprised if they do not.

 

 Doug

[G-DawgMN]

10 minutes ago, PaperSniper4 said:

I have reservations and expect NCL to honor them. I'll be disappointed and surprised if they do not.

 

 Doug

So you can reserve room cleaning times?

[detroitlions]

21 minutes ago, KSSS2013 said:

So you can reserve room cleaning times?

A reservation system for room cleaning. LOL that would make a lot of folks loose it. 

[PaperSniper4]

1 hour ago, KSSS2013 said:

So you can reserve room cleaning times?

No, I was talking about MDR times. However, on some cruise lines I had the opportunity to request AM or PM cabin cleaning; but not both as it used to be for all cruise lines.

 

Doug

 

 

[G-DawgMN]

 So I surprised my wife with a Villa at Harvest Caye. It’s nice, but the beach overall hasn’t been crowded. The big upside of the villa is the private bathroom and the amazing loungers. 
  Drinks are very good, the food was all right but I was surprised there’s only 4 options for the villas. 
  Did a little snorkeling but the water is pretty murky so you can’t see a whole lot. My highlight was a big orange starfish. 

 

 

 

 

[G-DawgMN]

 I feel like I’m going off the rails a little but I will try to catch up. 
  Wednesday night we went to the new show in the Spiegel tent. It was a 80s Broadway Caberet. We apparently missed where it said “Broadway”. If you’re into 80’s Broadway I’m sure it’s a fine show. My wife enjoyed the Annie tunes they did at the end but she didn’t like the rest of it. 
  Last night we did the late comedy show. He was very good. 
  Syd Norman’s had Rock the House last night. People started lining up 2 hours prior. I wish they’d have them play in the main theater at least once. 

[G-DawgMN]

 Of course when we got back from Harvest Caye we had to eat again. Stopped at O’Sheenhans for some wings and pretzel bites. 
 

[G-DawgMN]

 Last nights dinner was Cagneys. I enjoyed the shrimp cocktail. They are much larger than when they advertised tiger shrimp. Also did the Onion Soup which was ok and the NY Strip.  We shared a chocolate cake with 2 scoops of ice cream for dessert.