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Great review! Brought back memories of our trip last fall. 

40 minutes ago, nafanny29 said:

Thoroughly enjoyed reading your fantastic review. We are sailing on Getaway July 31st cant wait now!! 

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed! It’s a wonderful ship. Where is she sailing out of in July?

On 2/19/2019 at 6:53 AM, happy cruzer said:

Thanks for the picture of the Bloody Mary.  I noticed in a post of the osheehan's breakfast menu that they offer a discounted version.  I am curious about the size, are they about 8 oz?  Also  I might order a Virgin Mary in the am (no drink package).  Has anyone ordered a virgin drink in a tall glass?  I often do that in land bars at no extra cost, they just add a couple extra oz of juice and more ice.

 

Can you order a glass of tomato juice or grapefruit juice? cost?

 

Your pictures are great.  Loved seeing your son's strip steak,  I think DH will have a few...

 

Again thanks for the hard work, it really has helped a couple of newbies to NCL.

We had the drink package so I’m sorry to say that I don’t have any info on the costs involved for juices. I am confident that you can order them- I had tomato juice in the MDR everyday. I’m pretty sure it was free but I did not pay close attention.

I’m glad you liked the review and pictures! Enjoy your cruise!

9 hours ago, whitsmom said:

As we are Emerald with Royal Caribbean, our first NCL cruise is on the Getaway in November 2019.  I was worried about all the free style dining so your post was a welcome read.  There will be 12 of us traveling together so that will create issues within itself.  However, 4 are early 20's and will probably be doing their own thing anyway. 

Thanks! We had a group of 8 and we made reservations in one dining room in advance. On the first night, we liked the location of our table and asked if we could have it for the remaining reservations. They were kind enough to accommodate us.

On 12/10/2018 at 2:15 PM, farmecologist said:

Awesome thread!  Thanks for your time and effort.

 

You have an amazing appetite though.  I'm not sure I could keep up with you!  😄

Thank you! It was just a vacation thing. I'm back to my normal eating routine- coffee for breakfast and a sensible dinner. Dreaming of my next dining purge 🙂

On 12/9/2018 at 7:25 PM, gmbhardy said:

 

I wish had an appetite like that. Anyway, great review and photos.

Thank you!

On 11/1/2018 at 9:50 PM, Gershep said:

Thank you for posting all these wonderful pictures.

Happy to do it! I enjoyed posting them.

16 hours ago, phillyf said:

Thanks for taking the time to post such a great review. I loved it !!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

17 hours ago, gmbhardy said:

Did you actually eat all that food?

Yes, I ate the items I ordered. Some of the pictures were my wife's selections. I usually got a taste of what she ordered.

On 12/7/2018 at 11:27 AM, Itchy&Scratchy said:

Jade was very inconsistent on having the little breads with the salmon tartare. Now, I don't really need the bread or want it, but it was interesting how none of us at the table got the bread with the tartare, but all around us people did.

The salmon tartare itself was heavenly. I knew I was going to like it, so I ordered 2. 🙂 I loved it!

 

By the way, our Thanksgiving sailing on Jade was cut very short (2.5 out of 10 days) due to a mechanical failure, so we are doing a make up cruise next week on GETAWAY! So, I am refreshing my memory on the dining choices in this great thread.

Thanks! Enjoy your cruise!

Mr. Worldwide.

Good Stuff. That's Pitbull, right?

Bloody Mary! 

If you want it spicy, you have to spice it yourself (at the pool bar)

This bring me to the Jogging Path. Is that what that's called? Path?Track?

There is a major pinch point in front of the rock wall. The path is the only walk way in front of the rock wall and at the entrance to Margaritaville AND coming off the arcade AND going to the elevator bank. If you like to run, go early because a lot of people are walking through that area mid morning.

Painkiller and.........dont remember. It was good- I recommend it! 🙂

Just a cold beer in Magen's Bay.

ahhhhh.......Jost Van Dyke.........I want to go to there.

Painkiller from Soggy.   Know what?......I preferred their Banana Painkiller.

Hmmm......that was good. Got it from Sugarcane. Don't remember the name sorry! Wait.....maybe the coconut mojito?

Here are some posts of drinks. I don't remember all the names or even what was in them.

We were happy with our drinks and the service. Tasted fine to us.

This was a sidecar from Cagney's. Probably can get it at the Prime Meridian Bar as well. I liked it! I had a few 🙂

Cagney's Dessert

7 Layer Chocolate Cake

Her thoughts: "I regret I could not finish it. It was delicious but I was so full."

Breakfast MDR

Vanilla Poundcake French Toast

Her Thoughts: "Yum, yum, yum!"

MDR Dessert Day Six

Chocolate Eclaires

Her Thoughts: "Really good!"

O'Sheehan's Lunch

This is the Grilled Chipotle Chicken Sandwich.

Her thoughts: "The most interesting looking sandwich with the smallest amount of flavor."

MDR Dessert Day Five

This is the Banana Split.

The majority of the table ordered it and seemed to enjoy it. I had a little taste and liked it. Not as good as DQ's, though.

13 hours ago, mytern2 said:

I think you've mentioned most of our favorites! Also love NOLA and for a relaxed genteel brunch, Commander's Palace.

It's on my list for my next visit! Can't wait!

On 10/31/2018 at 3:22 PM, Dreams42Day said:

Love. Love. Love this review!! Thank you so much!! A couple questions-

1) You mentioned a discussion on the unlimited arcade package-- I am interested in your thoughts on this?

2) You mentioned having a 12yo and a 14yo. My son will be 13yo when we do this cruise...did you feel comfortable letting them do activities on the ship alone? Did they seem to remember where everything was or get lost? 

Thanks for putting so much time and effort into your post!!

We thought the arcade package was a great deal and totally worth it. Our kids loved it and spent a lot o time there getting their game fix. We purchased in advance for the discount.

Games that give tickets or prizes are not included.

Here are the games I remember at the arcade that were included:

Guitar Hero

Air Hockey

Pac Man Smash (hyper air hockey)

Big Game Hunter

Terminator

(another shooting game)

Big Rig Racing Game

4 person Racing

2 Person racing

2 Person racing- motorcycle

Pirate themed shooting game

Ms Pac Man/Galaga

Roller Coaster Simulator

another simulator- alien theme I think?

At O'Sheehans, it included:

Basketball Games

Pool

Darts

2 person Racing Game

Big Game hunter

Note:

Bowling at O'Sheehan's is not included- That is $6.  Deal or No Deal is not included. Skee-Ball is not included.

We did feel comfortable letting the explore and walk to places. Our 12 yr old went alone a few times. He has a really good sense of direction and he got confused a couple times early on. Nothing that made him panic- just that he thought he was FWD and was really AFT. Knowing that the fish are the carpet are swimming to the front of the ship helps. The info screens near the elevator banks are helpful in finding your way.

We also paid to use the NCL app on the ship to communicate via text with the kids. It is $10 a device. Our boys would text us inside the app to let us know where they were. It was nice piece of mind and we thought it worked well. It's not as simple as regular texting- you do have to check for messages. They do not always pop up on the main screen. 

On 10/31/2018 at 7:10 AM, JennyLou97 said:

I got so hungry reading this!  It really created excitement for my upcoming cruise (I leave on Sunday) out of Miami!  Thank you for the amazing photos and entertaining descriptions.  I appreciate the time it took to put this thread together.  I started reading the day you were posting and found myself refreshing it over and over to see your new posts.  I just finished it today (because of time constraints) but am truly looking forward to all the wonderful foods!  I lost 10 lbs and for sure plan on gaining at least some of it back but I paid $$ for this vacation and I am going to enjoy every savory bite of it!!!  🙂 Thank you again for your amazing review!!!

Glad you enjoyed! Enjoy your cruise and congrats on your hard work! Next week will be a blast 🙂