NCL Breakaway 12/22 to 12/29 Tidbits

[GGBNJ130]

I score this cruise a 7 out of 10

 

Not really a review, just some stuff that happened, and that I noticed

 

Some crew members were GREAT, others blew up on you for minor things like asking simple questions, not just me, but I witnessed it happen to others, and I witnessed those others threaten to go to guest services to complain. My question to a bar tender at O'Sheehan's was where I could find a glass ash tray to take to my balcony, and he went postal yelling at me "NO SMOKING SIR!!!!" when I didn't even have a cigarette lit or in view, the pack was in my pocket, eventually I found a glass ashtray sitting around and just took it w/ me to the room where it was then replaced by a plastic dome ash tray...

 

I witnessed passengers on the ship knock down an old lady w/ a cane and nobody bothered to help her up, they just stepped right over her cursing her for being in the way because they were going to be late for the show. About 10 seconds after this happened, a group of crew members helped her up...

 

Was looking forward to going to Svedka Ice Bar, but not for $50.00 (which included 2 low priced drinks) so I never went inside, I can just go to work and be inside a 4X colder freezer and drink a soft drink if I wanted to...

 

Went to Moderno w/ a 9:30pm reservation, the place closed at 10pm, our waitress for some reason flipped the cards UP on the green side when we were seated, which brought the person w/ the meat to our table as we were eating our salads, we said no thank you to what he had, he seemed to get mad, and put our cards on the red side, walked off, and didn't come back to our table again after we figured out green side up meant come, and red side meant stop...So if you go to that place, make sure your cards are red until your ready to eat all the meats...They said 20 different meats, I saw maybe 6 total come to our table over and over and over...Would of loved to have another spare rib, but the one who ignored us had them and I wasn't going to give in and call him to the table, would of rather threw some punches with him

 

Only deal in Tradewinds were cigarettes, and that's all I got, the bottles of booze were either very slightly overpriced or equal to what I can get that stuff at home for, plus tax...Same with the watches/colognes/perfumes, same price minus the tax on the ship...Passed!

 

Slot Tournament, bought my entry for $15.00 and asked the person "ok now what", they had no idea, so I asked again, "where do I go to play, and/or wait to play", they had no idea, so I went to the desk by the lotto machine and asked the girl behind the counter "Where do I go to do this slot tournament?", She had the answer because she was the one running it! I ended up winning the final! $323/Wine/Shirt

 

Bingo = Expensive ($39.95 and UP)

 

Drinks cost more money on this cruise then it did on Carnival/Royal, I just drank ice water and lemonade the entire cruise

 

Wine Tasting Classes in Moderno....A MUST DO! LOVED IT! For $15.00 plus tip/tax whatever they call it, it came out to $17.25, was prob. the best thing I did on the ship minus the casino...6 glasses of wine to try, and hear about, and at the end, you can refill at your leisure FREE!!! One incident did occur at "Old World Vs. New World" day, a lady at the next table screamed at the top of her lungs for everyone to "SHUT UP" and stop talking because she liked to enjoy her wine in peace and wanted to hear what the person giving the class was saying, and she paid for this! (as we all did pay for it stupid!) (note, the instructor was speaking at a great loud tone for everyone to hear, this lady was just RUDE and looked to be like that all the time, I even saw her talking while the instructor was talking, so)...After we all ignored her, she became the loudest table at the wine tasting class laughing out loud and saying MmMm Good, I LIKE THIS ONE, and I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE, ect ect., i'm gonna say this specific class had about 36 to 44 ppl total

 

Master Lock Gaming Machine = Addicting, Nobody won the iPad/$500 during my cruise...1 person just won a fan of $5 bills and a casino credits gift card...I played 38 times according to my bill hahaha

 

90% of this cruise's passengers were Asian, ALOT of ppl were complaining about it, and making comments about it...Didn't bother me any, some of the Asian girls were HOT!!!!

 

Loved my Aft Balcony, we're used to getting balcony rooms on the right side of the ship on whatever cruise we book, an AFT BALCONY totally blows those away!

 

Port Can. FL...ZzZzZ

 

Nassau, Bahamas....LOVED IT! Spent 90% of the time at Atlantis Paradise Island Casino, 5% at Senior Frogs, and the other 5% on the ship

 

Trying to make this review end soon, typing fast, going to Joe's Crab Shack and the mall soon, you understand lol

 

What else....Oh....O'Sheehan's food was always luke warm to ice cold...Anyone else experience this?

 

No main dining room on Breakaway! Manhattan Room is considered the main dining room, it's not what i'm used to as a cruise ship main dining room, what I am used to are main dining rooms w/ 2 or 3 levels on cruise ships...

 

Never made it to Savor or Taste

 

NCL Breakaway was HUGE, biggest cruise ship i've ever been on, yet, the first 3 days you felt the ship jolting around, sometimes alot, tho, the wind was NEVER that extreme, and the wave heights were also NEVER extreme...Was surprised that on such a big ship in mild seas it was jolting around...

 

1,500 passengers UNDER 18 on the cruise...Some were playing slots and drinking hahaha, and you constantly heard announcements in the casino that the playing age was 18+

 

2nd to last day all the slot machines malfunctioned when you hit COLLECT, EVERY machine where someone pushed COLLECT had the "Call Attendant, Handpay" blue screen, didn't matter what amount you were trying to collect...It was all fixed within 4 hours

 

2nd night at sea = Buffet INCLUDING Lobster Tails...1/2 tail per person at a time...WOW talk about craziness!

 

Elevators like on any other cruise are all filled to the limits and then some at peek times...It's normal...Then you've got the ppl w/ the scooters on the elevators who just sit by the door parked and you can't get around it to get on...Back That Thang Up!

 

Taxi rides in FL are $12 round trip to the mall or Walmart

Taxi Rides in Nassau are $8 round trip to Atlantis

 

I really would LOVE to spend a week in Atlantis

 

Looked at a watch in Atlantis, it was really nice, asked the guy "how much?", "Today sir, for you, $45,000.00".......BeJEZZUS!!!!!

 

Ok, i've gotta jet...If I think of anything else i'll reply again to this...

[kmurph22]

Hi GGBNJ,

 

I just posted a review of this cruise too. A couple of thoughts/ responses to your review:

 

Most of the staff and passengers were quite polite, I didn't experience anyone yelling at anyone. That's terrible about the old lady with the cane, I'd like to think I or my kids would have helped her up if we had been there... It was very crowded at times but we generally found ways to go against the flow, which helped.

 

I agree about the bumpiness the first couple of days, I was very surprised. The ship seemed to jitter a lot. I actually got seasick on Monday for the first time ever in 12+ cruises.

 

"90% of this cruise's passengers were Asian".... Not quite, sorry. Maybe 20%? Certainly noticeable, and more than I've seen on any other cruise though.

 

We also skipped the Ice Bar. The price is excessive.. they should just make it a one drink minimum. They would get a lot more traffic that way.

 

Similar experience at Moderno, although we didn't dine so late... we only saw like 5 different meats. Had to beg 3 times to get the lamb chop (which was eventually worth it).

 

My burger in O'Sheehans was cold the first day... but pot pie another day was wonderful and overall we were happy there. Did you eat in the bar area or in the regular table area? That might have made a difference?

 

sorry I missed the wine tasting class, I would have liked that!

[GGBNJ130]

Hi GGBNJ,

 

I just posted a review of this cruise too. A couple of thoughts/ responses to your review:

 

Most of the staff and passengers were quite polite, I didn't experience anyone yelling at anyone. That's terrible about the old lady with the cane, I'd like to think I or my kids would have helped her up if we had been there... It was very crowded at times but we generally found ways to go against the flow, which helped.

 

I agree about the bumpiness the first couple of days, I was very surprised. The ship seemed to jitter a lot. I actually got seasick on Monday for the first time ever in 12+ cruises.

 

"90% of this cruise's passengers were Asian".... Not quite, sorry. Maybe 20%? Certainly noticeable, and more than I've seen on any other cruise though.

 

We also skipped the Ice Bar. The price is excessive.. they should just make it a one drink minimum. They would get a lot more traffic that way.

 

Similar experience at Moderno, although we didn't dine so late... we only saw like 5 different meats. Had to beg 3 times to get the lamb chop (which was eventually worth it).

 

My burger in O'Sheehans was cold the first day... but pot pie another day was wonderful and overall we were happy there. Did you eat in the bar area or in the regular table area? That might have made a difference?

 

sorry I missed the wine tasting class, I would have liked that!

 

Regular table area of O'Sheehans, I did have the pot pie on the last day at sea because this asian girl I met in Nassau was there and I said ehhh might as well go to O'Sheehans again, the pot pie was like a creme of chicken soup w/ a big fluffy biscuit ontop, it was ok....I missed the first 2 wine tasting classes myself, but made it to the last one, which I heard was the most crowded of em...I'm gonna re disagree w/ you, i'm still saying 90% asian LOL....As far as Moderno, the lamb chops are all that was really coming! I had prob 3 of em' total...The chicken wrapped in bacon I had 1 piece of, that was prob the best!

[meatball_nyc]

Thanks for the info!

 

I can't wait for our Breakaway cruise and definitely going to do the wine tastings now :)

 

Happy Cruising!

 

 

 

~robin and brian~

Norwegian Breakaway 2014

Carnival Miracle 2010

Carnival Legend 2006

Every Day at Sea is a Great Day

[woodmews]

Hi GGBNJ,

 

I just posted a review of this cruise too. A couple of thoughts/ responses to your review:

 

Most of the staff and passengers were quite polite, I didn't experience anyone yelling at anyone. That's terrible about the old lady with the cane, I'd like to think I or my kids would have helped her up if we had been there... It was very crowded at times but we generally found ways to go against the flow, which helped.

 

I agree about the bumpiness the first couple of days, I was very surprised. The ship seemed to jitter a lot. I actually got seasick on Monday for the first time ever in 12+ cruises.

 

"90% of this cruise's passengers were Asian".... Not quite, sorry. Maybe 20%? Certainly noticeable, and more than I've seen on any other cruise though.

 

We also skipped the Ice Bar. The price is excessive.. they should just make it a one drink minimum. They would get a lot more traffic that way.

 

Similar experience at Moderno, although we didn't dine so late... we only saw like 5 different meats. Had to beg 3 times to get the lamb chop (which was eventually worth it).

 

My burger in O'Sheehans was cold the first day... but pot pie another day was wonderful and overall we were happy there. Did you eat in the bar area or in the regular table area? That might have made a difference?

 

sorry I missed the wine tasting class, I would have liked that!

 

 

I was also on this cruise, as far as the Ice Bar, you guys missed the boat, lol, It included 2 free drinks but the Vodka was actually free flowing, Probably had about 6 drinks. Not sure if it is always like this, but my kids called it TURBO vodka. He just kept pouring.