Help with Breakaway

[stevetod]

Looking at the Breakaway on July 5th and have a few concerns. I imagine with a ship this large the wait time for dinner could be more than 30 minutes? Also since the shows cannot handle the large amount of people on the ship, does that mean there would be nights that a new show may not be available because they are repeating shows to accomodate the over 4,000 people? What is the situation with elevators with that many people?

 

I was on the Celebrity Summit last year and wanted to try another ship. Please help.

Thanks,

Steve

[NJ Johnny]

We were on the Breakaway the end of last June. It was a full ship with 4900 passengers. We made reservations for the shows that we wanted to see ahead of time before the cruise (at the 45 day mark) and really didn't have any problems with a wait for MDR's. We did have VIP status last year, so on a few nights had Reservations already made for the restaurants through the concierge. There are two banks of elevators and we never had a problem getting on - maybe only waited a few minutes to get in one. It's a great ship and we will be going again this year. In fact it's the sailing that you are looking at. If you decide on this sailing, please join our roll call and consider joining our Meet & Greet. Carol

[nycmode]

Been on the Breakaway twice (Bermuda in May, Bahamas in March)

To answer your question:

 

On both sailings with the ship fully booked in Bermuda and almost sold out in Bahamas ...

 

1. MDR waiting time was never an issue. The reason this was the case was a lot of people actually went to eat at Taste and/or Savor - which are smaller/alternate MDRs one deck below the Manhattan room. That helped ease the congestion. The Manhattan room is also quite large and can accommodate a lot of diners. The only issue was the somewhat slow service.

 

2. There were plenty of entertainment options. If you booked your show in advance, you can spread it out throughout a 7 day cruise easily. The first night is the preview/variety show, so that takes care of day 1. Rest of the way if you did Burn the Floor, Rock of Ages, Cirque Dreams, Second City, Dueling Pianos and Fat Cats that will easily cover you through the week. There's also plenty of secondary entertainment options like the game shows, not-so-newlywed game, live bands around the ship etc. You won't have much duplicity unless you actually see the exact same show twice.

 

3. Elevators were not crowded except for embarkation and disembarkation day. They are plenty of elevators forward and aft. I never ran into any issues during the duration of the cruise, except for obviously when people were all leaving a show at the same time or on the rare occasion a big group of people returned from port at the same time.