Breakaway 13 Day Southern Caribbean Review with lots of pictures (plus Haven) again

[ncklhaus]

Originally posted by Bonobochick

Shanghai's was only open for dinner. It was open embarkation day.

The restaurant serves fried rice dishes too as well as standard Chinese restaurant appetizers.

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The menu doesn't change.

 

 

Do you need to make reservations for Shanghai on line before sailing or can you just walk up and book a table?

 

MARAPRINCE

 

 

No reservations. You just walk up and get seated. I'd advise going when they first open or an hour before they close.

[cage keeper]

Love these photos. We Love to snorkel. Only been to Barbados once and did the Silver Moon II. It was amazing. You would love it if you go back.

[TracyESQ]

Thanks so much Amy. I appreciate it.

It was a pleasure meeting you and hopefully we meet again some day. We are doing Breakaway again for the 7 night Florida, Nassau, and Great Stirrup Cay on December 15th.

 

 

I've been enjoying your review and all the pictures of the Breakaway in anticipation of our trip. Just realized we'll be on board with you in December. :)

[ncklhaus]

I've been enjoying your review and all the pictures of the Breakaway in anticipation of our trip. Just realized we'll be on board with you in December. :)

 

 

That's great! We are renewing our vows on our 15th wedding anniversary on December 19th. Hopefully we will be able to do it on Great Stirrup Cay. :champagne-toast:<3:D

[klo0315]

Just joining in and spent the last hour reading all the pages. You're a great writer and I'm thoroughly enjoying this review!

 

Saying prayers for your dad. I can't imagine how difficult that must be.

 

You and your daughter are adorable and really look like you had so much fun!

 

 

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[ncklhaus]

Thanks once again for following along. I know it is taking me a lot longer to do this review than I would normally like. More coming up now.

 

And to anyone that posted a comment or a kind word. Thank you. It is greatly appreciated.

[ncklhaus]

Day 10, Wednesday January 11th, Basseterre, St Kitts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ncklhaus]

Since we fell in love with snorkeling yesterday and our friends were going again today, Melissa and I decided to book the excursion with our friends. I believe it was Snorkel St Kitts.

 

 

You may have noticed that I haven't been mentioning my husband Mike much throughout this review. That's because he was sick and miserable for most of it. He never set foot off the ship from the time we boarded until we got back to NY. He went to Vibe maybe twice.

It turns out he was suffering from a gall bladder attack and a blood infection. He is very stubborn and refuses to admit when he is sick. He took Melissa's antibiotics that the ship doctor prescribed for her. When we got home, he went to his doctor and he said that those antibiotics probably saved his life. Had he gone to the ships infirmary, he probably would have been airlifted from the ship. He's still not fully himself yet. He was very overweight and since we've been home (around 6 weeks) he's lost almost 60 pounds. He was at the doctor again today and he says he's recovering slowly but steadily and will have a full physical in 2 weeks.

 

I'm trying to add more pictures to this review but I keep getting error messages. :mad:. WTH??

 

I'll keep trying.

[cincicruisers]

Since we fell in love with snorkeling yesterday and our friends were going again today, Melissa and I decided to book the excursion with our friends. I believe it was Snorkel St Kitts.

 

 

You may have noticed that I haven't been mentioning my husband Mike much throughout this review. That's because he was sick and miserable for most of it. He never set foot off the ship from the time we boarded until we got back to NY. He went to Vibe maybe twice.

It turns out he was suffering from a gall bladder attack and a blood infection. He is very stubborn and refuses to admit when he is sick. He took Melissa's antibiotics that the ship doctor prescribed for her. When we got home, he went to his doctor and he said that those antibiotics probably saved his life. Had he gone to the ships infirmary, he probably would have been airlifted from the ship. He's still not fully himself yet. He was very overweight and since we've been home (around 6 weeks) he's lost almost 60 pounds. He was at the doctor again today and he says he's recovering slowly but steadily and will have a full physical in 2 weeks.

 

I'm trying to add more pictures to this review but I keep getting error messages. :mad:. WTH??

 

I'll keep trying.

 

Oh my that is scary being that sick on a cruise. Hopefully Mike will be feeling better soon.

[UnaPalomita]

Since we fell in love with snorkeling yesterday and our friends were going again today, Melissa and I decided to book the excursion with our friends. I believe it was Snorkel St Kitts.

 

 

You may have noticed that I haven't been mentioning my husband Mike much throughout this review. That's because he was sick and miserable for most of it. He never set foot off the ship from the time we boarded until we got back to NY. He went to Vibe maybe twice.

It turns out he was suffering from a gall bladder attack and a blood infection. He is very stubborn and refuses to admit when he is sick. He took Melissa's antibiotics that the ship doctor prescribed for her. When we got home, he went to his doctor and he said that those antibiotics probably saved his life. Had he gone to the ships infirmary, he probably would have been airlifted from the ship. He's still not fully himself yet. He was very overweight and since we've been home (around 6 weeks) he's lost almost 60 pounds. He was at the doctor again today and he says he's recovering slowly but steadily and will have a full physical in 2 weeks.

 

I'm trying to add more pictures to this review but I keep getting error messages. :mad:. WTH??

 

I'll keep trying.

 

 

Haven't commented in a while but I am still following along!! Can't believe what happened to your husband! I thought he was at the casino the whole time as you girls were hanging out on the beaches. So sorry to read about his gall bladder issues :( What bad luck. :( Wishing him a speedy recovery!! You guys definitely need to rebook so he can experience all the fun times! We are looking at the Western Caribbean 2 weeks on the Epic for 2019!

[easyboy]

You may have noticed that I haven't been mentioning my husband Mike much throughout this review. That's because he was sick and miserable for most of it. He never set foot off the ship from the time we boarded until we got back to NY. He went to Vibe maybe twice.

It turns out he was suffering from a gall bladder attack and a blood infection. He is very stubborn and refuses to admit when he is sick. He took Melissa's antibiotics that the ship doctor prescribed for her. When we got home, he went to his doctor and he said that those antibiotics probably saved his life. Had he gone to the ships infirmary, he probably would have been airlifted from the ship. He's still not fully himself yet. He was very overweight and since we've been home (around 6 weeks) he's lost almost 60 pounds. He was at the doctor again today and he says he's recovering slowly but steadily and will have a full physical in 2 weeks.

 

I'm trying to add more pictures to this review but I keep getting error messages. :mad:. WTH??

 

I'll keep trying.

Wow, losing 60 lbs is great, but not by being sick, Hope he gets to fully recover soon.

[ncklhaus]

I am REALLY trying to continue with this review and post the pictures from the morning of St Kitts. For some reason, even though I uploaded them to my photo hosting site from my phone, and I can see them on the hosting site through my phone, I can't see them on my Kindle, which is where I do my review.

I am getting SO frustrated. :mad:

Plus, when I try to continue the review from my phone, all of the pictures are out of order. I'm not talking just mixed up a little. I mean the photos I uploaded in the past few days are mixed in with the photos from our cruise in 2005! Seriously!!??

 

In the meantime, I may just skip the St Kitts morning (breakfast in O'Sheehan's) and just skip to the pictures my friend Jane took in St Kitts.

[ncklhaus]

So after the breakfast in O'Sheehan's and beautiful views of St Kitts from our balcony, which I will hopefully be able to post soon, we were off the ship. The meeting place for our excursion was at the end of the pier, under a tarp/tent with not enough seats for everyone. No biggie. We were going snorkeling again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a wait of around 20 minutes, our guides showed up and walked us through a gate that led to the Marina. The name of the boat we were boarding....Daddy's Girl.

 

Once again, this excursion provided you with gear and a mandatory life best. The excursion in Barbados had optional vests. Needless to say, by the end of the excursion, I was happy that I had the best.

 

 

Melissa and her kid sized flippers

 

 

Me, Melissa, and our friend Jane. These are her pictures.

 

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Heading out to the snorkeling spot

 

 

Ugh. These pictures are out of order too. Sorry. I'll do my best to keep them chronological. But no promises.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into the water!!

 

 

[purepixie67]

Just to say thank you for your review - I am really enjoying all the pictures.

[ncklhaus]

Just to say thank you for your review - I am really enjoying all the pictures.

 

 

Thank you! Lots more to come. I debugged my photo hosting site and I'm able to post MY pictures again.

[ncklhaus]

Back to the morning of St Kitts.

 

We woke up to this view.

 

 

This ship was next to us

 

 

 

 

 

 

There must have been a few big groups traveling together because you can see that the balcony dividers were removed to make very large balconies.

 

 

 

[ncklhaus]

We went down to O'Sheehan's for breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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No breakfast on a cruise would be complete without an extra spicy Bloody Mary. They made them STRONG!!

 

 

 

We got off the ship to head to the meeting place for our excursion. I thought the Celebrity Reflection had a really cool rear end. Lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ncklhaus]

Melissa was ready to go!

 

 

 

The snorkeling boat was nice and spacious.

 

And now back to my friends pictures of the actual snorkeling excursion.

[ncklhaus]

Please forgive me if a few pictures are duplicates.

 

The Daddy's Girl from the water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Off to the next snorkeling spot

 

 

 

Back in the water