BACKGROUND

I was on the 7/6/14 to 7/13/14 NCL Breakaway sailing to Bermuda from New York City. I traveled with my wife and son. Also on the sailing were my sister, her partner and her partner’s parents (celebrating 50th wedding anniversary, I’ll refer to them as The Parents even though not my parents). We live in South Jersey, but didn’t want to take any chances with traffic so stayed in NYC on Saturday night. I used points with Hilton, so it only cost the overnight parking, so it was worth it not to stress about traffic in the morning. We had a Haven Forward Facing Penthouse with Balcony (10706) cabin. My sister was in an Ocean View cabin that faced forward and was right next to our cabin (10704). The Parents were in a Haven Spa Suite with Balcony on 14. We were originally in a mini suite and upgraded to the Haven about 2 weeks prior to the cruise, the same thing with The Parents, they were in a handicap accessible balcony and upgraded prior to the cruise. One of the Parents, I’ll call him Bob rented a scooter and used it to get around the ship.

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