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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 07:23 pm | 1st Post |
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I posted this on the "dark side" as well, but thought I'd share here for those that don't visit over there!
Okay, I’m having a bit of trouble starting this review. Do I mention that we’d been on the Dream in May on her cruise-to-nowhere? I think I have to just to set the mood so to speak. We had booked that cruise as it was a good chance to scope out the Dream before our cruise in June, plus it’s not far from home, so why not? That was not a good cruise, and I refrained from reviewing it as I felt that the issues the Dream suffered from on those two days were a “hiccup” and that our 7-day cruise would be a true test of what the Dream was made of. Better to wait and write my review when I had a handle on what folks could really expect. But the experience did leave us a little conservative in our expectations, and after being told on the CTN that the Dream would receive no Freestyle 2.0 upgrades, a little bummed as well.
Did that dampen our enthusiasm for sailing to Bermuda once again? Heck no! This would be out seventh cruise from Boston to Bermuda in 6 years and we are just as excited each and every time. We’d been watching the reports come back from those sailing the Dream with keen interest. Her first two trips to Bermuda she’d been forced to bypass St. George and dock in Hamilton due to strong winds. Boo! But we took this philosophically and scoped out things in Hamilton just in case we ended up there. The reviews posted to Cruise Critic each week were improving, so things were looking good. Oh, yeah, and this would be our first cruise after attaining “gold” status. It had taken us over six years to achieve this level and we were curious to find out what all of the fuss was about.
The day finally arrived and as always we had a tough time making ourselves wait until a reasonable hour before racing to the pier. We always aim for 11:30 arrival figuring that by the time we’re checked in it’s time for lunch. We got to Black Falcon terminal and as usual DH dropped me off with our luggage and went to park the car. Ah, here things were a little different. Instead of the porters approaching you to whisk away your bags, you needed to stand in line. Not a big deal, but something to be aware of if you’re being dropped off with 5 pieces of luggage with the expectation that everything will be taken care of by the time DH returns from the parking garage. I stood there awhile figuring out the logistics and did maneuver myself into line before DH got back. Once in line, things progressed quickly, and our luggage was soon off of our hands.
The line for Latitudes was the longest we’d ever seen and Black Falcon doesn’t have a separate line for Gold and Platinum members. However, we showed our cruise ticket to the gentleman herding the masses, which clearly stated that we were “gold”, and he whisked us to the front of the line. We felt a bit guilty about this, but got over it fairly quickly. ;-) Before you knew it we were on board and lo and behold, wasn’t there a waiter with a tray brimming with complimentary Freestyle 2.0 champagne? Woo-hoo!
Our room wasn’t ready yet, but we knew that we could drop off our carry-on bags. We were in a CC superior oceanview and have to say it was a very nice room. Very spacious with a small couch, two chairs and a coffee table in front of a floor-to-ceiling window. I must say this was the cleanest window we’d ever seen in a non-balcony room. Little spray nozzles pointed at the window from the outside clued us in to the Dream’s success at keeping her windows clean. Unfortunately the room had the same micro bathroom as the regular oceanview cabin, but, hey, look at that…more complimentary champagne, in bottle form this time, chilling in a silver bucket. Sweet!
We decided to have lunch in the Terraces restaurant as the Dream doesn’t have the covered outdoor seating that the Majesty has. Plus it was well into the 90’s and very humid on this day. We’d seen this menu on four previous cruises and found the food to be adequate, but would love a new menu at this point! After lunch we explored the Dream, reacquainting ourselves with her quirky layout. Our room was on deck 9 forward and in order to get there you had to go through the Four Seasons restaurant, or if you were on deck 10 you had to go through the Stardust Theater then down a flight of stairs. On the plus side, we found that the Dream has a lot more deck space than the Majesty (or perhaps even the Gem). Between the main pool area and sun area, the pool on deck 9 aft (which was the quiet zone) and deck areas both aft and forward, there really was a lot of places for people to lay out or grab a chair and a good book. At one point we walked by Le Bistro and easily made dinner reservations for the following night.
The public areas of the ship are very well maintained. She’s very clean and I found her lighter colors to be a pleasing contrast compared to the darker décor of the Majesty. Both main dining rooms and the Trattoria have large windows allowing you to take in the scenery while you dine. The Stardust Theater is much larger than I’d expect on a ship of her size, but I did hear from the CD Fith that he’s gotten complaints about their disco as compared to the Majesty. I could understand that as the Dream’s disco is really just a small dance floor in the middle of deck 10, rather than its own dedicated space like on the Majesty.
Time flew and next thing we knew it was time for the muster drill. Since it was really hot I dawdled a bit so I wouldn’t have to stand outside forever in the sweltering heat. The muster drill was a bit disorganized. The person with the clip board, noting your cabin number was planted at one end and wasn’t calling out room numbers. I finally walked down to her and gave her our room number as I definitely didn’t want to attend the make-up session the next day! When they went over the details of what to expect in the case of emergency over the loud speaker, you couldn’t hear a word that was being said. All in all, it was a complete waste of time. Thank goodness we never needed those unheard instructions!
We finally eased away from the pier at around 4:45, about 45 minutes late. Per the captain this was so we could take on fresh water. Maybe that’s why she’s left late on all prior Bermuda cruises as well? We love sailing out of Boston Harbor and are always out in the front of the ship. I refrained from taking my normal 30 or so pictures of sailboats and limited it to a couple of scenic shots. Before you knew it we’d dropped off the Pilot, and the casino and shops were open!
Tip! Make your liquor purchases that first night as it’s 10% off on most items that night. Plus you don’t run the risk of them running out of something you want to buy…which did happen to us once!
We decided to keep it casual for dinner and went to the buffet. Aha! Tablecloths and flickering candles on the tables were evidence of another Freestyle 2.0 sighting. The food was okay, not great but okay. I had some pasta from the pasta station that wasn’t bad, but it was pretty much what we expected from the buffet (unless you’re on one of the newer ships where the menus are definitely an improvement).
Later that night we were going through the various letters that were left in our cabin and found a surprise. Le Bistro was open for breakfast and lunch for the VIP’s. This was something new and completely unexpected. (We were later to find out that ours was the first cruise that this was being offered on.)
That first breakfast I ended up having the Crab Cake Benedict and DH had the filet mignon and eggs. Yum! Needless to say we thoroughly enjoyed each of our breakfast experiences there. We did skip it a couple of times while in port as we wanted something quick, but what a nice treat! The first lunch we had offered a different menu from the main dining room, but subsequent lunches offered the exact same items. However, I know that they’re still rolling out Freestyle 2.0 and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the lunch menus change.
The weather was great and the seas calm (we had a smooth ride on the way down and on the return) so that first sea day we just found nooks and crannies around the ship to relax in. There is nothing like sailing on the open water to relax you.
That evening was the VIP cocktail party and there DH spoke with HD Monique Barnhoorn and got the scoop on 2.0. She said that NCL higher-ups had taken note of the hue and cry on Cruise Critic and had come out to the ship two weeks previously to discuss what could be done. The group included HD extraordinaire Klaus Lugmaier who is currently heading up the Freestyle 2.0 rollout. We were bummed to have missed Klaus by such a small window! Obviously they couldn’t upgrade the bedding and turn the buffet into action stations, but they agreed to make many of the “soft” changes that were part of Freestyle 2.0. In addition to the changes already mentioned, we noticed that they’d set up a Latitudes Lounge (just outside of the Trattoria), we were able to select the fruits we wanted for our fruit basket, and we got our cookies on the last night of the cruise. We spoke with the Executive Chef, Christoph Escbach, later in the week and he said that they would implement some menu changes, but couldn’t do everything because they didn’t have the equipment (never would have thought of that).
We killed some time after the cocktail party and had a martini before dinner. Oddly, during most of the cruise, our martinis were served in margarita glasses making me think there was a shortage of martini glasses? No biggie, but odd and notable!
We had almost skipped LeBistro this time out as we’ve never liked this menu as much as the previous menu. However we figured we’d try the Chef’s Tasting menu this time for something new. We ordered the Chateaubriand but I switched out the Foie Gras appetizer for my beloved escargot. The meal was very good, but the service was SLOW. We actually ended up leaving without having dessert and although we enjoyed the food, we didn’t find it to be worth the additional cover charge.
Anyhoo, moving on, we retired that evening wondering if we were going to make it to St. George. We’d been watching the posted weather reports and the predicted wind speed made things a bit iffy. Sure enough, we got up in the morning and boy was it windy! It was overcast, so it took awhile for Bermuda to appear on the horizon. While we were waiting though, we looked down and saw two dolphins swimming next to the ship. Cool! When Bermuda did appear, we noticed that were approaching the island from a different angle than we were accustomed to on the Majesty, so we thought for sure we were heading for Hamilton. Oh, well, it’s still Bermuda, right? Well as we’re watching the island grow closer I say to DH, “Isn’t that the Club Med? And Fort St. Catherine? And isn’t that the Town Cut?” Heck, yeah, it was St. George on the horizon! The Captain made an announcement that despite the wind, he was going for it. “But it’s going to be a tight fit, so keep your fingers off the railings!” he joked.
As you near Bermuda be sure to go the front of the ship and check out Fith, the CD. He makes a big show of appearing in full snorkel gear, fins and all at the crew hot tub, which is on deck seven. He makes a great production of “diving” several times in the hot tub before finally pulling out a “fish”.
Gates Fort was looming on the starboard side, but wait, no Town Crier?? Oh, yeah, we remembered, he hides sometimes. Sure enough, we spotted him hunkered down behind the cannon. We were so pleased to see him that we almost didn’t notice that we were approaching the Town Cut at a speed approximating “Mach 2”. We guess that by going fast, the Captain eliminated any chance of our entry being affected by the wind. I felt bad for the Town Crier though…we saw and heard the cannon blast, heard him ring his bell…and that was pretty much it. We were by him as though we had been fired from that cannon!
Oh it was wonderful to be in St. George’s Harbor and so weird to see the Majesty already docked! I took plenty of photos of her parked at Ordnance Island as I’d never gotten pictures from that angle. Oddly, we didn’t execute our turn in the harbor (perhaps because of the wind??), but pulled straight up to our pier. We wondered if people would be confused at not seeing the Majesty on the Dream’s web cam?
This first day, we took it easy as it was very overcast and therefore very humid and sticky. We wandered around the town, up to Somers Garden and St. Peter’s Church and did some shopping (naturally). We hit the White Horse for happy hour but found that they’d really jacked up their prices. Up to $4.75 from $3.00, which was still cheaper than the ship, but their regular prices were now the same as on board. We opted to have dinner here as well, and although we stuck to “pub grub”, we spent a good chunk. Expect to pay about double what you would back home if you eat out on the island. Tuesday night is Market Night and there is entertainment and vendors selling their wares on the Town Square. This is the first time in all of our trips that we got to see the Town Crier enact out his little play revolving around the ducking stool from start to finish. The show is very entertaining and well worth a look if you happen to catch it.
Wednesday we had a reconnaissance mission out at the Dockyard to attend to, so we caught the first ferry. A 2-day bus pass is $20 pp and covers both buses and ferries. The Dawn was already in port and we took many photos of her and the Dockyard as we will be on her in October. It was for our fellow roll call members that we made our way out to the west side of the island to scope things out. There is a “mall” with a number of shops, a couple of pubs, a craft market, the Snorkel Park (which also boasts a bar w/ vittles), the Maritime Museum and Dolphin Dip. The “fort ambiance” is not bad to look at, but must admit a preference for the pastel colored houses dotting the landscape of St. George’s. We dined at the Frog and Onion and eyed their beer sampler ($10.50 for 6 oz each of five micro-brewed varieties), but decided to wait until next time.
Once back at St. George we just took it easy, again walking around and hitting the White Horse for a Dark and Stormy or two. We had dinner at the Four Seasons on the ship. There wasn’t a wait (a blessing of days at port) and the dinner was good, although if pressed I don’t remember what we had. I do recall that we were seated by the window and had a wonderful view of the harbor.
I want to pause here to comment about our assistant room steward, Neil Feuntes. He was excellent, calling us by name before we’d even “officially” met. He even greeted us by name when we were boarding after one of our jaunts and he was on his way out for some down time (we almost didn’t recognize him in his civvies). On Wednesday we chatted about the crew party that they always have on the beach, especially when two Norwegian ships are in port. The crew members have a fantastic time and Neil was especially looking forward to fishing. Whatever he caught on Wednesday was apparently small, but tasty. LOL! He was fun to talk with and a sheer pleasure.
Thursday had two missions on the agenda. First, watch the Majesty sail through the Town Cut and second, hit the Swizzle Inn for lunch. We walked up to Gates Fort and then on to Alexandra Battery and the small beach adjacent. We hung out, enjoyed the sun and watched fellow cruisers scouring the small beach for sea glass. We returned to Gates Fort and took up our positions to watch the Majesty. You can’t really see beyond the Cut into the harbor so I climbed the small set of stairs to the top of the fort to see if I could make anything out from that vantage point. Nope, but I did hear the Majesty’s horn give out three long blasts, so I knew she was on her way.
We were joined by some locals and a few other people. The locals filled us in on the fact that when the ships are half way through the Cut they displace so much water that giant rocks break the surface of the water. Also the side of the Cut where the Fort is isn’t as deep as the other side, so ships have to navigate away from the Fort, effectively making the Cut narrower than we thought.
When the Majesty made her appearance, she was a sight to behold. She literally appeared from nowhere, having been blocked from sight by trees. First you saw her nose then immediately the entire bow of the ship was right there in front of you. Before you knew it she had drawn abreast of you, and although she is small by today’s standards, she looks mighty impressive as she steams ahead only 50 feet from you. I snapped a bunch of photos and was really glad that we’d checked this off our “bucket list”.
A quick glance at the watch told me that it was after noon and that meant Swizzle time. A forced march back to the ship (how does the walk manage to be uphill both ways?), followed by a much needed shower and we were on the bus to the Swizzle Inn. Tip! ALL busses from St. George, that aren’t going to St. David, stop at the Swizzle Inn. As long as the front of the bus doesn’t say “St. David” jump on, you are good to go. We immediately ordered a pitcher (in Swizzle speak this is always a pitcher of rum swizzle, not beer) and our lunch. The Swizzle Inn’s rum swizzle is the “original” (or so they say) and the best on the island. We can’t wait to check out their recently opened second location on the south shore when we sail again in October. It’s important to do comparative taste tests you know!
This evening we took the opportunity to go to Ordnance Island. The gates of the customs area were open as the Majesty was no longer there. Approaching the spot where the Majesty usually dwells was weird enough as it was our first time viewing St. George’s landscape without the Majesty holding reign. However to stand directly on the pier where she is normally docked was beyond surreal. Neither of us could adequately explain it, but we both agreed that to stand on that dock without the Majesty soaring above us was nearly creepy.
The next morning (our final morning on Bermuda, sniffle) we walked to Tobacco Bay to snorkel. Well wouldn’t you know that our hour or so there was the only time it rained during our vacation? Again we rolled with the flow as I simply moved our belongings to shelter and DH said the rain did a nice job rinsing him off after he emerged from the bay. For those that are at Tobacco Bay, look past the coral reefs and off into the distance. If there are ships docked at Dockyard, you can clearly see them, almost framed by the rising reefs. Really kind of cool.
Sail away was much less exciting that the sail into the harbor. We pushed away from the pier, executed a tight 180 and in less than 20 minutes, we were saying good-bye to the Pilot. Our sadness at leaving Bermuda was tempered by the knowledge that we’d be back in four months (woo-hoo!). A sail away barbeque was going full swing by the pool, but we showered off and went to Le Bistro for lunch. Although the menu was the same as in the main dining room, the more intimate atmosphere, not to mention the lack of wait, drew us in.
That evening we decided to dine at the Italian restaurant, the Trattoria. I’d enquired earlier in the week and was told that, unlike all other NCL ships, this restaurant did not require reservations. However, when I approached the podium to ask for a table, I was told that there would be a 45 minute wait. This makes me think this restaurant is just as popular as on other NCL ships and should require reservations. I decided to pass as it was already after 7:30 which is about as late as we like to eat. DH was lingering by the door to the Latitudes Lounge and I shook my head to convey the bad news. We were contemplating going to one of the main dining rooms when the F&B director, Andres Paez, exited the lounge and asked if we were dining at the Italian restaurant. I answered in the negative, explaining that the wait was too long. He told us to wait a moment to see what he could do. Three minutes later we were being seated at a table for two. That is some seriously excellent customer service! I ordered a pizza (which had been recommended by a waitress at Le Bistro) and found that it was far superior to the pizza in the “Pizzeria” (how ironic). DH had some sort of fish dish that he enjoyed. We were glad that the menu was more of the caliber of La Cucina on the Gem as opposed to the very limited menu that we were used to on the Majesty.
The next day we prepared to enjoy our last sea day and pack (boo!). I’d saved our champagne from that first day to consume while packing. I’ve found that a little bubbly helps ease the pain of vacation coming to an end! After 3:00 pm, we began keeping an eye out for porpoises. Tip! If you have calm waters on the last sea day back to Boston, after 3:00 you have an excellent chance of spotting harbor porpoises. Sure enough around 5:30 DH spotted a small pod through our window and we raced to the deck. For the next hour we kept a porpoise vigil and were finally rewarded by spotting at least a hundred of these playful mammals. We also had a bonus spotting of a whale fluking off in the distance! Finally we got hungry enough that we had to go inside and search up some vittles. We always eat in the buffet that last night just to make things easy, so up to deck twelve we went!
Our final morning we grabbed breakfast from the buffet and in the European tradition just made little sandwiches with rolls, salami, and cheese. We killed some time before meeting the concierge in the Stardust Theater for VIP disembarkation. Tip! VIP’s can take advantage of express disembarkation too if they like and will be the first group escorted off of the ship. Good to know if you need to catch a plane, or if you’re like us and once you’ve docked, you just want to get off of the ship. We didn’t know this ahead of time and didn’t feel like schlepping our bags off ourselves, so we went for traditional disembarkation.
This was a great cruise. None of the issues that had arisen on the two-night cruise remained. The Dream appeared to be fully staffed and provisioned and this time we thoroughly enjoyed our trip. I’m glad that we were able to sail her before she leaves the fleet. There is a charm to older ships that somehow the newer ships just can’t duplicate. There is also a charm to docking in St. George that we will sorely miss on our future cruises to Bermuda. I’m glad that we had the opportunity to experience both a final time.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 08:48 pm | 2nd Post |
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Yay!!! Great review Aimee! Thanks so much for posting and for checking out the dockyards. Can't wait till October.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 10:07 pm | 3rd Post |
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Nice review! Almost makes me want to desert Princess and give NCL a try....
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 12:05 am | 4th Post |
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Aimee, I've been anxiously awaiting your review, and you did not disappoint!
Was there a charge for breakfast/lunch at LeBistro? What was available in the Latitudes lounge?
We have a GG obstructed view on deck 8 (which is usually what we would book on the Majesty, only on the Majesty we were on deck 9). We are also gold latitudes members.
How was the entertainment? Not the shows, but the "around the ship" entertainment? Band on the pool deck? Was there entertainment at the other (aft) pool?
I'll think of more!
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 01:08 am | 5th Post |
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Welove2cruise2 wrote: Aimee, I've been anxiously awaiting your review, and you did not disappoint!
Was there a charge for breakfast/lunch at LeBistro? What was available in the Latitudes lounge?
We have a GG obstructed view on deck 8 (which is usually what we would book on the Majesty, only on the Majesty we were on deck 9). We are also gold latitudes members.
How was the entertainment? Not the shows, but the "around the ship" entertainment? Band on the pool deck? Was there entertainment at the other (aft) pool?
I'll think of more!
Deck 8 is good as you're only one floor away from most of the restaurants and bars!
No charge for LeBistro breakfast and lunch (yay!). We never went into the Latitudes Lounge, although a quick peek did reveal a cookies and coffee set up.
I'm glad you asked about the entertainment as I forgot to mention this in my review. We were really disappointed by the entertainment pool side. It was a 3-piece band w/ a female lead singer crooning Frank Sinatra tunes. I know that people on CC have praised this as being "relaxing" but I found it duller than dirt. Don't get me wrong, I like Frank and enjoyed hearing his music at the Star Bar on the Gem. But with the sun beating down on us as we sailed to Bermuda? I'd prefer the Caribbean flavored music that we used to have.
The aft pool was designated as the official "quiet zone" so there was no entertainment there.
It seems that NCL is gearing it's around ship entertainment to older crowds (in contrast to the twenty somethings they seem to be aiming the F3's at). There was jazz by the coffee bar on deck 9. A flutist performing w/ a keyboard player on deck 10. Not that any of this is bad to listen to when you're having a pre-dinner drink but the same trio that performed pool side was singing hits from the 50's or earlier in the Observatory lounge to a nearly empty room at 10 at night.
I feel like NCL is doing some interesting experimentation with their entertainment.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 01:24 am | 6th Post |
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Ugh, I was looking forward to listening to a caribbean band by the pool...
Guess I'll have my MP3 player charged up and bring along the speakers...
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Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 10:41 pm | 7th Post |
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Gret review.
I am glad that there were improvements from our 2 day and some Freestyle 2.0. I am going to miss going in to St. George too.
I am already booked for 2009, Boston to Bermuda on the Spirit.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 01:38 am | 8th Post |
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I may have missed your review over on the dark side, but am certainly glad I had the opportunity here. It's interesting to read how folks plan their days there on return trips. Although we've not seen Bermuda completely from your vantage point, your review managed to take me there. Thank you!
We've only been to Bermuda twice now; the latter being June 1st aboard the Dawn. The first visit was in combination with a Bahamas itinerary, so one day at Dockyard and Horseshoe Beach wasn't truly enough to experience Bermuda. So a return trip with 3 days to gallivant around was far better and I expect our next trip will be even more so.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 05:46 pm | 9th Post |
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What a treat to read your review. It really convinced me that we have to make Bermuda one of our next cruises.
I also wanted to comment that it was really fun to see Andres Paez mentioned in your review. He is a huge asset to NCL. We have sailed with him several times but on the Star. He always went out of his way to ensure that we were enjoying ourselves.
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Posted: Sun Jul 6th, 2008 02:57 am | 10th Post |
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Hi, a couple of years ago we did a west carribbean on the Dream out of New Orleans.
We had a cc cabin as well. As I think about it rather than go thru four seasons to get to the rest of the ship, we went down 1 deck which was all cabins and walked the length to where we wanted to be and surfaced like a mole!
It was better than interupting dinner or getting funny looks!
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