We enjoyed our NCL Getaway cruise vacation so much last year, that I immediately booked another vacation on her sister ship, the Breakaway for the next summer. We would have more than twelve months to wait! The cruise was booked for Aug 28th, our last week of summer, and this would be our first time to cruise in late August/early September, which is prime hurricane season. After much consideration, I felt it was safest to book another cruise to Bermuda, since it rarely sees hurricane activity. It's just a tiny speck of an island all alone in the middle of the North Atlantic. And of course, with only five days before sail away, Hurricane Gaston began slowly making it's way to Bermuda! We closely followed its track, knowing there was a possibility that our cruise could be delayed or rerouted. Lucky for us, with two days to spare, Gatson took a sharp turn east and carried away from the island. We thought we'd averted the crisis and were off to enjoy a hurricane free vacation. The only other potential for hurricane activity was just an invest east of the Caribbean that had the potential of getting into the Gulf of Mexico and strengthening. We knew it may cause some adjustments to the Caribbean itineraries but it would have no impact on our trip......or so we thought! More on that later.
We kicked off our vacation with a Mom and Me Day! Brenna and I usually have our annual Mom and Me Day just before her birthday. This year, because of travel and summer camps, we had to postpone and decided to save it for a trip to the nail salon just before our vacation. The day before we left for vacation we both got manicures and pedicures followed by a pancake breakfast at McDonald's. Then it was back home to pack-up for an early morning departure.
