Public Sundeck on Norwegian Breakaway

It was so nice to be able to get a lounge chair wherever you wanted to sit . This has never happened on previous cruises.

NCL put a large smoking area in between the pool and the kiddy pool. The smoking area has a glass strip around it but it is open below knees and above your head and totally open in front. Obviously the smoke is not at all contained by the glass strip. This makes the whole area a smoking area. Great for smokers because they don't have to leave the public area to smoke. Bad for everyone else. Obviously NCL caters to smokers and doesn't car about everyone else.... Deck is small for the number of passengers. Upper decks are closed when windy. On a normal ship you can always find a deck chair in prime time somewhere but not on the Breakaway class. No poolside grill but the buffet is not too far. A curse on chair hogs! Get there early or late for hot tub.

The only time that NCL seemed to put chairs out for use was during afternoons while ship was in port. We actually like to go out in the ports. Isn't that one of the reasons to take a particular itinerary? After ship leaves ports, all the chairs are stacked and locked up, even though it is warm, the sun is out, and the weather is nice. Everyone is wandering around trying to find a chair to use, but NCL has decided that no one can anymore.

Not nearly as crowded as I had been told, but I am sure that depends on how full the ship is.