Not So Good

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3
Author: bert5611

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

bert5611

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 13, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14874

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The entertainment was wonderful with the exception of the DJ blasting his bass to the degree that our bed shook! We were on the 14th floor and on back to back nights couldn't sleep until the DJ was done (1:00 a.m.). Yes, we did notify guest relations via telephone the first night (twice) and then on night #2 personally went down at 11:30 and then again at 12:15 a.m. and asked them to please decrease the bass. We might be able to sleep through loud music, but we can't sleep with a room that is vibrating due to the obnoxious bass blasting. Evidently there wasn't anything that could be done to stop the bass. We weren't the only ones impacted - in speaking with others they had chosen not to go to guest services but were going to use their travel agent, Travelocity, facebook etc to voice their complaints.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Other than the DJ blasting his bass until 1:00 a.m. and keeping passengers awake on Deck 14 Aft - the entertainment was very good.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship was clean (it is also very new).

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

With the exception of the DJ's loud music (specifically booming bass) until 1:00 a.m. keeping us awake - the cabin was spacious and clean. Our grandson traveled with us and he slept comfortably on the couch.

Ship tip

Don't book a room on the Aft portion of the ship for the top floors unless you tend to stay up until 1 in the morning.

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10 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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alioop 8 years ago

Also..thanks to all for this review on deck 14 aft, great info. We will probably keep the floor we are on but will bring really good earplugs !! I am handicapped & require a handicap cabin and we love the view from the back, just hoping my wheelchair will fit on the balcony ! 😟

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alioop 8 years ago

My husband and I are not so concerned about noise on deck 14 aft facing as much as the size of the balcony ? On deck 9 aft facing the balcony was huge. I understand deck 14 balconies are smaller ...Bert5611 can you tell me if the balcony was large enough for a lounge chair ? Or anyone else that can help us with this ..thanks ! 😀

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alioop 8 years ago

Thanks ! Excited about having our room in the back again ..a lovely view !!

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cruisinfools 8 years ago

you should be fine @alioop

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alioop 8 years ago

I'm booked aft facing deck 14 ..now I'm wondering if I should switch floors ? We were aft facing deck 9 in October & had no problems.

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bumpy2001 8 years ago

we had no problems room 14170. had a ball

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cruisinfools 8 years ago

when we did the Breakaway we were on deck 14 mid-ship with a balcony. Never had a noise issue.

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sweetliberty13 8 years ago

I recall from our experience two years ago deck 14 is quite loud, quite late...just from passing through.

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