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Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4
Author: DCP

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

DCP

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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19 Night Bahamas & Southern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 27, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8754

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The Breakaway is large ship and can get crowded, but smart planning can help you avoid it. For example, be tender group A for the island, and we stumbled upon Charlie Love and his band- excellent entertainment, by avoiding the over-crowded dueling pianos. The food was great, especially Moderno and Teppanyaki, and the staff was always very helpful and friendly. Shout out to the bartenders at Shakers! We stayed in a balcony on the 8th floor, and it was comfortable. My advice is to get a room more forward than midship to avoid the loud shuffleboard players outside your room- would've been a bigger negative if we spent more time in the room, but we were out enjoying ourselves with excursions and everything the ship offers. Universal was overcrowded and we got there late, the island was fantastic, and Atlantis, while pricey, was also very nice. If you can, get a pass for the 18+ Vibe beach club on the ship- worth the $100 per person, but they sell a limited number.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

44 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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nitehawk41 8 years ago

my cabin was 9282, portside

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

starboard side

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

I was actually on deck nine in my room when onto the balcony... I'm like what the beep

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

Did u see the F 18 buzz the ship before we hit Florida

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

yeah we are on deck 16 midship all I heard was the ships horns go off... probably woke up the whales and sharks

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

did u guys go up top for the New Years Eve Party

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

here's mine, easier..Nite6453@gmail.com

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

yes sir

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

email info correct?

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

check your inbox I sent you an email

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

I bet we were on the same line we got back around 5 o'clock

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

was in a large group of 15... we were sitting in the back under the tent.... Bing pong... hello ladies and gentlemen this is Scott your cruise director please proceed to the auditorium

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

but once on the Island it was cool..coming back we got stuck on the long line back to the Tenders.It was just about dark out when we got back.

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

lol

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

lol..yea it was crazy.. Yea I thought we were either going to cancel or the tender was going to flip...loll It was a rough 8 minutes!

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

thought my tender was going to tip over lol

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

what a moron

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

Yes..how crazy was that..Once announcement by Scott the CD to begin to board tenders.Then the staff saying standby...that was crazy..

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

were you waiting in Spiegel tent?

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

yes...

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

nitehawk..we're you on the December 27th?

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

Best advice I got while booking that cruise is book all excersions, restaurants and shows online as that made things much easier once onboard. And the tip about brining a power strip was great, because there was only two outlets in our Balcony cabin. The power strip allowed us to plug in our phones, Tablets, etc to charge at once.

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

I also had a Cabana and I was thinking not all these people have Cabanas.I was told that anyone with an excersion on the island as well as Haven guest get a priority tender.

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

if you are in the haven you have priority tender. if you book a cabana you have a priority tender. everything else first come first serve however I had a priority tender due to a cabana people cut through imagine that...

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jwburnett 8 years ago

How do you pick what tender group you will be in?

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esm54687 8 years ago

Whole cruise

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lydonfra 8 years ago

is the 100 for vibe for the whole cruise or 1 day

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esprit 8 years ago

no, you don't.

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jwburnett 8 years ago

Do you have to have a suite to get a pass for the vibe??

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esm54687 8 years ago

We are doing the Stingray thing at GSC but thanks for that tip

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

Cabana at GSC was worth every penny

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esprit 8 years ago

we did. its sooo worth it. actually, with the obc, its the same price

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esm54687 8 years ago

Got it!! Thank you!! Did you also do the cabana? If I do the Vibe then I would definitely pursue the cabana..... it's the uncertain weather and if it was too chilly Appreciate your feedback

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esprit 8 years ago

2 days were chilly, but we used it anyway

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esm54687 8 years ago

because you also said "unless you bundle up"

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esm54687 8 years ago

Usable or Unusable?

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esprit 8 years ago

we used the vibe the week of nov 15th..usable 5 of 7 days unless you bundle up. its worth the money especially the cabana

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nitehawk41 8 years ago

the F 18 buzzed the ship twice. .That was pretty cool

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esm54687 8 years ago

I am torn about Vibe because I will be travelling in March. I see you went in December so the weather is semi comparable..... is it too cold to be hanging out in the Vibe during winter months? How much use did you really enjoy up there? Thanks in advance

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nurselife 8 years ago

Loved Teppanyaki. Cagney's was great too.

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

I just saw you were on deck 8... the first day at sea , did you see F 18 buzz the ship

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ajwalkin 8 years ago

shuffleboard is on starboard side. I didn't find it annoying. I was on deck 9. We're you on the New Year's cruise? Nice tender boat ride to GSC. lol

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