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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 11, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14120

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The breakaway is a fabulous ship with modern, well appointed staterooms and shipboard areas and activities.  However...the people you have to share that thing with are always a treat.  Night 1 I had to call security on someone 2 doors down for screaming drunken madness and slamming.  It was a big thug wannabe and his unfortunate GF getting back at her dad for something.  Of course people in the area were huge cowards and stayed in their staterooms while I took action before this girl started getting bounced off walls.  That got cleared up and not a peep from him the rest of the trip...prob has warrants.  Food in the better restaurants is always top notch...even the italian place stepped up its game.  Had a great convo with Mario Markovic at the coffee bar and made friends with most of the cool staff at the Vibe beach club which is now a no brainer for all future cruises.  (Nate and Jesse and their friends were a great bonus to an already stellar trip).  

 

Embarkation was a breeze, because we dont flip attitude to the staff we got priority lineup and getting off was even easier early at 745 which is a new option.  Listen to the staff people, stop flipping shade and making demands for all your special wanna-needs.  Also please remember, stairs are for walking, not sitting but the porch dwellers seem to need to be in the way for some odd reason.  Great stirrup cay was perfect, Nassau was awesome because we stayed on the boat sunning at Vibe in the hot tubs instead of being harrassed to buy fake handbags and cigars from the locals.  Same with Florida...why would you ever get off the boat there!?  It's still Florida...hi JEB!

 

Staff on this boat is top notch as long as your not ignorant towards them.  Elliot at Maltings bar recognized me right away from last trip and greeted me with a warm hug and a smile.  Guest services are top notch and even the security guards who came up to back me up were thoughtful and de-escalating in their attitudes.  I always feel like a member of the family and my wife and I will always enjoy the ship.  Cant wait to be back in January for the 2 week Southern car. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
No kids allowed...they hate being dragged around anyway and they can never sit still for more than 10 mins at the specialty restaurants they obviously dont like. Dont forget...pizza, fries and ice cream 3x a day! They also clearly own their parents..always good for a laugh.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Same as always. Shower too small but we use the Spa for that, kinda funky in the bathroom this time but with all the guests grossness passing through I can only imagine what gets tossed down drains. Lots of noise in balcony staterooms when people cant handle their booze but squaring off and telling them whats what always works.

Ship tip

Forget the elevators...people are ignorant and won't move back and the fact that the "splash academy?" is on 12 and the little rugrats are constantly pressing the buttons. People on the breakaway will use elevators to go down 1 floor no matter how capable they are.

Ports of call

New York, New York Did not visit port

cesspool....always good to just pass thru quickly.

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Stay on ship and enjoy. Was tickled pink to hear Disney was cancelled and the families were gona have to think on the fly.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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