Disappointing Ship

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

hshackford

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

14 Night Southern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10794

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We sailed the Gem last year so we were expecting a similar experience. First disappointment; there is no big lounge at the bow. The front is occupied by the Haven section. Second disappointment, The public seating is terrible. The cushions are hard and most seats are too deep for back support. Most seating is in high traffic areas so it is difficult to find a place to curl up with a good book; especially in the first and last sea days where it is too cold to be outside.

The cabin, a mini-suite was very nice with a spacious bathroom. The shower is very large with a rain showerhead and 6 horizontal jets that you can direct to different parts of your body. There was no chair and the couch was again too deep for comfortable sitting. The outside deck was average; just deep enough to sit facing out.

The entertainment was OK. The theater was surprisingly small, only one level, and the headliner shows had to run over a couple of days so you lost some theater days as a result. The best entertainment we thought was the duelling pianos. Again, that was an uncomfortable venue that had wooden chairs with no seat pad arranged in rows like a theater rather than a typical small table setup.

Service was OK. Cabin attendant was not friendly and we had to repeatedly ask for things to be re-stocked. She did keep it clean though.

For the most part the meals were good in the complimentary dining to excellent in the extra cost (Cagney's steakhouse was the best).

No problem finding seating around the pool. Drink service was good but the music was a bit loud at times in the afternoon. We did not do too many excursions as we chose to make this a chill out vacation. See below for a bad experience.

All in all we adapted and made the best of it and did have a nice relaxing vacation but I will probably not sail on the Breakaway again.