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Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4
Author: pmflorio

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9828

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was the fifth on this itinerary, and the third on the Breakaway. Although the Breakaway is lovely and the designed to hide the fact that there are often over 4,000 passengers, it all comes to naught when tendering everyone to Stirrup Cay, Norwegian's private island. When just about everyone wants to get off at the same time, it lierally takes hours. These mega ships are just too large, and it seems that's all that is being built now. I just learned that my favorite ship, the Gem, is being removed from New York after next year and is being replaced by a ship even larger than the Breakaway. How sad! I guess I just will have to find a new cruise line near by with a smaller ship. (Summit)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Things are clean enough, but the pool is WAY too small for a ship this size.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The extra space in a minisuite seems all to be in the bathroom. The shower was outstanding! On the downside, whoever designed the position of the closet and storage shelves must have travelled without any luggage, because you hade to sqeeze past the bed to get to it.

Ship tip

On good weather days go to the new Margaritaville area for a quiet, uncrowded buffet breakfast, at no charge.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

Either get off the ship very early, or wait until noon or you will be waiting in the theater forever.

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Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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hmariana 7 years ago

i LOVED the Summit. i cruised Breakaway once and Gem once also. i do like the smaller ships. Going on Breakaway May 7.

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dixietino 7 years ago

We've never been to Stirrup Cay-the 14 night Southern Caribbean cruise doesn't stop there-but I have heard many stories of problems with the tenders. NCL needs to build a pier to eliminate tendering. Other cruise lines have private island docks and can be one of the nicest ports consequently.

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bcfl0bb 7 years ago

or just stay home

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clferr 7 years ago

Breakaway is going overseas for the summer of 2018 and will be returning in the fall. Escape will be taking her place.

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mepcnp 7 years ago

The Gem is going to New Orleans in 2018.

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mepcnp 7 years ago

The Escape is taking the place of the Breakaway not the Gem.

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vcool 7 years ago

oh no say it isnt so. We love the Gem

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