Left me wishing I went with my usual cruise lines Carnival or Royal .

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Bermuda

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9228

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Thankfully I am a positive person and I went with great friends and family. I made the most of a terrible experience but would never cruise Norweign Breakaway again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Leaving was great we couldnt wait to go so the long wait was ok.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The food and the staff were not what I am use to. The quality of food at the resurant as well as the buffet were the same and were a Denny's quality. The specalty resuraunts where we paid more (3x) were very good but that is the food we had included on our Royal Caribean and Carnival cruise's with out the extra cost.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools were way to small and seating around a running deck is just rediculous,.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Ok but nothing magnificant.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
The kids pool closed atleast 3x he had to get out. Also they had no back up plan for when that would happen . Also I only got 1 sheet to tell me what was going on on what days and times. They did not go out of their way to make sure kids were included and hard to find.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Not many people spoke english and everyone seemed to be in training from the wait staff to the cleaning staff to the cooks.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Our room was cleaned 2 out of the 7 days. We had 2 animals made for us out of 7 days and I could not even tell you our stewards name. That is a first for me.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin being a balcony with an open view was good. The chairs were hard and sat straight up so not really for tanning or reading.The best thing on the cruise was the showers big and had alot of jets which was nice since the jacuzzi's always had to many people in them.

Ship tip

Skip it and go on a different line.

Ports of call

New York, New York

2 out of 5

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

5 out of 5
Port was great . The fact that the island shut down totally for 2 days due to a cricket match an neither BJ's nor the Norweign told us ahead of time I am still pissed about.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
We had to walk from once side of the ship all the way to the other and if that wasn't bad enough walk back again through the casino (smoking section) with luggage. Not good for anyone but especially tiresome for my 79 year old father.
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10 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

marinelady    7 years ago

What was wrong!

lmom    7 years ago

We went during cup match last year and there was still plenty to do. We did Harbor nights, the Caves and Warwick Long Bay. Had such a great time we went to Bermuda on NCL again this year. We went in the beginning of July this year and really didn't notice much of a difference.

Cruzeing74    7 years ago

That is unfortunately a busy week they do close down.The cruise line is my favorite especially the Breakaway I really enjoy the ship and you can try the Escape from New York next April the Breakaway is not going to be there it's going overseas.I have been to Bermuda lots of times so I stay on the ship but can see why you would be upset.Enjoy yourselves everyone 🌴😎

dkane882    7 years ago

I think this person is referring to the America's Cup which may have been underway when they arrived. One of the.local Bermudians told us that it was "crazy crowded" during rhe event.

arickter    7 years ago

Yes I would like to know also - as we are going on breakaway in October

KDEES2    7 years ago

Sorry to hear that you had a terrible experience. We just got off the BA 3 weeks ago and it was awsome. We going again next year. Exactly what happened?

phil20261014    7 years ago

why we been with ba 3 times and love to go back

dkane882    7 years ago

sorry, just read that you said the island shut down. what specifically are you referring to?

dkane882    7 years ago

Can I ask why. Just sailed 3 weeks ago and we had an awesome trip. I see by your profile that you have no past cruises.

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