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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin number: 5136

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Will definitely move on to another ship. Breakaway will be leaving NY and changing Port to new Orleans. Will give us a bit of a change. Change is good.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
it went very smooth. We were on the ship within an hour, from customs right on through.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main room, Taste and Savor. Have to say Taste was our go to. Very slow service. Buffet was very good and always plenty of seating. O’Sheeahs had a menu (short) but yummy things. That was our night time snacking.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools were very small. I did do the rock climbing and the water slides. That was different. Not enough Outside area in my opinion. Lounge chairs were wedged in so you had to climb onto them. Usually there’s at least a small dance floor but they did shows right in the walk way between pool and Dj/band stand.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
I was not crazy about having to book shows. Was not quite impressed with any of them. There has always been shows every night at 2 diff times. I felt by the end of the cruise, we had to try and figure out what to do. The best entertainment on the ship in my opinion was 24 Karat. They played in the Atrium, which was the center of the ship, which again was made on the small side. A lot of standers.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward was amazing. Bartenders were so on top of serving everyone. Waiters, we had a few that brought wrong things but for the most part they were ok.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was well maintained. Spic n span. The layout was very easy. But wasn’t crazy about how small of areas outside and Atrium area in center of ship was.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Absolutely perfect.

Ship tip

Make sure you book your shows in advance and anything else that needs to be booked.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
Coming from NJ, it was an hour and 15 min bus ride. Walked a mile cause it was beautiful out. And on the ship within an hour.

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
We took the shuttle excursion to Disney. Had Hopper Passes already. It was great to be able to use them.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5
Were not able to tender do to the 12 foot swells. Went to Nassau instead

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Since we were there for 2 days, we did the shopping and straw market first day. 2nd day, our excursion was to the Atlantis. Did the adventurepark, aquarium and my daughter and fiancé swam with the dolphins. We were able to observe which was pretty cool.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Pretty much the same. A slow process. Which is understandable. We kept our luggage and still took us about 2 hours to get off andcthrough customs.
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

esm54687    7 years ago

Clferr: wife and I aren't drinkers so Leo isn't a factor. 😁

clferr    7 years ago

Esm, but I think Leo the bartender is on Dawn! One of the best!

Yogi    7 years ago

Your getting the Escape!

esm54687    7 years ago

Now we just need to have NCL give us something besides the Dawn on the Boston to Bermuda run....

GIL155    7 years ago

Agree, NCL is forcing a change on you by moving the Breakaway. Hope it is a positive change.

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