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Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4.3
Author: jenshpmate11

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

jenshpmate11

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 25, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11405

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The ports on this trip were all so interesting. Going there via a cruise ship offered the perfect mix of culture and relaxation. Highly recommend

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food was excellent; however I found the service to be inferior to Celebrity and Princess. I think the fact that they don’t have scheduled dining times limits the staff’s ability to provide exceptional service.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

A great ship for kids with a great rope course, rock climbing and slides. The fitness center frequently got overcrowded but had very nice equipment. Wasn’t crazy about the $20 up charge for Spin class.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Most were helpful. Some more than others. My overall impression was that the wait staff had low morale.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Beautiful and updated! Common bathrooms were not kept as clean as on other ships

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Organize your mealtimes and make reservations if possible to avoid having to wait with a pager for dinner

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Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Rostock (Berlin), Germany

4 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Amazing!! Just be prepared for a horrendous immigration process! It took us about 2.5 hrs to get into Russia. The lines are crazy long and the service is terribly disorganized

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Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5

Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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gailad 6 years ago

We are going on the breakaway out of Copenhagen on July 31. What do you feel was inferior ?

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maer17 6 years ago

I was thinking of going back on it in August on the Copenhagen round trip but didn’t because of murmurs of inferior quality in certain areas. Us cruisers are so spoiled 😊 so these cruise ship companies should be on top of their game. Once someone experience a great cruise vacation on 1 ship its hard to accept inferior quality in another. 🥂

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Very nice 😋

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NYThunder 6 years ago

So happy you enjoyed the ship, and sorry the service was not to your liking. We LOVE this ship and never had an issue before when it was here in NY.

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