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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 04, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12812

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Food, entertainment and general organization of activities and excursions were great. Service providers (food services, spa, fitness center) desperately need more training on how to smile bd provide positive interactions with the guests.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very well organized and seamless boarding.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent food throughout the ship from the buffet to the numerous restaurants. We re pretty particular about our cuisine and the chefs are to be commended.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The pool was a HUGE disappointment. One small pool for 4000 guests... seriously. And only one small pool for the children ? But the other activities were great fun, well organized and offered a great variety.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
The majority were disengaged, appearing agitated, bored, annoyed and sometimes downright rude! Norwegian needs to seriously address their customer service training with the Breakaway crew. If this had been my first experience with cruising Norwegian i would never book another. Hoping this was simply a combination of poor training, supervision, or bad hiring.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Do not book if you want present service providers.

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

2 out of 5
The NCL tour guide was the most negative and opinionated person we experienced on the excursions. He made negative comments about America, Swedish government, taxes, etc. 👎🏻

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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