excellent for the most part, but a few irksome annoyances

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4.7
Author: wernertseng

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

wernertseng

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 31, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9886

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was a good cruise for the most part. We've cruised many times, and for the first time they confiscated my power strip citing electrical/fire hazard. there are only 2 outlets in the room, we had to juggle all our devices throughout the entire trip. they also took away bottles of water we had in our luggage.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

buffet had everything the dining rooms had. so unless you want to spend 2 hours being waited to serve a single serving, buffet is the way to go! we had the ultimate adult drink packages, all the wine, beer, and sodas we wanted, wonderful! but water is excluded, hilarious!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

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

1 out of 5

NCL sent me an email before the cruise that instead of Stockholm, the ship would be docking at Nynashamn. to make up for the late switch, they would provide free shuttle from Nynashamn to Stockholm. After our family got off the ship, no NCL staff knew about the shuttle, as if i was out of my mind. we ended up buying our own train tickets to Stockholm. after returning to the ship, i complained to customer services, they said they were sorry about the confusion, they'll do better in the future. i hate that kind of lame non-response. ran into another guy later who said he had same experience. he had to find and show the NCL email to get free shuttle.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

CaptPoppi 6 years ago

I bring a charger/powerpack now. It helps

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jltanner56 6 years ago

They have USB ports in the lights by the bed now

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MoonLady 6 years ago

If you travel internationally (or not), pick up a travel adapter to use in the other outlet. I have had no issues with that. I use mine that has 3 usb ports. That frees up the US outlet for my hair styling tools.

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colin10021 6 years ago

Yes, lets sneak, break the rules and while we r at it... create a fire hazard

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nurselife 6 years ago

We were able to bring packaged water bottles in our carry on. We put it in a small roller suitcase. But it can't be out of the wrapped pkg.

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Nice

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maryred 6 years ago

All cruise lines are moving to ban power strips and USB charge station. Next time you will be better of with an old fashion extension cord or outlet splitter.

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318Kiboo 6 years ago

Invest in a usb tower

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