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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 27, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The ports of call were every thing we had imagined but our means to get to them via the Breakaway was less so.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
You must need to spend more money on specialty restaurants to get decent food because the food in Taste, savor and the Manhattan room was mediocre at best.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
At my age I won’t be rock climbing. But please come up with something other than bingo or trivia.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
They wouldn’t win many talent shows.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
The staff seemed unhappy, stressed and unprepared.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
We had a mini suite that we paid $400 more for and was disappointed with size and furniture or lack of, certainly wasn’t set up for a room service breakfast. The balcony was very small.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t!!!

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Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5
Expensive but delightful.
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Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5
Old town was beautiful!
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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5
Truly amazing! Enjoyed every minute.
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Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5
My favorite port. Do yourself a favor and take the boat tour. Incredibly beautiful. I want to go back.
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Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

5 out of 5
Not enough time in this port. We did Vasa Museum and tour of Nobel prize building.
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Ejan    6 years ago

Attention to all: The only difference between a regular balcony cabin and a mini-suite is that the mini-suite has two sinks. Certainly not worth the extra money. And, you are correct that the food is sub-par. It is the cheapest foods one can purchase--lots of starch. Almost everything is pasta or rice based. Oh, and the only seasoning is salt. LOTS of salt.
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kellymax123    6 years ago

Wow I was on the Breakaway last year and yes Taste and Savor have basically the same menu but I thought it was great and service was even better.They have the best Lava cake.
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MarksaCruising    6 years ago

Wow. Thats too bad. First cruise? I've never had a bad cruise.
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IkeDeb    6 years ago

How so?
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