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Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4.3
Author: symo46

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

symo46

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 103

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 05, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10130

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall this cruise, based on several past cruises, was a disappointment. When we wanted to spend time in a quiet place, they were difficult to find and those that are considered as quiet areas (library and card room) were full. Using the atrium for game shows is a bad choice of space. With Guest Services, IT Manager and Shore Excursions all in the atrium, it was quite often impossible to carry on a conversation with these staff people with shouting to be heard. If the staff feels it has to provide entertainment here, consider easy listening type music, not raucous, loud music. Very dissatisfied with this cruise. BTW, we had invited another couple with us on this cruise; they too were disappointed with the experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Skyy Vodka Ice Bar

1 out of 5

What a joke-waste of shipboard space

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Weather not conducive to much pool time and do not do rock climbing or fitness centers. Would have been been great to have a greater selection of movies, there were just not enough shown. Why would games, with a high noise level be played in the atrium? Everyday one game or another was in progress with the resulting noise making it virtually impossible to communicate with Guest Services, CruiseNext and Shore Excursion personnel or the IT Manger, without having to shout to be heard. Really bad!

Jogging Track

2 out of 5

Way too short

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Video Zone

1 out of 5

Waste of shipboard space

Box Office

2 out of 5

Why pay for entertainment on board?

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Exemplary! All of them.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

All areas of the ship were cleaned and well maintained. The ship’s layout left much to be desired. There were just not enough quiet areas, the areas designated as quiet areas were quite small and frequently filled. Sea days were especially problematic; the only way around the ship ship involved using your elbows to get through.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared for a crowded and noisy cruise; consider taking earplugs along.

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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

4 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

10 Comments

okaygo 6 years ago

Thank you for sharing the good and the bad. Not sure why nurselife is commenting on a cruiseship she was on 3 years ago. Breakaway has a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars for a reason. Obviously many others have felt the same as you. I thought the choice of having certain activities in the atrium was odd as well. I normally see a lot of that stuff in a theater with more seating.

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phil20261014 6 years ago

in your cabin

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nurselife 6 years ago

I didn't have any problems with the breakaway. There were quiet areas when I was on it.

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doddser 6 years ago

Waterfront is nice and quiet

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missnotanlines 6 years ago

Sorry to hear

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Killercruiser 6 years ago

The Waterfront is usually quiet. It’s protected from the weather too

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Blondy 6 years ago

Wow so sorry, when we were on that ship we found plenty of places to go or go on your balcony if you have one. But we didn’t go on season but around September 19th.👍🏼🛳🎉

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Jessmin 6 years ago

We are sailing this weekend with Breakaway. Now I am anxious...

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GospelCruiser 6 years ago

Balcony is awesome if you want quiet time.

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Graybeard65 6 years ago

We were on the escape last year and found it the same. The smaller ships tend to have more places to get what you were looking for. Or at least that’s what we found.

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