Terrible and we had a spa room

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3.5
Author: Xtopher

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Xtopher

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

9 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Warnemunde Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 06, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14726

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Never have we heard so many people complain about a ship. Experienced NCL people all said small ships. 1st timers said never sail again with NCL. We were going to invest in NCL before this experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

We ate in all the specialty restaurants. One of us ordered lamb the other a fillet, in bistro, we could not tell the difference and lol they were switched plus over cooked from the rare we ordered. The garden cafe for breakfast was standing room only and always out of something

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

The water slides were fun

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Elements was great 5 stars, Circus was 4 starts. The other shows were 3 stars

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Very clean. 3 stars is because garden cafe was super poorly laid out and unable to handle the crowds

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Clean, comfortable great view

Ship tip

My advice would be don’t sail on breakaway choose one of the smaller ships they are terrific. Book dinner reservations for $ restaurants really early as they fill up fasr

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Ports of call

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

3 out of 5

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Tallinn, Estonia

3 out of 5

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

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Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5

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Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

1 out of 5

28 knots winds the captain skipped the port

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Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

7 Comments

dixietino 6 years ago

Pretty mediocre rating yet 4 stars?

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okaygo 6 years ago

We had a similar experience. I find reviews like yours helpful, sharing good and bad. Thank you.

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swabbywife 6 years ago

Been on the Breakaway once, the Getaway twice, and the Sky once. Loved them all! No complaints.

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nurselife 6 years ago

I love NCL and the Breakaway. Everyone has their own preferences.

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Blondy 6 years ago

Some people like certain size ships. I was on this ship three times loved it had no problem. Yes it was a little big. And I’ve been on small ships. It’s all up to you. And I’m going on the escape on Sunday. NCL never let me down. Just some people like to complain!💖🛳👍🏼

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wl1962 6 years ago

we hated the breakaway. if it was our first ncl cruise it would have been our last. we liked other ncl ships

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frankie0303 6 years ago

Ncl breakaway is one of the best ships in my opinion

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