Great staff, the ship was large, but the staterooms and corridors were too small

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 2.3
Author: jeaqual

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

jeaqual

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 7

Helpful Votes: 273

Overall rating:

2.3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 16, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11812

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This is a large ship and it seemed like a cattle car to me. The staff was very nice, but the architect's design was terrible in my estimation.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

There weren't any main dining rooms, just a bunch of small restaurants. There was a cafeteria called the Garden buffet.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The comedians were good, but the room was small and decorated as if it was a basement. Several activities were held in the Atrium, and the bingo was in Syd Pour house, a bar

Entertainment

4 out of 5

There were a lot of movies shown in the Atrium.

Children's Programs

Did not bring any children on this cruise

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The staff were excellent. They were friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Our balcony cabin was very small. The doors opened into the corridor because there wasn't any room to open into the cabin. The corridor was half the size of the Carnival corridor.When the housekeeping carts were in the corridor, you had to go into the cut out area in front of the cabin and hope no one opened the cabin door.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

The foot of the bed bed was 2 feet from the cabin wall, a tight fit if you were carrying anything. The desk/vanity was 1/2 the width of the Carnival vanity.Our balcony chairs could not be used to look out onto the sea, because the depth of the balcony was shorter than the length of the chair and my knees. There is a water restriction built into the plumbing, so the toilet only flushed some of the time. The basin also did not drain well.