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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9180

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Very enjoyable but as a couple without kids with us there are better options. We knew this when we booked and chose because it was going to areas we wanted to visit. The specialty restraints are wonderful but be careful with your beverage packages as despite saying all inclusive/premium they don’t include basis coffee even in main dining rooms and at $5 for a pathetic cappuccino that is very disappointing.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Fairly quick and efficient, guess it can’t be excellent when processing so many customers but it was pretty easy and organisex

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Buffet was good with reasonable selections of food. Specialized dining experiences were incredible. Charged for coffee in main dining despite having PBP, so irritated that I could order as many $15 margaritas as you want but not coffee? Kind of silly.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Didn’t participate but seemed like other customers were enjoying them

Entertainment

Didn’t participate

Children's Programs

No children on vacation

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Most staff were very pleasant and courteous, only a few seemed a little disinterested

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Despite being a ‘bigger ship’ the overall area seemed smaller than other ships

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Only issue was very small balcony, would have given up room space in lieu of extra balcony room, otherwise good size room. Unfortunately I really dislike the smell of the shower products but I guess when gender neutral smell you don’t have many choices. We both found bed pretty comfortable too.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Flight in and out, no time really spent here

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Nice walk around but commercialized, bioluminescence excursion was interesting with a few issues.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Great snorkeling excursion but area of cruise port very commercial

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
Great excursion on land and sea..... great views of islands

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

4 out of 5
Good snorkeling. Food and beverages on beach by NCL. Nice day

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Disembarked with our own luggage.... long queue but easy and organised
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2 Comments

markandde    5 years ago

The beverage package description clearly states that specialty coffees are not included. Norwegian's drink package is for alcoholic drinks.

am2me    5 years ago

I have had coffee with dinner in the MDR and not been charged. Regular coffee though, not cappuccino.

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