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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 14, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I’m disappointed about our Belize excursion cancellation. Everyone had mentioned Belize as the highlight of their cruise. As it turns out, our highlight we’re the ruins & well worth it! Overall a really great time.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Miami needs to get with the NCL “Latitudes” program like literally!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was great & specialty dining package was so not needed when there’s so much to choose from was a bit much ~ food choices are amazing!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I love relaxing on deck & enjoying a cold drink ~ a bit overcrowded at times. They needed more pools or larger ones....

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Simply Excellent! Rock of Ages “ROCKS”! Burn the Floor was soooo exhilarating ! WOW ! Gorgeous & exciting!!

Children's Programs

No minors

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Remarkable!! The wait staff at NCL is absolutely amazing !! Our room steward was perhaps very new to NCL & lacking in hospitality knowledge as compared to all other NCL cruises we’ve been on. Everyone else was absolutely amazing, accommodating and so patient. Excellent!!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Nicely maintained. Clean & tidy.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great balcony views! Nice size room. Compared to the many other times we’ve been on NCL, our steward did not maintain our room to the the standards we’ve become accustomed to on board Norwegian.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
Not impressed at all. They need to work on their signage. The staff seems a lot less knowledgeable to the brand than here in NYC.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Tiny port. They can work on this. More options should be offered here. But very friendly & clean. The high end shops were not impressive at all.

Harvest Caye, Belize

3 out of 5
Our excursions were cancelled due to weather. NO PRIOR NOTICE WHATSOEVER! NOT ALLOWED TO TRANSFER YOUR PORT-EXCURSION CREDIT !!! Terribly disappointing. This policy NEEDS to be revised ~ you’re they're for a very small amount of time & cannot control the weather. What’s the point of a port-excursion credit, when it’s so limited & not allowed to be used towards anything else?? Common NCL seriously?? Also, your key card cannot be used at this port for meals & drinks like Great Stirrup Caye! Everything is overpriced. Not impressed at all.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Loved this port & loved our Maya Ruins “Blue Lagoon” excursion!! Great guide too! The lagoon is so gorgeous! Great time! Loved seeing the Mayan ruins ~ very hot! Wear sneakers or good comfortable shoes & get water~shoes if you want to enjoy the lagoon!! 🏝🛳🏖

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
No NCL excursion at this port. We did go to a private beach with the locals which turned out to be pretty nice! Great shopping mall at port. Some good deals. Stay away from Diamonds International ~ at THIS and any port.....someone must be getting a kickback, right shopping consultants?

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Just okay.
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

willwork4cruz    5 years ago

Should choose a different free perk than the excursion credit. Too many strings attached.

Harvest02    5 years ago

Our first cruise in April on this ship! So glad you had a great time and another good review! I can't wait!

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