Too crowded, understaffed and overworked crew, no time for the, to make you feel catered to, only feel sorry for them.

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3
Author: dg185068

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

dg185068

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 85

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 29, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11780

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Would not do it again and the ship excursions waste most of your day.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

No screening (except questionnaire) for CV19, and took forever.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Decent food and little repetitive. Not nearly enough servers or bartenders. Specialty restaurants nice, but also understaffed.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Obnoxious

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Good, but the awful wood chairs in Dueling Piano area were absolutely miserable after three minutes. Could not enjoy the show, due to the chairs.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

They really all did their best. Just overworked and not enough of them. They seemed exhausted!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Common areas were clean. Least favorite cruise ship pool area ever. Ugly and too crowded to get in. Hot tubs were grossly overfilled with people And young children who didn’t get out for hours! Gross!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Nice size and clean.

Ship tip

Don’t go, No “WOW” factor at all.

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Ports of call

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Yes

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George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Yes

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

6 Comments

kelphugger 4 years ago

I wasn't a fan of the Breakaway either. You might enjoy a smaller boat and a different cruise line.

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jantur 4 years ago

Also on same cruise. Loved all the restaurants. I wasn’t thrilled with buffet. Always had great service. Enjoyed the poolside activities. Downside the weather wasn’t the best.

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ladyvolsbfan 4 years ago

Was on same cruise. Ate at Cagney's and Ocean Blue plenty of staff and great service. Little slow in Manhattan main dining room because of size but we just adjusted to Savory and Taste. Sorry for your bad experience but we hav GREAT experience.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

I don’t think cruising is really for you.

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bsulfridge 4 years ago

I agree with pool area. However we were on same cruise and the staff was great.

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DerekMire 4 years ago

Go away

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