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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 07, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9136

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Ok/good but not great - freestyle seems to mean scruffy to Americans. Ship is overcrowded compared to other ships I’ve been on. Nothing is spectacular about Breakaway - most other ships seem to have at least one wow factor. Very focused on upselling. NCL are handling the Coronavirus situation quite well, additional hygiene measures seemed to work well but means extra queuing. NCL seem like 3rd class cruise line in ports, having to tender where others dock and tendering is a shambles - 2hr queues to get off and on!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Book speciality dining early

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Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

4 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.
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cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review.
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hutch1nson    4 years ago

Have you ever been on a cruise line where people dress down so much? I have no issue with going to dinner in shorts but this was ridiculous. 10% looked like they had come straight from a building site, 10% had dressed for dinner but the majority just looked scruffy - dressed like they were going grocery shopping.
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jantur    4 years ago

I got off the Breakaway on 3/7 and loved it. Sorry you didn’t.
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Mark1988    4 years ago

Scruffy Americans, lol. You sound like clinton, group everyone in one category. Go dusche would ya?
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bobduck1993    4 years ago

Sorry that it wasn't what you expected!
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