Ended up being a Nightmare Cruise

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3.2
Author: mmcmillian

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

mmcmillian

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 07, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Be real with your guest! This corona virus is serious and if we knew that someone on this ship was sick we could have taken extra precautions, now we are home hoping we don’t get sick! Will never sail Norwegian again! We should get a full refund for this excuse of a trip. Staff did all they could

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Smoothly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Staff wonderful food ok, O’Sheenans good

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pool small

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Six was good!

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Staff was great

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Layout of ship is horrible, staff tries their best to keep the ship clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Clean and bed was comfortable no complaints

Ship tip

Was not told someone was very sick on this ship. Now there is a lot of the passengers sick. Very negligent on Norwegian

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

4 out of 5

Decent port

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George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Loved this place

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Cozumel, Mexico

1 out of 5

Trying to get on a tender was a nightmare, Cozumel was nice

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Waited forever to get off the ship

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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lanyia 4 years ago

I am still shocked by how many people got on ships after the well publicized outbreaks on 2 separate Princess ships. Thousands of people sharing dining facilities, shows, handrails and elevator buttons. Testing for fevers knowing that some people could take meds to reduce symptoms. Stay off the ships folks.

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lanyia 4 years ago

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hutch1nson 4 years ago

I don’t think they knew until after docking

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ladyvolsbfan 4 years ago

Sailed on the Breakaway the week before and had a great experience. Sorry you had a bad cruise. I have cruised with Princess, Carnival and Norwegian I prefer Norweigan. It could have been worse if they quarantined the whole ship and refused to let anyone Disembark.

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katj 4 years ago

They opted to avoid hysteria. Considering most cruise ships are under the constant threat of a norovirus infection they are generally sterilizing and cleaning all day anyway and always encouraging passengers to engage in vigilant hygiene. But, people are stubborn and don't listen. Most passengers generally already had ample information to make informed decisions on how to remain as infectious free as possible while cruising. We get that training on every cruise whether there's an outbreak or not and the news admonished people and warned of the possibility. So everyone boarding a ship in March knew of the threat and should have been hyper vigilant and operating as if an infection could break out at any time. Telling people would have resulted in folks onboard being irrational and demanding freebies that weren't warranted.

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fele 4 years ago

Yes, not certain what a refund has to do with being told, but definitely should have a policy of letting every passenger know (without revealing names and quarantine location) to make informed decisions for themselves.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

I do agree if someone on the ship had it you should have been told.

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Other reviews of this sailing

I really loved the Breakaway. I enjoyed the waterfront bars.

Boring Cruise

Not the best, but we had fun