The Haven & it's amenities were fantastic

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4.5
Author: mellymouse

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

mellymouse

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 67

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 05, 2021

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin number: 10312

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This was a cruise for my sister's retirement & it was booked to do things she would enjoy; not necessarily for the ports. Only issue is because of Covid it was delayed by a year & she developed back problems about 10 months ago. Despite this having the Haven room & the extras that came with it made it a wonderful overall cruise. The fact that everyone staff & passengers had to be vaccinated decided us on doing this despite Covid. I felt the Covid hiccup was handled as well as NCL could do it under difficult circumstances. I liked that is was not crowded. I realize that I prefer the smaller NCL ships even though there is no Haven. 😊

Embarkation

3 out of 5

It would have been fine but the cruise before us had people positive for Covid. It was delayed many, many hours because of needing CDC approval .f

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We only ate in the Haven, Tippanyaki & Moderno all were excellent. Ate once in O'Sheenans & it was not as good as on other NCL ships.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We did not use any of these because one person with us was having back problems.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

We saw 4 shows & only one was Pretty good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The service we received from all the Haven staff, & the concierge, butler & room steward was exemplary, Each person went above & beyond to accommodate our every wish.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Everywhere I went on the ship was very clean. I just realized on this cruise I like smaller ships better.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Comfort was perfect, main bathroom was terrific, 2 bathroom had very poor ventilation - you had to keep the door open when showering or it was filled with moisture which made it near impossible to dry off to get dressed; but, it was nice to have a 2nd one for 3 people.