NCL Breakaway disappointment

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 29, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9884

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Just did two prior cruises on Celebrity and MSC, and NCL Breakaway was a dissapointment. Only good thing I can say is that the food was pretty good in most restaurants and that only one night we had great service at the Manhattan with Jay Deniso and Mauriel Often. Aside from that, the service and the wait was unbearable. The Garden Cafe should be serving the food as Celebrity was doing. Everything needed reservations and all was taken as I believe they cramped up the ship with shortness of staff. No show variety whatsoever, Just The Six (not appropriate for children and very boring), and Burn the floor (same musical thing) Celebrity and MSC had terrific shows for all ages, acrobatics, magicians...etc!! The ship itself had a very bad distribution. Tiny pools. Everything in the pool areas looked cramped up. Even The Thalalasse Spa was crowded when I went to tour it the third day. Gladly, I did not purchase The Atlantis Excursion was cramped up as well and no one wearing a mask. Thankfully, my husband ended up with covid. The Mayan excursion full of mud and mosquitoes, and the Cozumel Beach Day had a beach that no one could get in. Full of algae I think Ill be cruising elsewhere bc NCL is nowhere in the future for me. Mariella Adrian Cabin #9884

Embarkation

3 out of 5
It was fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
buffet area should be serving, not the people grabbing their food

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
crowded everywhere

Entertainment

2 out of 5
No variety.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Poor service Manhattan dining with one day exception. Excellent servers Jay Diniso and Mauriel Oftana (hope I spelled correctly). They should train others

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Areas clean. Horrible layout and distribution, especially pool areas and atrium

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Clean stateroom but tight. No drawers

Ship tip

Dont recommend

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

2 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

2 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

gmababy    2 years ago

Oh but you got to cruise be thankful, some people don't have that luxury. Find the good in everything you do this world is already crazy.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Oops 😬 thanks

yk07us    2 years ago

Mosquitoes, mud and algae can't be blamed on NCL or any other company. It happens.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations. Appreciate your feedback.

GabeNSteph    2 years ago

Thanks for your feedback

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

iCaptain    2 years ago

Thank you for the update, I have never cruise on NCL but was planning to. I might just stick to what I know.

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