Rethink Norwegian

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3.1
Author: margie312

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

margie312

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 05, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 5824

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Where we had a bad experience on this particular ship I am hoping this is not the norm. They have management issues, lack of staff issues, inexperienced bartenders and the worst - toilets didn’t always flush. Several days restrooms on the common floors were locked

Embarkation

1 out of 5

They have an app, but took photo and scanned passport again. Why bother with app

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Specialty restaurants wonderful

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

We did not participate other than pool that was 6’8” a bit deep for non swimmers

Entertainment

Can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Excellent bartender - Will Wu only man that knew how to mix a drink Staff at Cagney’s was the best!! Stateroom attendant - Eko was wonderful

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Design nice and I noticed when we were in a long port they were painting the scuffs Dining room table cleaning - used the same cloth on multiple tables never saw them rinse it change it!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

My cabin was beautiful and very clean

Ship tip

They were saying that they are short staff and I get it, but don’t have that many people on a ship it you can’t give quality service. It put a bad taste in our mouth for Norwegian. To be fair, other passengers said this is not the normal for Norwegian ships. I hope they are correct.

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Ports of call

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Was nice

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Love it. Great restaurant - Side Street Grill check it out when you visit this port - has the best pulled pork nachos !!!

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

Beautiful area we just were not there long enough. 4 hours is not long enough to do anything.

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Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

1 out of 5

Don’t get off the ship!!!! I am sure this island is a work in progress.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Over 2 hours on the ship passed our scheduled time off.

6 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise wasn’t what you hoped. Appreciate your feedback.

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RobinsonFamily3 2 years ago

I hope your bad experience isn’t the norm, but I am a little worried. After cruising on royal and carnival, I’m going to give Norwegian a try next year. I hope I don’t regret it.

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GabeNSteph 2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn't meet your expectations

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