Hidden fees overpriced drink package won’t book with this booking agent again.

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3.7
Author: bonnercroto

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

bonnercroto

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13226

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

First cruise so I learned not to trust much of anything. I was never offered a drink package and I couldn’t use the credit card I signed up for to get my onboard credit. Once onboard the drink package was over $900 and no top shelf drinks were included.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Nice ship beautiful places lots of fun. Lots of hidden fees had to pay for 2 people drink package that didn’t drink plus mine.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Nice

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pool

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Syd normans

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Great service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Clean beautiful ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

It was nice and comfortable.

Ship tip

Make sure they look into all the hidden fees and book with the cruise line directly. You will likely save $2,000

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

It was good.

4 Comments

javawoody 2 years ago

It pays to book with the cruise line or a independent TA

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Dumfy75 2 years ago

Your TA should have explained about the Free at Sea package, which includes the drinks package plus speciality dining. You save hundreds compared to buying the drinks package separately.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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Supavi 2 years ago

Sounds like you had a good time, despite the drink package and credit card snafu. Yeh, I would get a new travel agent. They should have explained that everyone in the room has to get the drink package if one gets it. Sometimes it's cheaper just to buy your drinks individually if the others in your group don't drink much, especially if you have a lot of port days. Hope your next cruise goes smoother.

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