tough trip

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 3
Author: tmjpike23

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

tmjpike23

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13182

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

verry, verry loud ship. not much pool chair space. most of deck taken up with activities. wine on basic package unacceptable, if wine drinker, upgrade! liquor was good though. very hard to get into specialty dining, hard to make reservations and even when said none available, the restaurants were only half full. latitudes program useless, no special number or representative onboard. no phone service took messages, spent long, long time listening to phones ring until someone answered

Embarkation

1 out of 5

1 1/2 hour standing in line

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

any decent wine cost extra

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

atrium so loud couldn't participate

Entertainment

4 out of 5

good nightly entertainment

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

unable to reach customer service entire first day, room steward phone just said busy, call back later. hard to get specialty dining reservations even though dining room half empty

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

cant talk at dinner so noisy

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

no bathtub for club class suite, but room comfortable and clean. little bitty balcony

Ship tip

better make specialty dining reservations first day

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Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

1 out of 5

unsafe area

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

3 out of 5

unlike other private islands, had to pay for food and drinks. even with packages

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Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

make sure u take tour. nothing at port

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Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

port ok, but tour meeting area too small. hundreds of people crammed in small area

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

super long walk, snaking around ship. at least 1/2 mile just to get off ship. long walk in terminal, but cab and ground transportation good

7 Comments

jeffykins 1 year ago

Agreed about the wines being very skimpy for the drink package. Vodka and beer are okay but they really push you to upgrade if you want more wines and whiskey.

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jeffykins 1 year ago

My mom and I had a tub in our Club Balcony room last year; some have tubs but most I think are just bigger showers?

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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hunnybzee 1 year ago

Bummer… hope your next trip is better!

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

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

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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