great food, feel like herded animals, great sights

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Bevmac8446

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

10 Night Greek Isles & Western Med (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 23, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 13846

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

staff very friendly, food was fantastic; NCL needs to do better boarding and unboarding travelers at ports, felt like herded animals at several ports; several delays at ports for excursions excursions very expensive

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

steward was fantastic, spacious room, comfy bed

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port

embarkment

Thumbs Up 0

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

felt like herded animals; tendering took a very long, too long of a time to enjoy this port; Santorini is very dirty, garbage all over the roads

Thumbs Up 0

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

several delays with getting off boat, no explanation over an hour wait to disembark at a walk off port - Athens is a very dirty city; garbage all over

Thumbs Up 0

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5

fantastic walk off port; cute port; great gelato; fantastic souvenir shops with friendly staff

Thumbs Up 0

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

beautiful place - disembarkment and tendering took too long; several cruisers missed their excursions

Thumbs Up 0

Messina, Sicily

4 out of 5

Naples, Italy