Fantastic cruise mostly due to itinerary and the ship

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 6
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Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Breakaway

10 Night Greek Isles: Santorini Athens & Florence (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 02, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11888

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

NCL corporate has cut back to the extreme. Lots of screwups: no excursion tickets, promised fruit, or dinner vouchers in my room. Pre-cruise concierge (Platinum & up) did NONE of the things they promised to do. Two ports cancelled due to ‘weather’: Athens (only 7 knot winds) and Livorno (3 other cruise ships in port, but our captain decided not to). A cruise is what you make it, so we had a great time despite the negatives. NCL now at the bottom of my cruise choices.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy & fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
MDR was good, specialty restaurants were excellent. Buffet sucked, as we couldn’t ever find a place to sit, indoors or outside. Staff worked hard, but NCL cutbacks made everything slow & long lines

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Slides and waterfront were fantastic

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Great musicians; if you liked musical shows were good (I don’t)

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Staff was good, understaffed. Guest services, restaurant reservations & room service all putyou on hold & hung up on you!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Other than buffet lack of seating

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very good

Ship tip

Expect delays and long lines. Otherwise a good ship.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5
Tenders, cable cars had long waits. Donkey poop trail was unlit and nasty.

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very well done
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