First NCL Cruise

Item: Norwegian Breakaway
Rating: 4.6
Author: ZKjSilky

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review

ZKjSilky

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

7 Night Caribbean: Harvest Caye Cozumel & Roatan (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 31, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14102

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

For my first NCL cruise it was fun. Would try again!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We tried all the specialty dining including the Haven Dining and it was pretty good. Best to stick to 2 specialty though.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

There were a few things to do on this ship and it was very kid-friendly. There was a water slides, an arcade, a ropes course, many pools etc… Spa was great!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Loved Six the musical and burn the floor was also very good. The pool deck often had singers.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Very short staffed. The room steward was great but, he had to do all the rooms on the floor so it took some time. The bartenders were overworked and it was sadly the same person all day. The food in the restaurants also took a while to come but non of it ruined the overall experience.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very nice and very clean!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great size, it was the biggest room I’ve seen on a ship. Loved the whole experience and my room was always cleaned.

Ship tip

Be patient with the workers( short staffed) and Relax.

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Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Didn’t do much in Costa Maya but walk around in the shopping areas before it started raining.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

We loved this port. I’ve been several times and on this time we did a dolphin excursion. Would recommend

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Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Harvest Cay was a beach that is owned by NCL. Lots of little fun things incorporated and it looked nice.

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Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Did an excursion at a zoo and got to go to the beach after.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Super smooth and fast. We were off in about 30 min or less!

Traveler Photos

10 Comments

Sogmoore 9 months ago

Great pix and thanks for the review

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javawoody 10 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

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bubbles60 10 months ago

Glad you had a good experience. Ncl is one of our favorite cruise lines.

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Niavlys 10 months ago

Tks for sharing

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24MyLuckyDragon 10 months ago

Great Review! Glad you had a good time & enjoyed your 1st cruise! Awesome & hope for many more to come. Loved that you mentioned to have “patience” with the staff. It’s remarkable to me that cruise after cruise are all booked to capacity, but yet these greedy companies refuse to pay their staff accordingly & fail to attract & add good employees. This is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but review after review it’s mentioned that short staffing affects the quality of the experience, and yet they do nothing about it. Shameful! Agreed, these people are worked to the bone. Especially now that everything has re-opened but yet, they’ve kept pre-pandemic staff levels. NCL, is a great cruiseline, but they too need some major improvements. I hope you joined the rewards program. With this cruise you have already earned points towards your Tier. Well worth it! Check with NCL, or your booking agent to bring up to speed. I am Platinum & my NCL perks are amazing! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year & happy cruising 😎⚓️🤩❣️‼️

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Ruby13 10 months ago

Thank you for sharing your cruise review

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cruising2004 10 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable cruise. Thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Niavlys 10 months ago

Thank you for sharing your view with us

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ZATHROS 10 months ago

Haven't done a NCL cruise. Sounds like your trip was fun. Thanks for sharing.

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