Warm weather, good food and way too many people for the amount of wait and work staff.

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5
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Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

Free at Sea is misleading. How can it be free if you can not get it? (Bars). Cigar room is a nice addition and well kept. Be prepared for long lines and poor service on a pretty well maintained ship.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Main dining was great in all areas, Buffet was expansive and always had seating available.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools always very busy. Hot tubs always full, Pools and hot tubs should be much larger for the amount of people on board.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Comedians were good. Price is Right game show was cancelled. Scheduled for next day.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Room steward made bed twice in seven days. Had to ask for towels and wash clothes numerous occasions. Never vacuumed room. Bartender and bar wait staff very poor at servicing the customer. Terrible wait times. Waiters in dining rooms were excellent.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Layout was good pretty easy to navigate. Clean common areas. Mens bathrooms are poorly designed. Paper towel dispensers are next to door, plan on door in back while you dry your hands.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Balcony cabin was alot smaller than other ships we had sailed on previously. Fairly quiet on back corner of ship.

Ship tip

Plan on ALOT of people everywhere you go. Seems like too many people for the amount of employees. Plan on waiting for drinks or standing in line for cocktails. Cagney's Steakhouse is always very good.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

4 out of 5
Nice atmosphere, riverwalk and shopping attached to hotel was nice. No excursions

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
Been here many time, stayed on ship.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

2 out of 5
No port to speak of. Crime can be a problem with excursions, Stayed on ship

Harvest Caye, Belize Did not visit port

High winds prohibited ship from docking. Day at sea. Ship elected to act like a day at port. A lot of ship stores bars, casino and stores should be open

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Good shopping. Less pressure to buy. Extremely long walk on pier to reach port.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Went pretty well considering the thousands of people
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6 Comments

PIRATAWENCH     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing Have read a lot of comments about ratio of workers to guests I hate lines, but guess I will have to deal with it in 280 days🙂

javawoody     8 months ago

Appreciate your comments

PandCcruisers     8 months ago

Bed made twice in 7 days? Did you leave do not disturb on all the time?

Sogmoore     8 months ago

A cruise is what you make of it

Gwbigdog     8 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

HeavySeas     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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