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Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

2.2 out of 5
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Norwegian Breakaway

7 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 08, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Breakaway

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 13224

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Bed-bad. Food-bad. Nickel and diming-bad. $10.00 for limited selection of mostly unheard of movies (Each). Really?! How much does this actually cost NCL? "Free" tv channels (other than news) just keeps re-running same shows. No, i didn't go on cruise to watch TV, but come on... tiny TV that is way offset from bed. They also started charging $5 for coffee delivery in the morning (family "suite"). Make that $6..don't forget the 18% automated gratuity for delivering the wrong order at the wrong time. DON'T apply "world points" to your onboard account. If you don't use them all, you lose them. Your only recourse is to go buy a bunch of overpriced shop items that could be purchased elsewhere cheaper (if you wanted them at all). We were screwed out of $650.00. We could have used it to pay our normal credit card bill but not now. But isn't this exactly what the cruise line wants? Of course it is. We were TOLD it was refundable. Small print says otherwise. Thanks NCL. Princess...good food, excellent entertainment, massive free movie selection, free continental breakfast delivery. 2 big screen tvs (comparable room). First cruise on ncl 9/14/1986...Last cruise (ever) on ncl 9/8/2024

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
ALL fish and chicken dinners arrived overcooked and dry.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
staff tried.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Mattress was atrocious. General manager should be embarrassed.

Ship tip

Bring own food, mattress and lots of "tip" money.

Ports of call

New York, New York

3 out of 5

Newport, Rhode Island

3 out of 5

Portland, Maine

2 out of 5

Bar Harbor, Maine

2 out of 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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14 Comments

Popdog     1 month ago

Thank you for the review. Too bad only St John, New Brunswick was good for you.

Sogmoore     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

wnickin     1 month ago

Thanks for your most-honest review. Will be on Breakaway in 3 weeks & we are using our NCL Mastercard to get more “world-points”. We were going to use them as credit onboard our cruise, but now I’m thinking differently after reading your review. May I ask where you read about using it or losing it? We don’t want it wasted either. Thanks again

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

RogueWaveRider     1 month ago

I'm sure Norwegian Cruise Lines appreciates all your constructive criticism as well as your 38 years of loyalty. You certainly put the old adage "there are no bad cruises" to an extreme stress test.

TiffyTaffy     1 month ago

Laughed at bring your own mattress and food!

BnCTcruising     1 month ago

Sounds like it wasn’t a pleasant experience. We’ve had hit and miss with NCL.

BnCTcruising     1 month ago

Sounds like it wasn’t a pleasant experience. We’ve had hit and miss with NCL.

Gwbigdog     1 month ago

Oops sorry thanks

javawoody     1 month ago

Appreciate the feedback

AuntPinkie     1 month ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

RC2cruises     1 month ago

Sorry you weren’t able to enjoy your cruise. I was on the Breakaway in May and had a very enjoyable time.

HeavySeas     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

cruising2004     1 month ago

Sorry you had a disappointing cruise.

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