Norwegian Breakaway Review

Pleasantly Surprised

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sniffles998
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jan 2016
Cabin: Balcony Stateroom

14 days - love that, Nice itinerary - 8 beautiful islands in a row, fun departure point - had not been to NY before so was a great precruise too.

Ship: got lucky and were upgraded from guarantee oceanview (possibly obstructed) to a nice balcony for free. Bonus. Ship is large and clean and has a nice layout. I guess I am getting used to the unassigned dining but it was much easier because we had met some nice people on Cruise Critic roll call before the cruise and ended up striking up what I think will be a great long term friendship. Thank you Murorki.

Enjoyed the food which was actually quite good and not just in the specialty restaurants. Sugar free deserts available from any restaurant on the ship if you ask. Certainly no lack of choice when it came to where we would have meals. We have cruise several times before so we no longer do the photo buys and I believe I had maybe 3 drinks in the 14 days so no real costs there. Was very disappointed about the price of pop package. over $300 is ridiculous. That being said we had read about being able to bring water or pop onboard as viewable checked luggage and we bought some flavoured water in NY before departure and again in Puerto Rico that got us through almost the whole cruise.

Cabin Review

Balcony Stateroom

Cabin BX

Small but adequate and comfortable. Great hot showers and equipped with hair dryer and shampoo as well as body wash. Lots of cupboard space but you might want to bring extra hangers with you. Plenty of storage in the bathroom and if you need the fridge to store meds, they will unlock it for you and move the pop and booze out.

Port Reviews

New York (Manhattan)

First time in New York. Time Square was awesome (at night), Empire state was interesting, Twin Tower Memorial was very powerful, Lady Liberty was stunning, Brooklyn Bridge was majestic. Holiday Inn Express Times Square was great (20th floor), compact but close to everything.

San Juan

Not long enough of a stop to really see much. Did a local bus tour but stop at the fort was a mile away from the actual fort and way to short. After dark though we were still able to pop over to CVS and pick up a few forgotten supplies.

St. Thomas

Been here twice before so didn't need to do tours. We did go up the gondola to the top of the hill and have a wonderful Bushwacker drink. The area is under new ownership so the gardens were under renovation but we hear there is to be a zip line up there in the future. Love this port.

Dominica

Lots of rain (it is a rainforest afterall) but the 4 x 4 was open and we all got totally soaked. There could have been a better explanation by the guide about the swim in the gourge so in the end we didn't even go in as we thought we had to enter through a much more treacherous area than we actually did. Guide was a bit rude (Kirk Jeremy I believe was his name) but was in general informative and there were some great sights to see on the tour.

St. Kitts (Port Zante)

Hubby did the Zip line tour and he loved it. Since the equipment is relatively new and state of the art, he felt confident it was safe and he really had a good time. 4 long drops and well strapped in with camera strapped to his harness so he could video his decent and still let go of the camera and grab the bar when he needed to. Not cheap by any means but once in a lifetime so why not. I on the other hand went shopping in the main port area. Nice not to have him pacing impatiently while I browsed. Highly recommend separate excursions once in awhile. hehehe

St. Maarten

Local tour

Tortola

Local tour

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