My wife and I really enjoyed cruising on the brand new Norwegian Breakaway. This is our 16th cruise (14 with Princess and now 2 with Norwegian). We picked this cruise for 2 reasons; a new ship and we have never been to Bermuda.

We flew out Sunday morning (June 2nd) on Southwest Airlines from Milwaukee. It was a 2 hour flight and we arrived at Laguardia at 9:00 AM. We then caught a taxi to the cruise terminal in Manhattan (Pier 88). The taxi cost with tip was $45.00. Arriving early at the cruise terminal was nice; check in was a breeze. We were given a card with #32 and were seated in a wait area for roughly an hour. By 11:30 AM we were onboard. The only small problem was our room wasn't ready till 12:30, so had to take our travel bag around with us. We headed up to the Garden Cafe Buffet (Deck 15) for lunch. Being onboard early it wasn't very crowded, but for breakfast the rest of the week it was, but we always found a table to sit at. The food is good at the buffet. Nice selection. We really liked the beverage dispensers, you could get lemenade and flavered strawberry and mango water. Coffee was always available. Orange juice in the morning at the dispensers. My one complaint about the buffet, I didn't see any shrimp during the week. Also, I'm a big dessert guy! After 9:30 PM, you could only get cookies and not much more. By 11:00 PM the buffet was close (are you kidding me). I do have to praise the fresh omeletes made your way each morning (fantastic).

After lunch we headed to our cabin. We booked a inside cabin on Deck 10 Forward (10415). We were pleased with the room, especially the bathroom with a nice roomy shower. The bed was very comfortable (not hard). We had a nice 32" flat screen TV mounted on the wall. We had plenty of hangers in the closet (heard early cruises had very few). Our room steward (Joanna) was great, kept everything spotless. She had a different towel animal made each night when we arrived back to our cabin. All the employees on the Breakaway were friendly, smiled and were helpful. Julie (Cruise Director) and Simon (Assitant Cruise Director) were outstanding. Their whole staff kept everyone engaged in game shows, triva, deck parties, etc. They made it fun to be onboard! Read more