Hopefully this review will give an unbiased opinion of our experience on the August 4-11 sailing on the Breakaway. My wife and I traveled with my daughter (28) and her boyfriend who had their own balcony cabin. We have never sailed with NCL before, had 2 cruises with Carnival and 4 cruises with Royal Caribbean.
PARKING: We parked at pier 88 for $245 ($35/day). It is a little expensive but considering it is NYC not that bad. It does beat paying for 4 airline tickets to Florida.
EMBARKATION: It was quite easy and quick. We arrived at 10:15 and were waiting to board by 10:30.
This cabin has a small balcony and a hard to access closet with the bed next to it. The shower is a good size and a dual sink but not worth the extra expense from a balcony cabin which is the only difference between the two. There are two outlets for plugging in electronics but none in the bathroom. It has a flat screen TV but limited channel selections. It was quiet and we didn't hear anything from people around us or from deck 8 below us.