When my family and I heard about the new Norwegian Breakaway, we were eager to go on it even though I already had a feeling that the stops weren't gonna be as good as the Caribbean stops (we have been to both west and east Caribbean). As a seasoned NCL taker, I thought the Breakaway was only alright.

For embarkation, for starters, NYC in end of November was unbelievably cold and made worse by the raging wind. We arrived at the Manhattan Port at around 10am and got our room keys and everything. Unfortunately, we had to wait around 10-15 minutes to board the ship. One thing I immediately noticed was that there was not much of any cheering or any enthusiasm from the staff when boarding the cruise. When we previously board the Gem and the Star, the staffers were outside clapping, playing music, and being very cheerful.

So our room (a mini suite on the 9th floor) wasn't ready until 1pm so we just went to go eat and check out the cruise at the meantime. We previously took Epic so the Breakaway was highly reminiscent of the Epic. NCL definitely took people's criticisms about the Epic seriously because the shower and the toilet are no longer separated. A Breakaway balcony cabin looks like a cabin in a smaller NCL ship (like Star). However, the mini suite definitely seemed small and it was definitely smaller than the mini suite in the smaller Norwegian ships. I thought our cabin attendant was nice but apparently he was rude to my parents. Read more