Norwegian Breakaway Review

A Different Experience - Where's the Vegetarian Food?

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway
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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2014

This was our first experience on one of NCL's large ships. We are gold latitudes so have been on numerous cruises before with NCL on other ships which held in the range of 2000 passengers. The Breakaway is quite a change from those ships. It is truly massive putting quite a bit of distance between the dining rooms which are Aft and the entertainment venues which are forward. I was quite impressed with how well it was designed to avoid crowding despite the constant movement of people. There were 4100 guests and 1600 crew when we sailed.

Although not large, our BC Balcony cabin on Deck 11 was well designed with a great deal of storage area. Friends of ours were in a mini-suite and there did not seem to be a substantial difference in size despite the statistics in the schematic. I would recommend a room where the bed is adjacent to the balcony rather than the couch/desk as it was in our room. It is nice to lie on the bed and look through the glass. The balcony itself is small - it can only accommodate two straight chairs (no lounge) and a very small table. The bathroom was a decent size again with plenty of storage area and a nice size shower. There are no privacy issues as on the EPIC.

The embarkation process was quick although they should have some Information Technology people around the check in area to help with glitches. It took some time to record our information and the check in person had to keep interrupting a colleague for help. Once on board, around noon, we were told that cabins would be available at 2 and we headed for the Garden Cafe on 15. In actuality, the rooms were available closer to 1:30. My policy is that i tip the room steward as soon as I meet him and find that gets me very smooth service for the cruise which was the case this time as well.

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