Sailed from England on the Queen Mary 2 spent 4 great nights in New York, the Norwegian Breakaway was the next leg of the package. Arrived for embarkation at 11:00am on Boxing Day and we boarded after about 30 minutes. The cabin wasn't quite ready so we went for a couple of beers in O'Sheehans, we had a drinks free package included but there is a tax charge whilst in USA waters.

Back to check out the cabin which was clean and had plenty of storage but the balcony is really narrow with just enough room for 2 chairs and a tiny table. The room steward was great, it was my wife's birthday on the trip and he organised her a card and a small cake.

The cabin on deck 8 forward was very noisy with the theatre below booming through the floor and on the deck a game which consisted of smashing large plastic discs together. If we cruised on the NB again it would be a couple of decks higher up. Read more