Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Reviews

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Amazing Time on the Breakaway
"We took an Uber from the hotel to the port and arrived in 20 mins, dropped our bags, showed our negative rapid test results and vaccine cards, headed through security, and went straight to a check-in desk with no wait time.The pool deck was the worse, with hardly any space for sun loungers, a closed-off area for smokers right in the middle of the deck, and for some reason, they have built a large structure in the middle of the deck between the adults and kids pools called the marketplace which serves no purpose...."Read More
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Great crew, not my favorite ship

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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grump32
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

My mother and I chose this cruise because it sailed from New Orleans, and we wanted to see NOLA as well as take a cruise. We had previously sailed on the Norwegian Spirit on an Alaskan itinerary and loved it, so I didn't hesitate to book another Norwegian cruise. This ship is not the Norwegian Spirit, but there were aspects that I enjoyed: 1) The crew-- they were helpful and kind. They did ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Get ready to wait in line! For everything!

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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AlbertanAmy
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

This was my first cruise, and after this experience will also be my last. We sailed Norwegian Breakaway out of New Orleans on march 10th. This cruise was obviously overbooked, and understaffed. If you wanted to get your child into splash academy, you would have to be in line at the very least an hour early. We waited in line for an hour to see Burn The Floor. We waited in line for at ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Balcony

Traveled with children


Forget the Food

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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A Englishman on a cruise
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

So, my new wife and I wanted to celebrate our 1st year wedding anniversary. We are in older years my wife 64, and me 72. we booked our trip 7 months in advance, of our anniversary. As we live in NW Florida, New Orleans was our departure point. We travelled the day before to be within a 20-mile radius of our day of our departure. Little did we know that our trip was in Spring Break. boarding was ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony Stateroom


Amazing Family Cruise - Norwegian IN - Carnival OUT

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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ShaqDaddy32
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

My wife wanted to try Norwegian after speaking to many at her work who regularly use NCL. We have been on 25+ cruises and 23 of them were with Carnival. We had 1 Royal Caribbean and I had one NCL (20+ years ago) and didn't really remember much about that small ship out of Miami. We chose the 7 day out of New Orleans (we live right outside the area) with stops in Cozumel, Roatan, Honduras, ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony


Worst Cruise Experience EVER

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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Cruise Chrissy
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise because of the destinations, and had heard good things about Norwegian. I’m a very positive person and always focus on the positives and try to diminish anything negative, however - there was NOTHING good about this cruise ship and their staff. Nothing. First, they allow smoking in so many places on the ship, including the casino on the 7th floor - which pretty much made ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


Depends what you want

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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Jake72
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

First cruise with Norwegian. We’ve taken 3 others on Celebrity & Carnival. There were some good things about the cruise but many others that left us thinking it was just an average experience. Tot seems to depend on what you want. For kids maybe a good ship. If you like many nicer dining experiences maybe a good choice. If you like the loud pool scene they offer that. For us those aren’t ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony Stateroom


Some good, mostly not so good.

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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D Norris
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

This was my and my wife’s tenth cruise on NCL and was our favorite cruise line until this cruise. I started having reservations about this ship as well as the Prima after reading reviews. A lot of the complaints that people had didn’t really bother me, but I was concerned about some. The good. We had balcony on deck 11, it was good. The housekeeper was excellent, never had to wait for room to ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Traveled with children


Cruising is not what it used to be

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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1gemini
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose the NCL Breakaway because we were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras and have sailed NCL many times before. It’s a beautiful ship but the venues are not capable of handling the number of passengers on board. The showroom is smaller than those on smaller ships and required reservations on the only floor show twice on two days during the week. The show BURN THE FLOOR was good but it was ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Balcony


Cruise ok, but luggage stolen and no help from NCL

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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BoatSkipper
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The cruise went to some great places and we did excursions , unusually for us , and on the whole they were good. NCL are noisy ships and we always get a spa pass as that is the only place inside you can sit to have a view out of the front of the boat. Entertainment is varied and some is good some less so, food is generally good. Seated drinks service is always patchy, do they have a lot of people ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony Stateroom


Never again

Review for a Caribbean - Western Cruise on Norwegian Breakaway

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Jshorty59
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

I wish I could erase this cruise from memory. If you like extreme drinking and loud cruises, this is for you, us, not at all. Unfortunately it has given us doubt to ever go on a freestyle type cruise. The bars were packed from sun up to closing, sadly it was the same people everyday. You simply could not walk up to a bar to get a drink, it took forever. And no one walking around taking drink ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Traveled with children


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