Norwegian Breakaway is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[SuiteCruiser]

Were you given the spa pass as part of you CAS perks? That is what gives you access to the spa outside of the services, so that might be the answer as to why your son spent the week there.

[dtb195]

My husband and I got the weekly spa passes and were prepared to pay for them. My host felt bad that I wasn't having a good play in the casino, so they offered me a massage-I gave it to my son so he could have a chance to experience a spa treatment-he didn't get to use the facilities. My spa passes were picked up at the end because I had a lousy play in the casino-believe me I pd for them-:) But there is no expectation going in beside the comped cruise

[macfin]

honest opinion please how where the pools and hot tubs? also hear alot about any real problem buffet lines and layout issues...did you find any real problems with that? did you eat any speacility resturants ?

[roe2ship]

Seems like the people with casino comps or suite benefits are having a good time. Meanwhile the majority of folks...

I tend to agree with some of what you said. I have noticed the ones with "excellent" reviews appear to have booked with CAS. Reality is when things are being comped or free they always appear to be a whole lot better.

 

OP, thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Breakaway. My turn is less than 3 weeks now....CAN'T WAIT!:D

[SuiteCruiser]

I tend to agree with some of what you said. I have noticed the ones with "excellent" reviews appear to have booked with CAS. Reality is when things are being comped or free they always appear to be a whole lot better.

 

OP, thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Breakaway. My turn is less than 3 weeks now....CAN'T WAIT!:D

 

OP lost at the casino, her trip cost her more than it would have had she paid for it, and yet she came back with a very positive review. I think it should count as double. If she won bags of money, I could see your point.

[dtb195]

My review being positive had only to do with the Breakaway, but I am not picky and just love cruising in general!!!!!!!!

Macfin-I wrote about the 3 specialty restaurants in my review-I go to those 3 on every NCL cruise and except for my disappointment with the change in the menu at Cagneys-very good at all 3. My son's fav meal on the trip was Le Bistro.

I am an early riser so I never had a line at the Buffet-it was very long and well laid out. I do eat lunch early as well because I am starved by 12-12:30pm. The one time it was crowded for me was the day we arrived home and everyone was eating before they got off the ship. I still was able to find a seat easily and didn't have a problem.

The pool got very crowded about 11-12ish. I got seats on deck 16 overlooking the pool and there were seats up there even around 9am. I loved the reggae band-very nice in the morn. Because they fill the sides of the pool with water-people tended to sit there, I went into the water and it wasn't filled with people-also they were good with enforcing the no kids rule. I would leave the pool after 1:30pm when the music stopped and it was alot of activites and loud music, not for me. It was a small pool and should have been bigger, but having the sides filled with water made it nicer.

[pe4all]

I tend to agree with some of what you said. I have noticed the ones with "excellent" reviews appear to have booked with CAS. Reality is when things are being comped or free they always appear to be a whole lot better.

 

OP, thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Breakaway. My turn is less than 3 weeks now....CAN'T WAIT!:D

I have to agree with this. CAS contacted me about a free inside cabin on Breakaway. I had never cruised NCL, but couldn't pass up this offer to cruise on a brand new ship, on a new line I wanted to try, and out of my home port. I paid to upgrade to a balcony (balcony snob here) and added on dd25, and the fare for the 3 of us came out to less than it would have cost me to cruise on a VIP casino cruise CCL had offered me for the same weekend in August. For the cruise fare I paid, people would have to be stacked up on top of each other at all times, or my cabin not be cleaned for the week, or I come off with food poisoning for my to have a "bad" cruise experience! (and even then I would probably say it was good!!:D)

[VickiD59]

Slightly off topic...

I've learned from these boards that CAS is Casino at Sea - how does one become a member, and truthfully.. how much do you need to gamble (I'm assuming win or lose) to be qualified to be comped for future cruises?

[youngestof9]

thanks for the review! I'm from Rockland as well :)

[dtb195]

Youngest of 9-thanks!

Just booked a 2 day cruise to nowhere for January-psyched I have something to look forward to until next summer!