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No regard for sanitary or Covid precautions. Some are included in the cost of the cruise, while other have an additional charge. The facial recognition was far from adequate and two crew operating the recognition filled with errors was not enough to handle the amount of people. This business has continued to grow each year and the fleet now includes two dolphin watch boats, an amphibious vehicle, two parasail boats and several offshore and bay fishing boats. These are the main amenities that are available. Breakaway Cruises came into existence in 1995 with the arrival of our first dolphin watch boat, the Xcape, built in 1994 in Florida. There are quite a few things to do on the Breakaway. 1 of the pools and 4 of the hot tubs are exclusive access, which means there's either an extra charge to access them or you need to book a certain class of cabin to have access to them. Tired of loud kids and splashing? 1 of the pools and 2 of the hot tubs are adults only.
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The Norwegian Breakaway has a total of 4 pools and 10 hot tubs. That being said, a quick dip in the pool can be nice on a hot day. You would have a much better bet choosing a resort with a huge pool complex. We're a firm believer that if you want to just spend all day for 7 days in a pool, a cruise isn't for you.
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The problem is that with thousands of people on a ship, there's not always room. Nothing beats relaxing by a pool with a nice drink in hand as you feel the fresh sea breeze pass by you. Pools and Hot Tubs on Norwegian Breakaway The main pool on the Norwegian Breakaway To see if you would save money with a drink pacakage, try our Drink Package Calculator. Norwegian Breakaway cruises will sail from Miami in the summers of 20, relocating to New York in the fall for leaf-peeping cruises and finally to Port Canaveral for the winter. Alcohol is not included in the base price of this cruise ship. There are also plenty of bars available on this ship. Only 20% of the dining options are included which means you might spend more while on the ship due to the additional fees. Some options are a set price and some are a'la cart menu pricing. The other 16 options have an additional fee. Of those options, 4 are complementary, or included with your cruise fare. You have 20 different dining options to choose from. As a solo traveler, a balcony cabin is perfectly adequate, but on that ship I would have ended up spending way too much time in my own cabin just to retain my sanity.Food is a big part of any cruise, and on the Norwegian Breakaway, there will be plenty of it. The Haven has workarounds so you're not caught up in the chaos getting on/off for excursions or shows. But I was always extremely grateful to get back to the Haven area just to escape the press of all those people. (I did think the buffet was amazing, especially the expanded Indian section, shows were good and I liked the small club entertainment aspect). As pointed out, the layout of the entire ship is lousy - the public areas are just all bottlenecked and crammed all the time, the crowds lined up to get off for excursions blocking the elevator banks, games/shows held in atrium room that makes walking across the ship difficult, elevators are limited, no real smoking barriers, etc. But I would never sail it in a non-Haven cabin. I did a solo trip in the Haven on Breakaway that year when the hurricane hit and so many cruises were cancelled/rerouted. But we can't imagine being on that ship at anything near its capacity. PS: We really enjoyed that cruise, our first since the pandemic began.