Ports of Call
New York City
Sailing out of NYC can be tricky in the wintertime. If you live in NJ or are travelling through NJ you always run the risk during snowstorms of NJ closing all the major highways and bridges across the Hudson. How do you get across the river? The NCL dock is in NYC on the other side of the river. Suggest you book yourself into Manhattan for an extra day or two. The Hilton Garden Suites and Hilton Time Square are about 6 blocks from the dock and are in the center of Manhattan. Have a nice breakfast at your hotel and take a cab to the dock. Hotel reservations can be changed but the NCL Breakaway will sail in and out in all kinds of weather and is usually on time. You do not want to be on the wrong side of the river or flying into NYC area the same day as embarkation. If a passenger misses the embarkation and the ship sets sail it’s a plane ride to the first port of call using jammed airports. Doesn’t sound like a pretty picture, after all you have paid for the cruise of your dreams. Protect yourself.
Port Carnaveral
Sailing into Port Carnaveral will allow you to see views of the Cape Carnaveral Space Center from the ship. This port has a lot of activity which can be viewed from the decks. Disney for the day or Cape Carnaveral our great trips especially if you have children travelling with you. There are a lot of available Shore Excursions available at this port.
Entrance to Harbor Area
Cape Carnaveral
Sail Out
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is a very beautiful Port of Call. Most of the pictures were taken from the Haven. This provided us with a special insight into this port. You can watch the ferries shuttle people by boat to and from work, tour boats sightseeing with it’s passengers coming and going, sunrise and sunset over the island, ships entering and leaving the port. Through the years Nassau have evolved into a bussling city. Be sure to book a tour to the Atlantis for the water park, shopping, and/or casino. Paridise Island is a great place to spend the day.
Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas is a beautiful Port of Call with many activites. There are shore excusions to Megan’s Bay, Duty Free Shopping in town, boat tours of Saint Thomas and Saint Johns, and a cable car ride to view the island from above. Sunrise and sunets are the best. This is an island to enjoy yourself.
Phillipsburg, St. Maarten
Phillipsburg is another Port of Call with Duty Free Shopping, casinos, sight-seeing tours on land and water. The America’s Cup competion is a blast. Watching the planes land over Maho Beach is also fun. You can almost reach out and touch the planes as they arrive.
Barbados
Barbados offers shopping, beaches, caves, and land and water tours for sight-seeing.
St. Kitts
Saint Kitts has a scenic train ride which follows the shore and goes through the old sugar plantations. There is plenty of shopping and outside bars to while the day away as well. Just relax and enjoy yourself and take in all the sights.
Set the GPS to NCL BREAKAWAY PUBLIC SPACE