
See also: COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships The ship's late arrival cut the following 14-day cruise short by one day.
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While Norwegian Cruise Line released a formal apology, the incident had sparked outrage that some guests were traumatized to the point of refusing to cruise again, while some either threatened a class action lawsuit or demanded full compensation. Some guests had suffered seasickness at that point. Footage of the ordeal showed the sides of the ship being hit by waves as high as 30 feet (9.1 m), and the ship was at an inclination with the shape of the waves. Some rooms were so badly flooded that some passengers resorted to sleeping in the public spaces. On 4 January 2018, the Breakaway bound for New York passed through the January 2018 North American blizzard, causing major flooding in passenger staterooms. On 20 July 2016, one crewmember was killed and three were injured by an accident during a rescue boat drill. On 28 July 2014, a 4-year-old boy fell off his bunk and had to be evacuated by a Marine helicopter to a hospital after sustaining a head injury. On 3 February 2014, a 4-year-old fell into the pool and drowned, while a 6-year-old was revived and evacuated by Marine helicopter to a hospital. On 17 September 2013, a woman fell two decks from her exterior balcony prior to arriving in Bermuda. Onboard features include a restaurant, Ocean Blue, by Geoffrey Zakarian, and a comedy club, in which a Second City company performs. The ship has a total of 1,024 staterooms and 238 suites.

At launch, Norwegian Breakaway was the world's ninth largest cruise ship by gross tonnage. She is 146,600 GT in size, and has capacity for 3,963 passengers, double occupancy. Beginning in late 2018, Breakaway will leave New York, traveling to New Orleans, followed by Miami in early 2019, before sailing out of the Orlando-area port, Port Canaveral, in November 2019. She is the largest cruise ship homeported year-round from New York City. Norwegian Breakaway was home ported at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal in Manhattan, making seven-night cruises to Bermuda (May through September) and seven-night cruises to the Bahamas and Florida (October thru April). On she headed to Bermuda to start her seven-day cruises. Following several inaugural events, she started her transatlantic cruise from Southampton to New York City, where the naming ceremony took place. Following the handover, Norwegian Breakaway left the port of Bremerhaven, heading for Rotterdam. She was delivered to NCL on 25 April 2013. The ship's godmothers are the New York dancing troupe The Rockettes. Ĭonstruction of Norwegian Breakaway began on 21 September 2011, when the first piece of steel was cut at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The two ships were named through a public contest Kimberly Powell submitted the name Norwegian Breakaway, which was announced on 14 September 2011. The ship, along with her sister Norwegian Getaway, were the first two ships in "Project Breakaway" ordered by Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian Breakaway at Lakhta Center in 2018 July. They were named through a public contest - a contestant submitted the name Norwegian Breakaway, which was announced on 14 September 2011. It, along with Norwegian Getaway, are the first two ships in "Project Breakaway" ordered by Norwegian Cruise Line.

Norwegian Breakaway is a cruise ship of Norwegian Cruise Line. Two ABB XO Azipods (2 × 17.5 MW) Three Brunvoll bow thrusters (3 × 3 MW)
