Disappointed honeymooner

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Bahamas & Florida (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 22, 2006

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

We have recently returned from our honeymoon cruise on the Norweign Dawn, and I must say it left A LOT to be desired. The idea of "Freestyle Cruising" where you can eat whenever you want does not exist after 10pm. Three times we went to the Garden Cafe for "late snacks" and were able to eat only once. The other 2x there was nothing available. The itinery would have been great if it had been arranged in a more favorable way. Who wants to spend the majority of their cruise at the private island were there is nothing to do but swim, and have NO time in the shopping ports. We were also apparently on a cruise for people with special needs, and had not been informed of this. Norwegian Dawn also does not offer any special services to it's honeymooners, unless you want to pay extra. We did not even get any cute towel animals. On the plus side, we really enjoyed the excursions.

Ports of call

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Who knows, we were only in this port for 2 half days and it did not really leave time to see anything and so the shopping was limited.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
The dolphine encounter was great. Wish there was more time alloted to see more of the island and shop a little
Don't Miss: Dolphine encounter

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5
As this was the private island, 4-5 hours would have been sufficient. I really did not like wasting an entire day on an island were the only things availabe to do were swimming related.
Don't Miss: None

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
We had a great time at Universal studios.
Don't Miss: Universal was the only thing we had time to see

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Who knows, we were only in this port for 2 half days and it did not really leave time to see anything and so the shopping was limited.

Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas

3 out of 5
As this was the private island, 4-5 hours would have been sufficient. I really did not like wasting an entire day on an island were the only things availabe to do were swimming related.
Don't Miss: None

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
We had a great time at Universal studios.
Don't Miss: Universal was the only thing we had time to see

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
The dolphine encounter was great. Wish there was more time alloted to see more of the island and shop a little
Don't Miss: Dolphine encounter

Pros: The balconey cabin was perfect

Cons: food service and availability

Recommends Norwegian Dawn? No.

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