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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 11, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11096

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed our cruise in spite of cool, cloudy weather. The ship is well designed with a good theater and good dining venues. Food quality and service  was the best we have experienced in our 12-13 cruises. Show quality was very, very good. The ship handles docking, embarkation, and dis-embarkation very well. Our balcony stateroom on deck 11 was more spacious than we have found on our other cruises and had a full bath with tub shower. The balcony was large enough to sit out and put our feet up and relax in the balmy air. We used our balcony more on these cruise than we have on any previous cruise. Our cabin steward was courteous and responsive- a very likeable woman. The crew, especially in food service, has a high percentage of Filipinos; who were very outgoing and warm; a great group. We like the freestyle cruise format a lot. Other cruise lines should embrace this approach. We always thought the pseudo-formality imposed by other lines as inappropriate for a relaxed vacation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We covered this above.

Ship tip

Consider a balcony stateroom on your next cruise. It is worth the few extra dollars.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5
It can be cold and wet in the winter, but the restaurant selection and value is, perhaps, the best in the US.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5
The city is in disarray. Their tourism bureau needs to improve a lot.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Our visit to Chachobben was topnotch.
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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