Norwegian Canada & New England 2015

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Canada & New England (Quebec To Boston)

Sail date: October 02, 2015

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10178

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

OK cruise but excursions could be better.  Most are simply bus rides through the town or park visited.  We have had previous trips on the Norwegian Star which seems to be better maintained than the Norwegian Dawn used for this cruise.  The Dawn had issues with plumbing and both water and toilets were unavailable in our stateroom at various times.  We invited our daughter on this cruise and the balcony stateroom was cramped for 3 people.  When the sofa bed was open, the balcony was blocked and inaccessible.  We have had similar staterooms on Carnival cruises and did not have this problem since the sofa-bed was located in the middle of the stateroom.  Fall colors in Canada and New England are late this year, so we were disappointed with the views.  In the future, we will book the cruise a couple of weeks later.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cramped for 3 adults. Sofa-bed is located next to balcony door and blocks door when sofa-bed is open.

Ship tip

Food is good but quality seems to diminish during the cruise duration.

Ports of call

Quebec City, Quebec

5 out of 5

La Baie, Quebec

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

5 out of 5

Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

debbiegagnon    9 years ago

Going to get cold in MA this weekend that is when the foliage will really kick in. Can't predict New England weather. We are an hour south of Boston and can agree with the ship needing updating. We did Bermuda 8/21 -8/28 wasn't too impressed with Bermuda. Our first cruise. Would like to do Alaska next. We have had record breaking warmth this October, it was in the 70's today and possible light snow this weekend. Go figure. Live in NE and don't like the weather wait a minute it will change lol. Seems like the past several years no Spring or Fall just Summer to Winter and Winterd to Summer!

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