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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 21, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 11523

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

I have cruised about 20-times (on about 6 or 7 lines).

The experience was very good -but still some room for improvement

1.Having to pay $18 a day to park my car is not something I enjoy doing.

2. Being charged a $15 fee to carry my one bottle of wine aboard in my carry on bag is not something I enjoy doing.

3. Several members of our group picked up a cold on-board (cough, congestion, headache, fever, etc) near the end of the cruise (I am almost over it now).

4. I wish there were more adult only hot tubs -or that the kids would stay out of the adult hot tubs.  I have read that kids really do tend to load the pool up with bacteria.

5.  The food was excellent -but the service at times was a little slow.

6. The entertainment was excellent.

7.  Costa Maya has sure improved over the years and this year I really enjoyed stopping and shopping here ((great prices -especially on silver and colored topaz stones -sometimes also called clear sapphire, blue sapphire, Mexican fire opal (LOL)).

7. Embarkation & Debarkation were both smooth and excellent.

Overall, I certainly will be going on another Norwegian Cruise vacation.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I like open dining -but miss lobster nite

Onboard Activities

Did not really participate in many -due to have gone on more than 20 previous cruises.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Performers were very good; talented and fit. HOWEVER, the 'Not so Newly Wed Game' needs to be cleaned up a little. AND, I certainly appreciated that there did not appear to be a vulgar 'Adult only Comedy Show' . I have had to walk out on the last two I went to.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The room steward (sorry, I forget his name but he was from the Philippians. Also RICHARD, the cruise director was VERY ENTERTAINING. He also should get an 'excellent'!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent. However, I paid for the cruise well in advance and later noticed that some people who paid for the cruise much closer to departure got a much better price and/or upgrade. It would have been nice to have been offered an upgrade. The next time, I may wait until closer to departure and see if the price will drop for me.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

3 out of 5
Reduce parking from $18 to $12 (what nearby parking lots are charging).

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Always fun

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5
Bad Roads!

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5
Avoid Bob Marley. He approached me and offered to sell me weed

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Good Shopping
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6 Comments

noname111    8 years ago

Thank you for posting your review. Sounds like you had a very enjoyable vacation!

Happy sails!

Johngold    8 years ago

Originally posted by: BDRebel

An advantage to using this method is 1) The line will give you your very own private room without any upcharge; and 2) you will be met at the pier with your very own limousine service to take you to a 5 star hotel, where you will get to stay for free (for the next twenty years)

yea there's that....... But kids stay away.....

BDRebel    8 years ago

Originally posted by: Johngold

 If you hold their heads under for a few minutes every time they get in the tub... they don't stick around for long.......

An advantage to using this method is 1) The line will give you your very own private room without any upcharge; and 2) you will be met at the pier with your very own limousine service to take you to a 5 star hotel, where you will get to stay for free (for the next twenty years)

JusMe    8 years ago

The lower level and lower priced cruise lines have more kids on them then lines like HAL and Celebrity.

Bubba54    8 years ago

Thanks for the review.

Johngold    8 years ago

There will always be someone out there with a better deal. I've learned to live with that. Being that I have to fly anywhere to cruise, parking never an issue. However the cruise line has to make a buck somewhere..... and Kids in the Hot Tub...Never a problem.... If you hold their heads under for a few minutes every time they get in the tub... they don't stick around for long.......

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