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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (New Orleans Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 19, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10006

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Food prep and delivery in the optional dinning rooms took too long. For example, in Le Bistro, we waited for one solid hour before receiving our boullibase and the restaurant was not to capacity or even close!

Also, we feel Norwegian may consider enforcing a smart casual dress code in the upscale optional dinning rooms. We observed many guests wearing baseball style caps, flip flops and shorts and other inappropriate clothing at dinner time.

Your concept of "freestyle" dinning was too often taken to extremes by some.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Romel and Sherwin were exceptional! Our concierge, Roul met our every need! The cabin was beautiful.

Ports of call

New Orleans, Louisiana

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

5 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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pjcyr 7 years ago

loved the specialty restaurants, but changing the whole freestyle dress will hurt business.

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freechelle 7 years ago

we were told no flip flops or baseball caps. My husband wore either nice shorts with boat shoes or jeans with his boots. I didn't see anyone that didn't follow those guidelines. And the food and service in the speciality restaurants were AMAZING!

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panamascooter 7 years ago

I think the only things you can't wear is ball cap, flip flop,bathing suit. Besides that it's called freestyle cruising for a reason. I can see wearing jeans or shorts, nice shirt. I'm gonna love not to dress up

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darylmiles 7 years ago

Sounds as if you think there should be limits on FREEDOM!

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Other reviews of this sailing

Almost completely satisfied

February 2017

Norwegian Dawn - Great ship and crew!