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Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 1.6
Author: over30cruiser

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

over30cruiser

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

1.6 out of 5

10 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 28, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

this our 30 cruise will not go back to Norwegian even if its free again

Embarkation

1 out of 5

waited 3 hours in lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

doors do not open worst food Worst shows

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

very salty bad test not good at all whole cruise did not have banana fruit was spoil and did not test edible fish smell and test bad

Entertainment

1 out of 5

chairs all book with towels all time never could use

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

shows are not worth wasting time to see

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

no activities

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

hard to find area to deck12 doors by pool area to cafeteria do not open hit my head first time used did not fix even report it elevartor did not stop at deck 9 have to use stairs

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

table under TV could not get to bed

Ship tip

will not recommend to any one

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

1 out of 5

terminal is not set up to receives so many passenger

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Ocho Rios, Jamaica

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Harvest Caye, Belize

1 out of 5

nothing to do they save money they own the island they very expansive to buy

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

they make us leave room by 8:00am waited for hours end up Dragan our heavy bags

16 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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whorv67 6 years ago

Why are you “test” ing the food?

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dawn2121 6 years ago

Been on 4 Boston to Bermuda cruises and didn’t experience any of your problems. Are you normally unhappy with vacations? I work so hard during the year at home/work that I would never complain being away with NCL crew waiting on me 24-7! ❤️💕💗

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debclar 6 years ago

No we are sailing June 8th

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balconyfor3 6 years ago

debclar When in june are you sailing? ?? Sailing the 1 of june?

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debclar 6 years ago

Went on the Dawn last year out of New Orleans and had an amazing time. Ship is beautiful. Have sailed Norwegian 5 times and will be sailing again this June for my daughter's wedding that is taking place on the Dawn.

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balconyfor3 6 years ago

Your vacation is what you make of it ! 😆 And I plan that it will be awesome !!! 1 of june 2018

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PandCcruisers 6 years ago

On the Dawn January 17-28, cabin on the 12th deck. Used all doors coming and going multiple times a day without any problems. Everything in this review IMHO is garbage. We weren’t made to leave our rooms at anytime, food was great as usual and never had any problems finding deck loungers anytime or any day. Please don’t let an uniformed review influence your decision to sail the Dawn.

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Franklin2020 6 years ago

Been on the Dawn twice NCL booked for the 5th time , my cruise line of choice. Loved every minute of it

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ladyvolsbfan 6 years ago

Been on 3 Norwegian cruises had not had a bad one yet. Tampa was easiest port I disembark from. Sorry for your bad experience.

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amcguckian10 6 years ago

This is an awesome ship. I’ve been on 6 and out of all this one was my favorite

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henrii64 6 years ago

I can agree that the table under the TV needs to be redesigned, but disagree with almost everything else you said. Thoroughly enjoyed the cruise last month to the ABC islands. Service, staff, food and entertainment were excellent. Sorry you hit your head.

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john0711 6 years ago

Went on that ship last Aug and we had a great time. Absolutely a great ship if you want to have fun...

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ColoradoKen 6 years ago

Booked for a year from now and can't wait......so excited!!!!

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sweetpea719 6 years ago

I'm sorry you had a bad experience!!! I've been on the cruise four time and have my Fifth book this July and wouldn't even think about going on another cruise !

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monncheri0608 6 years ago

Ooh wow and we just booked this for next year with friends😔😔

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