Exceeded all my expectations.

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11088

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great, will apply lessons learned to next cruise. Can’t wait to go again.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Being a first time customer I had nothing to compare it to. Arrived at the port early and got checked in. Would it be possible to arrive and check in closer to sailing?

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Great. I feel that the service in the restaurants was starting to tail off the last two nights of the cruise.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Venitian was our favorite, tried the Aqua one night. While the food was the same, we were seated in a nearly empty dining room and the hostess seated a couple right next to us at an adjoining table. I don’t understand the logic of this.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Stage shows were awesome. Lounge acts were ok

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Romell, our cabin steward was the greatest. While we never required any special treatment, I have no doubt that he would of accommodated every reasonable request.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our cabin ( 11088 ) was great. However I felt a little silly paying extra to have a cabin directly below the pool deck. Lots of noise from the band, people running and deck chairs being moved around. Next time We’ll be sure to get a cabin a little farther from the action.

Ship tip

Like I said, keep a deck between your cabin and the pool deck. Our last cruise was 32 years ago but I don’t remember feeling so much of the rocking of the ship so mid ship was probably a good decision for us.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
Did the passion island excursion. It was great,

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Zip line was great. Shuttle service to and from the ship was not a problem.

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
Nice beach. Again, felt silly paying NCL for drinks that were included onboard ship.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Glass bottom/ snorkel trip was nice. Elise and Captain Mario were excellent.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Went resonably smooth, but we had booked an extra night in Tampa. Some of the people that had flights to catch were less than happy.
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2 Comments

Fabfifty5    6 years ago

What did you learn? Could you share with the rest of us?

mistybleu17    6 years ago

Hey, what are some of your tips?

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