Great first cruise experience

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Bermuda

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Bermuda (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 13, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 12511

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

It was a great first cruise. Two days the first night and day out we had some rough weather and on the way back we hit a storm, it was so rough it woke me up from a sound sleep. But that was the exception and made the Elements show that much more amazing. Doing gymnastics is hard enough, never mind with the ship rocking back and forth. Then the staff was amazing. Everything was so great we will be going again next year and bringing family with us.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was simple a reasonably quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Complimentary food needed some work. We tried all the specialty dining and all were great except for the Italian restaurant. Ultimate Beverage is a must if you enjoy trying the different adult beverages and the bar staff was wonderful. All the

Moderno Churrascaria

5 out of 5

First time to a Brazilian Steakhouse. Everything was great, from the salad bar to the sides and of course the skewers. Surprisingly, I can not say enough how good the baked pineapple was!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool side was a bit chilly but still nice. Because of the weather I think there were always a bunch of little children (between 6-14) in the hot tubs at all times. I was out at 730 in the morning and each of the four hot tubs had 3 or more kids in them. Not too big of a deal, just seemed like the kids were swimming in the hot tubs because of the weather,

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was wonderful! They really wanted you to be involved and happy. This is what excellent customer service is. The staff and I mean everyone from people you see walking down the halls to the room stewards who are just gifted! We had a couple of bartenders who remembered our names and sometimes our drink orders from previous days.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
You can not believe how clean the public restrooms were on the last day. It was amazing how clean they were able to keep everything with that amount of people on the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It was great for the two of us. Plenty of room for us, and the bed and pillows were great. The bathroom is small but not if you have ever been in a campers bathroom, it is just not a hotel bathroom. The room size was great for the two of us, but they said it would fit 4 and I do not think that would be a good idea.

Ports of call

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We were spoiled by the embarkation but there were no real hang ups just was a bit slower moving than the other.
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Seasearcher    6 years ago

That’s exactly how I feel about the Dawn. Excellent customer service and involvement with cruisers. Clean and attention to detail. Great entertainment and excursions. Bermuda is beautiful

markandde    6 years ago

Glad you had a good time. We're cruising on the Dawn in June and love to see all the positive comments.

Tezd    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

MarineVet71    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourself

ljh180    6 years ago

How was the weather? Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

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