Dissappointing

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Norwegian Dawn

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 03, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed cabin and islands. Excursions are pricey I recommend getting taxis much cheaper and more tours . I will not use Norwegian again. I enjoy a ship with good food, friendly helpful staff, activities and multiple pools. Norwegian is not the line for me.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Great ! No wait no hassle

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Buffet was disgusting, no taste. Non helpful non friendly buffet staff. Main dining room much better food but again unfriendly staff, took FOREVER to get our food. Specialty same quality as main dining room, little better in being friendly.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
The one and only pool naturally was over crowded. I felt the life guard too over bearing in his presence I felt like I was an inmate. The kid pool was closed entire trip and I had my 3 year old grand daughter who had no other pool for her.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The comedian was very original and kept us laughing. The magician was very good

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
My grand daughter had a great time there but the hours were a little inconvient

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Room stewards did a good job, the waiters, were not smiling and acted like they didn’t want to be there. The front desk was , other than the tall black man, acted as if I was an inconvience to them. I was not informed about my pkgs of specialty dining , how it works nor need to make reservations prior to sailing. I was not made aware of my excursion pkg. I thought I only had 1 port I was not made aware I had opportunity for excursion in every port until a guest at the pool Informed me on the last day.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Ship was clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Very clean !

Ship tip

Don’t use this ship if you want activities , hsve kids, or want good food with good service and smiling faces

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

2 out of 5
Locals not friendly

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
Beautiful beach

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Totally love this island ! Friendly people

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Totally love this island. Friendly people

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Totally love this island ! Friendly people

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
A little long but good
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5 Comments

stevez49    5 years ago

Been on the Dawn 5 times. I keep going back because of the wonderful crew and ship size. Not knowing your perks is unexcuseable. Smile and the world will smile with you.

viviennepagano    5 years ago

Research your ship before booking!! Biggest mistake is booking without seeing the onboard activities and YouTube has several videos posted so your own fault if you expect 2 pools with slides

pgmcruise    5 years ago

I have been on the Dawn twice, loved every minute. Vacation is what you make it! RELAX, enjoy, be friendly.

rendog12    5 years ago

Should have done your research. I have been on the Dawn 3 times and loved it.

frankie0303    5 years ago

Well, you sailed on an older ship.... you should’ve booked a cruise on a bigger and newer ship if you want a nice family vacation.

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