Old and dated ship,difficult curly getting dinner reservations before 8 pm, greatly misleading descriptions of shore excursions, very disappointed

Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 3.2
Author: PFC

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

PFC

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 08, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11090

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Definitely the most disappointing cruise we have been on. Cruised Celebrity in December, not one complaint. We have also sailed Princess, Seabourn, Royal Caribbean, NEVER again on Norwegian

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Specialty restaurants were good, hard to get reservations to main dining rooms

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Thankfully we paid for the use of the thermal spa for the entire cruise as outside decks were very Overcrowded and no lounge chairs available. People left used towels on chairs and staff did not monitor.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Showband was outstanding

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Excellent service from Anthony in O’Sheehan’s. Other staff indifferent

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Old and dated

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Jay kept it very clean

Ship tip

Buy the pass to thermal spa. Forget the pricey and disappointing shore excursions

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5

Booked Hop on Hop off and Truman library on our own

Thumbs Up 0

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Only excursion worth the cost

Thumbs Up 0

Willemstad, Curacao

1 out of 5

Taste of Curacoa was misleading, never visited actual food market, walked us through a souvenir market. Waste of time and money

Thumbs Up 0

Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5

DO Not Book Best of Aruba. Description listed beach time. After visiting a boring lighthouse and aloe factory and driving around boring areas and did not see Oranjestad at all only had less than 45 minutes at a beach.

Thumbs Up 1

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Did on our own. Took a van to the beach, $6 each way and chair umbrella rental only $10 Wasn’t going to trust the cruise shore excursions again

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Disorganized and overcrowded. Waited in long lines

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