Old, poorly designed ship in good condition with poor food, but good service.

Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 3.4
Author: flbigguy2

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

flbigguy2

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 12

Helpful Votes: 180

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 09, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10052

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wouldn’t pick this ship to sail on again. Worst buffet ever experienced on 26 sailings. O’Sheehans is great. Ate ther a lot since buffet was so bad. Norwegian is really cutting corners on food in MDR and specialty restaurants.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

No special line for platinum. System archaic unlike Royal’s. No attn paid to assigned boarding times.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Specialty restaurants other than chops not worth it. Buffet was awful. MDR was okay, but menu dumbed down. No shrimp cocktails or lobster tails like you get on Royal.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Good entertainment staff. Could have used more activities on port days.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Magic isn’t our cup of tea so didn’t like couple of shows. Comedian was poor.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Pleased with cabin attendant. Saw no effect from having service once per day.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Poor layout and design. Common areas were clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Small compared to newer ships. Lacking storage. Only one plug. Bed was comfortable.

Ship tip

Don’t do French or Italian specialty restaurants.

Thumbs up

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

3 Comments

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