Southampton cruise on NCL

Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 4.1
Author: gulffguy

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

gulffguy

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night British Isles (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 04, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was good. Dawn is an older boat, inside looks very good, outside showing it's age.We had a day in PORTLAND ENGLAND where we could not get alcohol until very late in the evening.NCL told me there was a 22000 fine to serve alcohol in port.We paid for alcohol the entire cruise, plus gratituies.We never received any credit for the tips. This also happened for about half the day in the port of South Hampton.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Embarking was good.We could not get alcohol until later in the day even though we paid for alcohol pkg.Plus we paid for gratituies as well..

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Having sailed on 14 previous NCL cruises, the food on the Dawn was pretty good but surely not great

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

All the staff was great except for dinner of the bartenders, especially in O Sheens.Not enough help at times

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was very good, even for an older boat.BED DEFINITELY needs new mattress.My wife rolled into me a couple of times. I was trying to get that close to her