Great itinerary, average cruiseline

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

9 Night Baltic (Copenhagen To Stockholm)

Sail date: June 13, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11626

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall we enjoyed the cruise. We will not likely cruise on NCL again. We've had better experience on other cruise lines

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Very long lines to get onboard

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food was decent - specialty restaurant really good. Mt daughter got food poisoning in main dining room. Sometimes we could not find a table at the buffet

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
N/A - we did not do much on board due to the daily excursions. The kids really enjoyed the teen club

Entertainment

We did not go to any shows

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
They enjoyed meeting other kids their age and hanging out.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Service was good. Most of the staff did not seem happy. A few were great.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
They clearly focus on keeping the common areas clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The cabin was just right for 2 people. We had two cabins for our family of 4

Ship tip

If you plan on eating at the buffet (we did for breakfast), it was very convenient to have a cabin one deck below the buffet.

Ports of call

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

4 out of 5
Our excursion required a 2 and a half hour train ride both ways. the return train was delayed, making for a very long day. Our tour guide for this excursion was the best of all our excursions.

Gdynia (Gdansk), Poland

4 out of 5
We were very surprised by how much we enjoyed this port. We did an excursion.

Klaipeda, Lithuania

3 out of 5
Our excursion was to a beautiful park, but we could not really participate due to food poising from dinner the night before

Riga, Latvia

3 out of 5
2 of our family of 4 went on excursion. The tour guide rushed through the tour. The other 2 stayed on ship due to food poisoning

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5
2 of our family of 4 went on excursion and really enjoyed it. The other 2 went to hospital in Helsinki at the recommendation of on board medical staff

KOTKA, FINLAND

2 out of 5
Our booked excursion was canceled and the port is in an industrial area. We stayed on board the ship.

Visby, Sweden

4 out of 5
Beautiful port and city. We did an excursion to the old town and scenic points.

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5
We had a really good tour guide on our excursion that allowed the right mix of free time. The city was beautiful.

Nynashamn (Stockholm), Sweden

5 out of 5
Due to flight scheduling, we stayed an extra day and wished we had a few more days. We definitely want to go back to Stockholm.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
This was the smoothest disembarkation we've ever experienced.
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9 Comments

Ladyjunecliff    1 year ago

Thanks for your review. Itinerary sounds fantastic.

GramPatti    1 year ago

This is my itinerary in June of 2024. I was worried about the intense itinerary of a new port every day and how boring the ship looks but it'll be a great time. Thanks for your review. Were your flights through ncl? This is another worry because mine is and I booked 2 days before in Stockholm and 2 days after in Oslo. Worried it won't be enough time.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Great itinerary. Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your ports of call. Sorry you were disappointed in the ship.

Ship2Shora    1 year ago

Thanks for the detes 😎

tavo6    1 year ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed the itinerary

straveler    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruise with us. So sorry some of your family got food poisoning.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Glad you enjoyed most of your cruise.