Wonderful ports!

Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 4.6
Author: tomandra24

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

tomandra24

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

Verified Review

11 Night British Isles: Ireland & Scotland (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9569

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Generally we were very happy with all the ports and excursions (except Paris, which was the most expensive). The ship is desperate need of maintenance!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was good, service a little slow

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Albert, our room steward, was extremely friendly and we always had everything we needed!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It's very small, but we knew what we were getting

Ship tip

There needs to be an overhaul done on this ship!! Twice the toilets didn't work (for quite some time) and once we came back from an excursion there was no water on the ENTIRE ship!! Horrible!! If I were looking for a cruise and saw it was this ship, I'd never book it!!

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND

5 out of 5

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5

Belfast, Northern Ireland

5 out of 5

I believe this was the port that the tendering process was a complete disaster!! People waited in lines literally for an hour and a half to disembark.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5

One of my favorites!

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Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Brugges in a day... excellent excursion

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Le Havre (Paris), France

4 out of 5

We took the Paris and leisure excursion and we just drove by sites (after a 3 hour bus drive). We did get dumped off for 2 1/2 hours by the museum district. There were no restaurants or shops nearby. We got no directions on where to walk, so we sat in a park for 2 hours rather than risk getting lost. I was so disappointed in this excursion!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very smooth!

4 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 1 year ago

Thanks for your review. Glad you were able to enjoy the cruise in spite of the issues. Your ports sound really neat

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your review

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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