The Dawn is showing its age

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

11 Night Europe: France Spain & Portugal (Barcelona To Southampton)

Sail date: May 06, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin number: 4522

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 25 days ago

Review summary

The itinerary of this tour was great. The ship is getting worn out, although the size is good. Food was okay, breakfast and lunch were boring after awhile. Staff is stretched thin, especially servers in the bars and pool areas. You may not see one! Overall, I was on a cruise and had a good time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Ok, but boring especially for breakfast/lunch. Food was lukewarm all the time.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Nice hot tubs

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The singer Nathan James was terrific as was the comedian. Illusionist were okay but not great. Very good house band.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Excellent cabin stewards but bar servers really stretched thin. Many times no one came around at all.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It's certainly clean but needs to be refurbished or retired. The common seating areas and theater seat

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Small but okay. Unless the bed is separated there is no way to get on/off the bed without obstacles!

Ship tip

Get a balcony.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Beautiful city...we were there before the cruise started.

Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5
Just walked around ourselves. Lovely city.

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
Took excursion for an English tea..it was a fun tour and than tea. Liked it.

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5
Another gorgeous city...took an excursion to Marbella..more touristy but a nice tour and beautiful scenery.

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5
Again a ship excursion...lovely city and nice overview.

Portimao, Portugal

5 out of 5
This was fun. Sagres and lagros. Portugal is gorgeous.

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Having been to lisbon before I opted for an excursion to Sintra. We went through a palace and explored a town.

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5
The best! Don't miss this this stop! We took a tour and beer tasting tour from the ship..it was great. Would have loved more time here.

Le Havre (Paris), France Did not visit port

I wS supposed to have a tour to Normandy, but I got sick and stayed on the ship. Bummer.

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

This was our disembarkation. Got a pick up for a 4 day international friends tour of London. PERFECT.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy. Peasy
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