Great itinerary poor ship

Item: Norwegian Dawn
Rating: 4
Author: martyclarkgetfit

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

martyclarkgetfit

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 139

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Greek Isles: Santorini Mykonos & Croatia (Trieste To Athens)

Sail date: October 17, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin number: 11060

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

We are lifelong NCL cruisers. we still love NCL just not this ship. The ship doesn't seem to be able to entertain or accommodate full capacity. 99percent of the crew was super nice in spite of the work overload, the other one percent just couldn't handle the stress and lashed out.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food and drinks were great, lines for restaurants were worst ever. Ship seems understaffed and under stress.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

in a new port everyday so this was not as big a deal as it could have been. small crowded venues with poor quality entertainment.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room steward and Butler were wonderful, staff inside restaurants worked their tails off, they just needed more help.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Choose a different ship if possible. When arriving in Athens, if you are taking a cab from the terminal, beware!! There are gypsey cab drivers who try to over charge you

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Ports of call

Trieste, Italy

4 out of 5

Koper, Slovenia

5 out of 5

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

2 out of 5

Both ports in Turkey felt unsafe. The people seem very anti American, we had several comments said directly to us that made us nervous enough to head back to the ship.

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Istanbul, Turkey

2 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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jofoster 1 month ago

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip. I was in the port of Kusadassi in August last year and then again in September this year. Both times, I felt safe and wandered around freely.

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javawoody 1 month ago

Thanks for the review

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HeavySeas 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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cruising2004 1 month ago

Glad you enjoyed your itinerary. Thanks for the ship tip.

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