I will not choose Norwegian again

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 0

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
Norwegian Dawn

9 Night Europe: France Germany & Norway (Southampton To Copenhagen)

Sail date: July 06, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10122

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 21 days ago

Review summary

The biggest disappointment of this cruise was that Norwegian cancelled one of the ports without any given reasons or compensation less than 1 week before the embarkation. While we enjoyed other ports, the cancelled port was the one we were most looking forward to visiting. We know cruise ship companies can cancel ports of call and not compensate travellers, but it is still quite disappointing, and this experience is deterring me from choosing Norwegian again. As for the ship, it is old and outdated, but clean enough. We won the bet for upgrading from the inside room to the balcony and liked our new cabin. The food was mediocre at its best with repeated appetizers almost every day. The drinks and entertainment were pretty good, but we found the music way too loud for our liking. If I were to pay a similar price, I would choose RC or Carnival over NCL.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Good size balcony

Ports of call

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

1 out of 5

Aarhus, Denmark

3 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
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7 Comments

Lizikins     19 days ago

Thanks for sharing your feedback. What did you not like about Warnemunde and Amsterdam?

Gwbigdog     19 days ago

Oops, sorry, thanks for sharing your cruise

TheVegasSphere     21 days ago

NCL loves to close in cancel ports (after final payment is due). Lots of posts about it happening, and they did it to us a couple of times when we used to sail them.

javawoody     21 days ago

Appreciate the feedback

cruising2004     21 days ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

Shh813     21 days ago

They would have given you a port credit on the port you missed. They have a reason when they cancel a port, not doing it to upset you. But the rest of your review doesn't sound good with the low scores you gave. Maybe you shouldn't go anymore on Norwegian.

HeavySeas     21 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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