Norwegian Dawn Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This cruise ship was absolutely great for we had a blast on it and being that it was Valentine week made it even better. The island Belize was awesome

On the Dawn 05/Feb/2017. Fantastic cruise! Our group of 81/2 people partied like it was 1999! At Harvest Cay, 4 hours in the pool, 4guys, 4buckets of beer, 2 weeks of suffering sunburn itch!! This, was an amazing trip with family and friends.

Our cruise was okay I mean the islands and the ocean we great, but you can sure tell the cruise lines own each port, 

Cozumel was good there is a lot of shopping ,

Honduras is really pretty and we rented a taxi on our own and Miss Sonia took us from one end of the island to he other 

Belize was good also they have added more shopping from what we were told.

Costa Maya is beautiful it is kind of a smaller area but it is newer and we think they will add more later on,they have a pool area with sand in the shopping area, and the dolphin swim area is right there also, 

Best was the drink package...otherwise it was what we expected. Carnival has a better ship in this area but specialty restaurants were better here.  They nickel and dime on most stuff but the drink and dining package was a nice perk.  See ya next year.

Just back from our 6th cruise on NCL and loved it as usual. Room was great. Bed very comfy. Cabin steward, Noel, the greatest!! We had the dining package and enjoyed every restaurant. Entertainment was wonderful. Every cruise has its own distinctions. This one had some weather challenges on the sea days. Big waves on the way out. Cold and windy on the way back. Cozumel was windy in the morning so snorkeling trips were cancelled. But, you just make the best of things. We enjoyed quiet days on the ship; golfed in Roatan (a blast); took advantage of the spa every day and got in our 10,000 steps (plus) by walking the promenade and the jogging track. Second time on the Dawn. Great ship; great crew; great trip

The DAWN was a good cruise ship. It felt like Christmas away from home. I recommend this ship over the EPIC ship.

The Dawn is a beautiful ship and the buffet is one of the best I've ever eaten at.  The noise above our cabin was atrocious!  Make sure you are not under the Garden Buffet.  The noise of the chairs being scooted and/or drug is unbelievably horrible.  That was very nearly my only complaint.  We had an amazing trip.  Service was beyond our expectations.  Drinks were amazing and the shows were terrific!

The newly refurbished Dawn was outstanding. We really liked the new decor and newly done venues. The food was outstanding in all places from Garden Cafe to main dining rooms to the speciality restaurants. The only problem was with some plumbing issues throughout the ship, but there are plenty of restrooms if you know where the are. Overall we enjoyed our cruise and would recommend it to anyone 

My favorite part of the cruise was spending it with my family. The stateroom that NCL called a "family suite with balcony" was hardly big enough for the two people staying in it. The "sofa bed" was little more than a couple of cushion on a platform, not really suitable for sitting on as a break from sitting on the bed.

The balcony was so narrow, if you put the chair against the wall facing the ocean view, you couldn't stretch out your legs. If more than two people tried to sit out there, it would be a crush. The windows were dingy as they they hadn't been washed this century...or maybe even the last century. The bathroom was ridiculously tiny. Definitely the smallest "family suite" I've ever experienced.

The food was not what we expected. The fish was consistently overcooked, no matter where we dined. If you wanted your steak medium you had to order rare. If you ordered medium it came back well done and tough. The ice cream wasn't sweet, which was fine for me because I don't like much sugar, but terrible for the rest of my family. 

Our cabin steward was hit or miss with cleaning our cabin. Here's just one example: we had breakfast in the room and when we returned the dirty dishes were still there. The beds were made but the trash had not been emptied. I put the dirty dishes outside of the door as a hint that they needed to be bussed. When we came back to the room the trash had been emptied and the dirty dishes were back in the room!

Free-style dining is for the birds. We couldn't book reservations in the two main dining rooms for three of the seven nights, so we ate in different places and had to split up the group (there were 12 of us traveling together for Thanksgiving). NOTE: THE ITINERARY OPTIONS ABOVE DID NOT INCLUDE 2016-11-20, WHICH IS THE DATE WE SET SAIL.

The itinerary falsely claimed we were going to Belize, but we really went to NCL's fake island that was part of the Belize archipelago. We called it Be-lies because NCL lied to us. We had the unlimited beverage package which was void on NCL's private island. Food was also not included on the NCL private island. Mainland Belize was just a short boat ride away, but we couldn't go there unless we purchased one of the ship's high-priced excursions, which didn't make sense because it was raining off and on most of the day.

When we booked this cruise we were deciding between NCL Dawn and Royal Caribbean. RC left a day later and went to Guatemala instead of Belize. We say that ship when we docked at Cozumel. I asked them if they'd let us on their ship because we made a big mistake. The gentleman smiled and said he'd look for us next year.

The best thing about NCL Dawn was the spa. Wonderful women there and really good services and reasonable prices. The unlimited drinks package - so I could anesthetize myself and forget about being on that ship. Somnath Singh (we called him Awesome) who took such good care of our family whenever we were poolside, and we were poolside a lot because our cabins were so small.

If this is what we can expect from NCL, this is my last time on them. Next time, Royal Caribbean.

The nightly shows and entertainment on the boat were great, lots of excitement and laughs.  I think I am a very patient person, but important things like excursions and disembarkment procedures should be explained by ship personnel that speak English better without such a language barrier.  I personally do not like free style dinning, I like the set time for dinning, and go to my table with the same waiter every evening.  We dined on Thanksgiving and to have dinner in the venetian room took us 2 hours we missed the 7:00 show.  The buffet was great which we have enjoyed on every cruise we have attended.  Our room steward was fantastic (Robbie).   The excursions were confusing we were not sure on booking, and not a large variety in some ports.  The rooms were small and cramped compared to previous cruises.  The new stop at Harvest Caye was great when it is established it will be very enjoyable.  We did enjoy the cruise but it was not our favorite.

Had a wonderful time. Meet so many people . Loved the free sail experience. The officers were all over the cruise asking if every thing was ok. Our state room steward was the best. His name was Max-room 4610. Filled out at least 10 vacation hero cards on staff that made a difference. Will be back.

We booked through and Leo was very helpful.  The Norwegian Dawn is a great ship and the staff and crew were very professional and friendly.  This was one of our very best family vacations ever and we made memories for a lifetime.  We sailed and snorkeled in Cozumel, zip lined over the rain forest in Roatan Honduras and explored the ancient Mayan pyramid ruins in Costa Maya.  All venues had amazing beaches as well!  We booked our shore excursion tours through ShoreExcursioneer.com and saved a lot of money and the tours were with smaller groups which we preferred much better.  We will definitely be planning our next cruise soon!  

We had an wonderful cruise, the new upgrades are classy. Our food was good and our wait staff took excellent care of us. My granddaughter felt sick one night and the waiter got her some soup (not on the menu). The ports of call were enjoyable; Harvest Key was brand new. My only complaint was our toilet did not work some of the time. I would take this cruise again. Thumbs up and smiles in our whole group.

This will be 3rd trip on the Dawn.. she may not be newer but crew offers a lot can't wait until 4th trip in October. First time in specialty restaurants and can't say enough about them

This was the worst out of 7 NCL cruises.  the price was too high. Usually we go on 10 day cruises and pay less.  port charges were high, especially the fact that there was only one port visited. The service was not as good and food not that good. Daily things to do were boring and the same every day.  we are trying a different cruise line next time and not booking with again, due to price charged.

This review is very late but I just wanted to say that for my husband and I’s first cruise ever this ship, cruise line and trip to Bermuda left a great impression on us. We love Norwegian a lot. Friendly staff great food and the room was wonderful. We went back to Bermuda out of New York and have a Cruise in February of 2019 on the Gem. Can’t wait. Xoxoxo

The ports on this cruise were amazing...gorgeous landscape and a great time of year to go to see the change in colof or the leaves. 

We had a number of problems with our shower leaking all over the bathroom and our toilet leaking, problems that took 9 days of the 14 day cruise to fix.  We kept getting different stories from everyone as to the cause of the problems and the "fix" was to give us extra towels to sop up the water.  Front desk was sympathetic but not helpful and our "compensation" was another bottle of champagne which we don't drink and strawberries which we don't eat. 

We've cruised on Norwegian many many times and have always enjoyed the itineraries.  This last experience was a disappointment. 

the most amazing ship I have went aboard! I’m going on the Bliss in January 2019 and I’m excited! I’m going off topic, sorry! The Dawn is an amazing ship it’s small but it’s a community, you get to know a lot of people and we meet this nice family in 2013 and we still go on cruises together and we are really close friends. Overall the Dawn is the best Norwegian ship ever! 🛳🏝⚓️

We went on the ship because it was the only one to give the option of disembarking in Quebec. We wanted to spend an extra week in Quebec and it was amazing. Like I said, I want to retire there.

don't waste your money. the bathroom was filthy. feces was on the toilet, was never cleaned when I got in the room. I ate the food because I was hungry. I couldn't wait to get off. I will never sail Norwegian ever again. TRUST ME!!!