Norwegian Dawn Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The cruise was enjoyable. Cruise staff are all friendly and efficient.

I will not go on this ship again. As far as the cruise line NCL I would really have to think about it again. The service was nowhere as good as other cruise lines I have been on.

The ship and it's amenities are too small for the number of people it tries to serve. The pool is very small, too cold and too deep for shorter people. There is no wading area and no floats allowed. Im 5'2" and could not stand anywhere in the pool. Entertainment was good. Service was good. Food was eh! No sure I would cruise on this ship again.

Great crew, Bar service excellent, all around a great cruise.. The Dawn is in great condition and one of my favorite designs...Lots of choices for food and entertainment...

Overall the experience was nice because of all the ports and the weather. I guess it's all about what you can make of a poor situation.

Very disappointed and will not use Norwegian again

Ship is old, 2 specialty restaurants great, tour planning staff all confused, go to theater, then no go to pier, then make line, then no go elsewhere, then new line, every port the same, tours were great, did not stop at Puerto Plata, it was a reason we booked this trip, gave us Puerto Rico, last 4 cruises a nice stop was removed and got Puerto Rico, ship was understaffed, sure a lot of people will complain on this, theater show was great, many seats are broken, never fixed, it goes down to far u slide off, back ache when leaving, shows were great, most issues is ship and understaffed and no training. Not AA fault, but my list is to long

In our 42 cruises we have never felt so unwelcome aboard a ship. We used to love going with Norwegian, but we will never book another cruise with them. They beat us all to death with their plugs for future cruise certificates in the Atrium, while people tried to eat and talk to each other in O'Sheehan's. The music was too loud in most venues. The food was the worst we have encountered.

Overall a decent first cruise. Just not our thing really since there are so many people in a small area almost all of the time.

Enjoyed the cruise because we had a group which helped make our own fun. Will consider Norwegian cruises again but with a newer, bigger ship.

Just pick another cruise. Now....if you ate very old and don't wish to leave the ship and ho to bed at 7pm. This cruise is perfect for you.

if you are cruising on ncl get a suite. also since my wife don't drink but I drink a little check your in room account daily they will charge you for drinks you did not order the over charged me over 120 dollars which they corrected don't get off boat until you check your bill and bring it up to restaurant manager not front desk

I don't think that the overall price I paid for this cruise was worth my money. Not sure if I would cruise with Norwegian again. Very disappointed overall. This was my grand childrens first cruise and they were very unhappy. Also, since I am a smoker I think that there should be a little more space for the smokers. All we had was a very small spot on the upper deck and it was always packed full not even enough room to sit,always had to stand up. If it rained you were getting wet because of the location.

We live in Tampa so it is so easy to leave from here, but you get older ships like the Dawn. The food was excellent and the ports were great. Most of the excursions are over priced and they were not what the excursion description stated so that was disappointing. The staff was great. This was our first Norwegian cruise and we were surprised there were no washers and dryers on board (we've cruised 3 other lines that have them).

Another Great Cruise - 3 in 1 celebration Valentines, Birthday & Super bowl. Love the departure port - easy for us with family nearby, easy on easy off the ship. Birthday present for my hubby and Valentines day for us - makes planning easy plus bonus super bowl party on the ship is fun. - the TRifecta We had friends and some family join us this year so we had a total of 6 people - 3 rooms and cruising is nice, if communication is established - do it your way or meet up. I do wish the ncl app was free to use for communication between cruisers - it is $10 per person. Even if it were 10$ per cabin covering 2 people it would be more reasonable to text with each other about where your at etc. But you can call and leave messages on the room and this ship size is usually small enough that you will run into each other soon enough.

Definitely the most disappointing cruise we have been on. Cruised Celebrity in December, not one complaint. We have also sailed Princess, Seabourn, Royal Caribbean, NEVER again on Norwegian

Cruise was okay overall: ports were good, ship and our stateroom were clean, if small, staff was friendly and professional (although there were fewer of them) and food was fair to poor outside of the specialty dining restaurants. Overall communication was very poor and many of the ways things were done were disorganized.

First cruise in 3 years due to the pandemic. 25 th with NCL. Great to get back out but to many cutbacks by NCL. No coffee in the cabins, no champagne in the room, staff short handed in the restaurants. Cigar bar was a big issue. Circulation was awful. We reported several times to no avail. To many cigarette smokers allowed in. To limited places to smoke outside. Worst entertainment we have had in 25 cruises. Bring back entertainers like Kenny Bird, Rod Long and Terrence G.

We enjoyed our cruise. We always travel with our friends of 40 years which always makes it fun.

I completely enjoyed every aspect if my cruise vacation. I plan to travel NCL again in the future.