Norwegian Dawn Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Very disappointed that we had 3 unscheduled sea days including Dublin ( Dublin was on our bucket list).

This is a great itinerary to see the baltic. You are able to get some smaller countries in and still see the bigger areas. I would recommend this cruise to anyone interested, it is well worth your time and money!

Overall we enjoyed the cruise. We will not likely cruise on NCL again. We've had better experience on other cruise lines

Very uneven performance by Norwegian Dawn. Much better than expected entertainment, but forget the main dining rooms. Freestyle there meant no style.

We really enjoyed our vacations. I think in the future if it is a long day in port, might try to do some of the private tours over the boats excursions - typically too short - would love to see more of the coast / country sides.

I highly recommend this particular cruise for adults. Because there isn't much time on the ship and there is a lot of bus time and history, small ones might become bored quickly. The other option would be to keep them on board during the days to take advantage of the ship activities, but then one of the adults would lose out on the ports. For those adults not interested in history and educational tours like us, there are plenty of opportunities on shore to hike, bike, shop, or try local cuisine and bars.

Overall would not recommend this cruise. I'd classify it as sleepy and somewhat boring onboard. Shopping on board was very limited, and besides being extremely overpriced the merchandise was either junk or outrageously expensive. T-shirts in the gift shop were from Caribbean destinations and not from ports of call for this cruise.

Cruise was good. Dawn is an older boat, inside looks very good, outside showing it's age.We had a day in PORTLAND ENGLAND where we could not get alcohol until very late in the evening.NCL told me there was a 22000 fine to serve alcohol in port.We paid for alcohol the entire cruise, plus gratituies.We never received any credit for the tips. This also happened for about half the day in the port of South Hampton.

Cruise, as a whole, was great, as always, but I feel that small cuts have affected it. Even the comp latitudes dinner is no longer a full meal. Appetizer, soup/salad, entree, and dessert has become Appetizer OR soup/salad, entree, dessert. Seems minor, but it makes you feel just a little less special. Petty cuts for the people who have spent so much money to cruise with NCL.

This cruise is for older travelers who want to see several ports and don't mind an older ship.

So this is my 3rd NCL cruise & it will be the last. NCL just wants $$$$$ from you, they nickel & dime you to no end, internet package is out of this world. They knew we would not dock in 2 ports because of rough seas & icebergs before we even left NYC, but only informed everyone the night before, no credit for port charges. The ships bands & singers are too loud.

As you can see there were many positives and we enjoyed our first transatlantic cruise very much. However, NCL has a lot of issues organizing some things and it’s overall casual culture is not for us. We will probably not cruise NCL again.

Big disappointment with the direction NCL is taking. Cutting services and “nichol/dimeing” for what used to be included. We’re dropping NCL for future cruises. It goes for their Oceania lone too.

Sucked from start to finish! Don’t cruise Norwegian!!!!!!!!!!

This was a 8th time girls trip as we do one every year. We had a great time and really got to spend time with all the great people taking care of us and everyone else on the ship. All though this ship was a little smaller then what we are use to. When you put us 3 girls together we could have fun in a tent. Very smooth sailing and a wonderful time we had. Thank you all for everything.

The staff was every bit as hospitable and professional as staff on the Disney cruises we've done. Food was nearly as good (less seafood, but still had some available). The room was smaller, but well-appointed with shelves and a closet and refrigerator.

Wouldn’t pick this ship to sail on again. Worst buffet ever experienced on 26 sailings. O’Sheehans is great. Ate ther a lot since buffet was so bad. Norwegian is really cutting corners on food in MDR and specialty restaurants.

I was disappointed tho. I booked same cruise as my sister in law and was supposed to get one specialty dining and did not get it.

I have never been on a Carnival cruise but I think this trip may have been the closest to it. With an open bar and a lot of college kids it was essentially Spring Break on the high seas. It was common to see toilets near the pool I flushed and filled with vomit. People drank from morning until night. There was almost a fist fight before a comedy show in the packed theater. Although I liked that people on the ship were friendly, happy and fun-loving it was too much of a frat party for my liking. If I wanted a drunk fest I would have booked a 3 day cruise with Carnival.

I'm quite disappointed in this cruise experience. I've cruised multiple times before, and would describe myself as a cruise-lover. I took someone with me on this cruise who had never cruised before, and I so wanted him to love it as much as I do. Instead, I found myself saying "it's not normally like this" over and over. From the long waits to the mediocre food, it was just not the wonderful experience I have had on prior cruises, and I started worrying about whether I would be able to get my guest to ever go on a cruise again. The pluses--it was warm, sunny, and the water and beaches were beautiful. But we can get that by traveling to a destination without dealing with the disappointments we experienced on this cruise ship. I hope I can get him to try again, but if so, it will probably be on a different cruise line.