Norwegian Dawn Cruise Reviews - Reviews

The ship and crew were amazing, HOWEVER we missed ALL of the advertised ports. Instead, they took us to Nassau, which is a waste of time. I would have opted to stay home rather than spend that kind of money to only visit Nassau.

As mentioned weather was an issue, and we realize the staff has no control. Prefer to be safe, good call. Sadly 5 of the 6 of our party contracted upper respiratory infections. All tested negative for Covid. Maybe being confined too much caused these issues. We haven't sailed on NCL for years and did enjoy the ship and staff.

Weather canceled both ports. They added Nassau which is not very exciting and I’ve been before so it was a bit of a wasted trip.

This was our third time on the Dawn. We really enjoy the ship and the staff. They are the most friendly and helpful people I have ever encountered on a cruise.

It was an interesting trip, that allowed us to see three new ports. The staff was excellent, attentive without being overbearing, and actually good with humor. The food was more that plentiful, and we experienced some of the specialty restaurants that we had not before. with varying degrees of success. The ship is older, and smaller than many of today's versions, but still enjoyed getting to experience many of the crew and passengers.

My only concern is the absence of assistance for mobility challenged people that had to wait in line for hours. Is there a plan B? I understand the extraordinary circumstances, but I do not understand the lack of assistance or communication on the part of NCL. It was a good thing that it wasn't raining. I also would appreciate the vaccination protocol being re-established in order to sail.

We did not expect this cruise to be this enjoyable but it far exceeded our expectations.

Overall cruise was okay, not the best we have been on. NCL’s extremely poor communications on embarkation delays left a sour taste in a lot of peoples mouth. I even called NCL during the delay and the contact denied there was any delay. There own people did not know either.

I love Norwegian but I do not think I would sail on this ship again. The lack of daily activities made sea days very boring. I was on another small ship but it surpassed this ship with activities.

Overall, it was a nice 11 day get away. The ship was older and needs an upgrade but it got us to the ports on time. Also it was not to crowded (60-70% full) a week or so before Christmas which was nice.

If I take embark and disembark out of the equation, it was a great cruise. Nothing overly spectacular, but just a nice, relaxing cruise.

The cruise experience was fair but not what I expected of Norwegian. I have cruised with five other cruise lines and would take four of them over Norwegian. I also did not like my booking experience through BJ's. My agent never responded to emails or replied to questions left to her voice mails. She wasn't even aware that BJ's offered their own excursions!

This was our 3rd Transatlantic cruise, our first with NCL. I highly recommend transatlantic cruises. This one was very reasonably priced, had a fairly liveky crowd, great itinerary and a comfortable , uncrowned ship.

We throughly enjoyed our ship the Dawn. The staff is so warm and friendly. Excellent service everywhere. Can say enough about the itinerary and ports of call.

The excursion desk needs to be open longer hours. There was constantly a long line waiting to speak to someone. They were a little disorganized.

We had looked forward to this cruise for a few years. Having the first port cancelled was a bummer - then having ALL 3 Scotland stops cancelled and spending days at sea was more than disappointing. We have opened a case and expect some kind of refund for 4 missed ports. Now, we have to spend a lot of money to replace the Scotland visit. It seemed like it was everyday business for the staff - it was just an announcement - no sense of empathy that people saved money, took vacation time, etc. to participate in the cruise. Please Note: Because 4 ports were canceled, the overall rating of this survey does not reflect our true rating of the cruise - it would be much lower.

NCL is clearly NOT recovered from COVID. One person I met had sailed with them 51 times and said this was the worst cruise ever and considering a new cruise line.

Disappointed that the Portland UK port was cancelled. We had a tour to Stonehenge planned. Very disappointed that all three ports in Scotland were cancelled. We had two prior trips planned to Scotland that had to be cancelled. This was our third planned trip. My cousin decided to join us on this trip to bring her father's ashes to Scotland. On the day we were scheduled to be in Kirkwall would have been her father's 90th birthday and that's where she planned to lay his ashes to rest. Very sad and disappointed.

Loved the ports. The ship was very clean. Very easy to get around The food was ok including our visits to Le Bistro and Cagney's Enjoyed the variety of entertainment. The dance floor in the Bliss Lounge is simply too small. The front desk staff were very helpful. Our massages were good.

I will think twice in the future with my friends about rebooking. Also the flights they book us on were horrible. Never any direct flights on one that took 10 hours to get to our destination. Never again will I trust them with my air ticket.