Norwegian Dawn Review

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rdavidnann
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2012
Cabin: Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window

This cruise had an interesting itinerary starting in Quebec City (QC) with a two day time-span to embark. We started in Orlando taking an Air Canada flight on a 11 hour two stop (Toronto & Montreal) & arriving in QC at 5PM. The taxi driver only spoke French & tried to drop us off at the Emerald Princess but we had him turn around as we were passing the Dawn. Not sure if he was playing us for extra fare! Embarkation was set up in a huge tent next to the ship & it seemed a lot of cruisers were arriving at the same time but signing in went very smooth & we were on the ship by 6PM.

We at dinner in the Aqua dining room & went to the 1st show (Greg London - Singer-Impersonator) who was very good. Went to the Atrium & listened & danced to "Jose & Patti", a nice singing duet with a variety of songs. A nice start to our cruise. Took pictures of the lights of QC from the ship.

Since we had a night layover we spent Saturday walking in the upper city & then took a city bus to "Montmorency Falls". During our return bus trip we were running a little late & confused on which stop to get off & a local resident riding next to us heard our conversation & told us when to depart the bus. She got off with us & with her friend walked us the mile or so back the the Dawn. we were back to the ship by 2:30 for our 4 PM sail-away party with our CC group. Our CC hosts had a forward 2 balcony suite that gave us a nice view of the upper St. Lawrence Seaway as we left QC. Had a "Meet & Greet" get together on the 1st sea day with a 110 or so to meet the captain & staff who welcomed our group on board. We also had a "Cabin Crawl" which ended up at the 6,000 SF 3 bedroom "Garden Suite" in the top of the Dawn. Met a lot of new friends through our CC group.

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Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window

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Nice outside porthole cabin with plenty of storage, nice size shower with sliding door, separate toilet with door, two opposite side desks which made it very convenient, a nice comfortable king bed. The room was located on deck 4 & off a dead end hallway (except for crew entrance) with 6 other outside cabins. This hallway was right next to the medical center & right by the mid ship elevators & the gangway to leave the ship while in ports. Great location for us. we really enjoyed our room.

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