The Dawn is a beautiful ship. We had a veranda HC cabin on the 10th deck. For port/accessibility info see the review I wrote under the disabled board. Quickly, the Dawn is very accessible, and the HC cabin best we've cruised in (previous cruises HAL, Princess, Costa, Carnival). This was our first NCL cruise, and we loved it.

Boarding in NYC was chaotic. The ship came in late so people were coming and going. We had arranged through special services for wheel chair assistance. We took a limo from LI and arrived at the pier at 12:30. No wheel chairs were available (they were being used to get people off the ship),but NCL staff assisted us to folding chairs and we only waited 15 minutes before a staff person with a wheel-chair assisted us to board. Friendly, smiling and whisking us through the crowded areas with no problems at all. We were in our cabin by 1:15, our scooter awaited us, and off to lunch in the Venetian. Wonderful service, beautiful dining room. Great welcome of things to come.

Our cabin was well located and really accessible. Our stewards keep the room clean and neat. They usually appeared to hold the door when my DH struggled with the heavy cabin door. We were impressed at their professionalism - and the towel animals were cute. W e had a mouse, a monkey hanging from the ceiling and an elephant. We lived on the veranda, never sail without one if it fits your budget. We did all our sailways here, toasting each other, the captain and the ship. We tried one sailaway at the pool. But it was poorly attended, and we enjoyed our private celebrations after spending time ashore. Read more