This is my ninth cruise on the DAWN. 16th with NCL. 24 overall cruises. I have come to appreciate and enjoy the ship, food, entertainment and staff of the Dawn a great deal. I give all these areas high marks.

EMBARKATION: This process was a nightmare, as usual. I arrived at the pier at 10:45 AM . Not NCL's fault, but the workers at the pier, most unfriendly set of people I have ever met. Once upstairs to the Latitude area, There was the usual coffee, tea, hot chocolate set up with the additions of assorted pound cake.

We were led down to the security area for check in at about noonish . I was the put on another line for the check in where I got my cards and sent to yet another line for embarkation photos. Read more