This was our first 7 day cruise, and only the 2nd cruise we've ever taken. We have another planned in January on RCCLs Navigator of the Seas, and our previous cruise was on RCCLs Majesty of the Seas. So giving Norwegian Dawn a review was a little tough, because I was using a great ship that we had already been on to compare her to.

Since we live in Florida and were departing at Miami, we chose to take the Cruise Connection charter bus to the port instead of driving. At $130.00 per couple, we didn't think it was bad, considering it would have cost us way more than that to drive and pay for parking.

EMBARKATION: Sunday - Jan. 28th - It took us 50 minutes from the time we got in the line to get on the ship until we actually arrived to check in. Then we walked, what seemed like a maze to the moon, to get to the Grand Atrium of the ship. Felt like we were playing "follow-the-leader" and had no clue as to where we were going to end up. This ship is huge. Since our bus was an hour late picking us up to begin with, this put us at the port of Miami around 1:00pm. Not a good time to arrive, because everyone else seems to be arriving about this same time. Read more