My wife and I celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary on the Dawn the W/O 4/18. We had an excellent time. I read far too many reviews and was quite upset that I may have booked the cruise from Hell based on what I had read. HAVE NO FEARS! This was a marvelous cruise at a reasonable price.

We had a very clean room with a balcony. In spite of hearing that the help on board wasn't happy or helpful because of the auto gratuity charge. We found the help to be friendly and very accommodating. We did not run into a language barrier as was stated in many comments and reviews.

We ate in the Venetian, Aqua, Impressions, and Le Bistro. Each meal we had was beyond our expectations. We tried the Garden Buffet and this wasn't something for us. I guess if this was a place you ate at regularly because of families and not wanting to eat in a formal setting you might understand why people have said there was cafeteria food on board. The chocolate buffet was stupendous! Read more