Our 2nd Dawn cruise within a year, our 3rd overall, and this time including first time cruisers, two daughters and two young grandkids. We had an easy embarkation, from arriving early with no traffic, parking at the pier, and using our Latitudes card for quick access.

The major difference for us this time was a very nice experience with Kid's Krew. Though we picked and chose times to let the kids partake in the activities, they enjoyed it very much, and want to go again.

As we had experienced in June/02, the freestyle dining is a great way to go, as we liked the opportunity to choose our dining preferences based on what we were doing that particular day, and that goes for the type of food, and the time of dining. We also are not interested in formal attire. Le Bistro and Cagney's were outstanding, as was Venetian for the inclusive restaurants. Read more