I Chose this cruise for the itinerary: 12 Days: From Cape Town. Port Elizabeth, Durban and Luderitz
Embarkation: Chaos. My time was 1pm. After 2 hours standing in a non-air conditioning warehouse, people in my line discovered the next line (2 pm) was boarding ahead of us. At this point it was a free for all as hundreds of people surged forward, disregarding the lines and pushed towards the ...
This was the second time on the Norwegian Dawn. First time was not a long time ago, in July 2023, cruise to the UK/Ireland and Scotland. The worst cruise ever! But as we were so dissatisfied of this cruise, we received money back and a voucher of 25% for next cruise. As this cruise to SouthAfrica is very expensive, it was a great moment to use the money and voucher. And fortunately, the flights ...
I am a diamond traveler within the NCL system and I was on cruises for about 14 weeks in 2023.
I traveled to the Dominican Republic on January 29 to board the NCL Sky to enjoy a 14 day cruise in the Southern Caribbean. The itinerary for this cruise looked fantastic and we were very eager to go. The ports that we have visited so far have been very enjoyable and the crew is very nice.
The ...
We just got back from a 7 day Carribean cruise that left from Galveston. Definitely take a taxi to the port - would have never found out how to get there on our own. We did the park and cruise package with Holiday Inn Superdome. Taxi was $15 to the port.
Since this was our first cruise we can't compare to other lines or cruises. The boarding process seemed efficient to me. Once on board it ...
I talked some family and friends into going on a cruise this year, in lieu of renting a beach house to get a break from the winter weather. I have been on 4 prior cruises on Royal Caribbean, Holland America as well Carnival and always had great experiences. Our group wanted to go to Belize in particular so when I discovered that Norwegian’s Breakaway had a stop in Belize, I looked into trying ...
Cabin is clean but small and a bit dated.
Quality professional entertainment almost non existent or in too small venues for such a large ship
Food Ok, neither bad nor something to write home about.
Servers and cabin attendants friendly but over worked.
Some of the admin staff could be friendly.
STOLE $41 from me. Charged us for 24 bottles of water we received and the same day ...
Long lines at all bar locations, not enough wait staff on deck causing long lines for beverages which reduced the value of the beverage package. Bottled water was not part of the bar/beverage package.
Show reservations were needed for Burn the Floor but were not made obvious or clear.
Ran out of some beverages (beer, daiquiris, mud slides etc.)
Room had fluid leak on the carpeted floor ...
We have cruised on Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Holland America cruise lines. This was our first time on Norwegian and sadly it will be the last. We booked it to celebrate our 20th anniversary and having heard good things about Norwegian Cruise lines we were very excited to experience it. Unfortunately, we were really disappointed not only in the ship but the overall experience was ...
DO NOT TRAVEL ON THE EPIC!!!!! I have been on 9 cruises, this is my first Norwegian. It was by far the worst cruise ship I have ever been on. I booked July 31, 2023 for the cruise that left January 28, 2024. That is 6 MONTHS ahead. Requested a balcony room. I traveled with 20 friends. All but 4 of us got a traditional nice balcony. 4 of us (2 cabins) got this (see pic). This is not a balcony! I ...
We choose this cruise for the departure port and ports of call. We have taken 20+ cruises on multiple lines in the past. But, only one previous cruise on Norwegian which was not enjoyable. This was our return review of the line. Prior to sailing we reviewed the posting for this line and departure port. Most were not very complimentary but we gave them a chance anyway.
1. Departure ...