We sailed on the Dawn during Christmas. First off, we really enjoyed the embarkation procedure in Tampa. As it is a smaller port than the one in Miami, it was so much nicer and everything was facilitated professionally and with great ease.
We found that the cabin noise was unbelievable. We could hear the person next door to us snoring and we could hear the kids on the other side of us complaining about not wanting to go on the day excursion...we could hear their tv also.
The food was mediocre. We chose the Dawn for the "freestyle" dining, which was complete fiasco. We waited over 45 minutes for supper in the Venetian dining room (which wasn't that great anyway) and were told that if we were willing to share a table we would get in faster...which sort of defeats the whole purpose of freestyle dining doesn't it!! We ended up eating most of our dinners at the buffet, which actually was just as good or better than the main dining room.
nice shower. Cabin itself is very very noisy.
Most lineups for disembarkation were outside our door and lasted over an hour from 8am - 9:30 am...