Norwegian Dawn Review

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Canada & New England

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
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gsully
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Sep 2013

Let me start off by saying I was pleasantly surprised by the condition of the Norwegian Dawn. I hadn’t cruised on a ship as old as the Dawn and expected an older looking ship. In actuality, the Dawn was in great shape, very clean and well maintained. The only signs of age I noticed was on the balcony where there was signs of rust and pealing paint. Our balcony stateroom (10626) was clean, well maintained, and had plenty of room.

We booked the 2-week round trip Boston to Boston New England/Canada cruise on the Dawn because of the itinerary primarily and because we’d cruised with NCL before and had always had an enjoyable experience. Back in March, we were on the Celebrity Solstice on the New Zealand/Australia cruise, so we were somewhat spoiled by the perks available on Celebrity Concierge class cruises. Nevertheless, we still had a great time on this cruise on the Dawn. Our Stateroom Steward was Arnel Deparine and he was outstanding! He created towel animals for most evenings. Our favorite was a monkey we found hanging from the ceiling when we entered one night after dinner.

Ok, so I do have a complaint or two about this cruise. We felt that the way the Dawn staff handled the ship excursion embarkations was very poor. They sent people out of the theater en mass and didn’t consider the very long lines that were being generated outside the theater. Unlike other cruises we’ve been on, bus numbers weren’t assigned and finding the correct busses on the pier was difficult, at best. My other complaint concerns smoking on the balconies. The first week, there were smokers on one side of us which kept us from being able to use our balcony many times. I won’t sail on NCL again until they join with the other cruise lines and ban smoking on balconies!

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Our cabin was mid ship port side on deck 10. It was directly off the mid elevator/stair area. We weren't bothered by the noise from the elevators. It could be heard, but was not objectionable and quieted down before bedtime. I like midship because of easy access to many popular places on the ship. While we were on an excursion in Quebec City, our carpet was replaced, although I didn't see anything wrong with the old one. They asked our permission to to this.

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