Norwegian Dawn Review

Norwegian newbie’s repositioning review & ratings.

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
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mojomorris
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Nov 2013

BACKGROUND: My wife and I are both 55+ and now cruise at least twice a year. We’re Platinum on Princess & Carnival, have also cruised Celebrity but this was our first cruise on Norwegian. We were looking for a cruise with good rates to some place(s) we haven’t been and this repositioning itinerary was just the ticket (St. Thomas, Aruba, Curacao, Cozumel with "new” ports of Antigua + Barbados). Our AAA travel agent got us an upgrade to mini-suite on deck 11 just below the Grand Café and an extra $100 OBC (kudos to Carol). Since I am a former teacher (5 years was enough) I decided to give letter grades for each component I reviewed.

Notes to Norwegian newbies:

1. Be sure to sign in when you do muster drill. We didn’t know we had to sign in and received a note saying we need to do another muster drill. We explained we went to the 1st one but didn’t know we had to sign in so they didn’t hold us for the 2nd drill. It wasn’t a BIG deal but still an unnecessary inconvenience.

Cabin Review

It is one deck below Lido with just one flight of stairs up to the Garden Café which was opposite the Fitness Center. There is plenty of storage space on the closet shelves and in the closet itself BUT the closet doors open toward the bed so you have to maneuver around to get stuff out. Even though storage was ample, you can store the suitcases under the bed to give you more room. The bathroom has a tub/shower with great water pressure and sliding glass doors & the toilet area had a door also. Even though we were underneath the Garden Café, we were under the end of the room and hardly ever heard carts or chairs moving above us.

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