Want to give my opinion as to the Norwegian Dawn. Was getting rather worried reading all of the hateful comments. We experienced the total opposite of the haters.

Family of 5. We are in our mid fifties. 3rd NCL cruise. Have also cruised Princess (4), Royal Caribbean (5), Celebrity (2) and Disney when kids were younger.

We were shuttled to the port at 12:45 via Hyatt Place West Shore shuttle. Our bags were taken and into the line we went. Took 5 minutes to snake our way to the x-ray machines, then into another line to get our sea passes. Probably total of 30 minutes until we walked onto the ship. Read more