Norwegian Dawn Review
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We had room 10065 on the Dawn. And inside stateroom. Expected it to be small. It was, but not tight. We were actually pleased with our "cubbyhole". We were only there to sleep, shower and dress. We didn't want to miss a thing going on, and there was a ton going on all the time.
I have no other cruise to compare this to, but I will say the crew are a heckuva friendly bunch. And eager to help. We had many interesting conversations with crew members.
Best Bar: Gatsby's Champagne Bar. Never heard anyone order Champagne here, but this was the place to be. With Ruby and Mandy as servers, it was always a laugh. If you like contemporary martinis (not Gin and Vermouth), do the Martini Tasting here. So much fun that most of us who did the first one also were in attendance for the second one. The downside, there is some smoke smell from the nearby casino and Havana (cigar smoking) bar. But it wasn't bad, and we HATE smoke smell. It didn't keep us away.
Cabin Review
Our inside Mid-ship room was small, as fully expected, but not "tight". We expected it to be cramped and noisy. It was neither.There were two of us, XXL and XL, and we were not bumping into each other and found it easy to get around the room. The space was efficiently used. A very quiet room overall. I'm usually easily disturbed in sleep and had earplugs with me to use as I often need to in hotels. However they aren't comfortable, so I tried the first night without them and never thought of them again. They were not needed. On our cruise we had 2 very rocky nights, near gale force winds and high seas. We certainly felt the movement in our room, but NOTHING like in the aft or forward sections. It was surprising to be at the Stardust or in the Spinnaker (at either end of the ship), where the rocking was really strong, and to come back to our room expecting to be tossed from our bed in the night, only to find the motion of the ocean was much less in our room. (Thankfully we didn't get seasick, so this wasn't as important as it could have been, but the difference was interesting.)