Review of Dawn 1-24-09

We are a couple, 68 and 72. We used our cruise reward certificate from our last sailing on NCL, which coupled with the very low prices, made it seem like it was almost free :)

We stayed at Hilton's Homewood Suites the night before the cruise. Flying in the day before at a not busy time is much less stressful than taking an early morning flight. (BTW Delta was on time for both legs of our trip). It had a free shuttle from the airport, and arranged for a shuttle to the pier for $10 each. I'd been told there was a drug store within walking distance but this simply was not true, so I did not buy a 12 pack of sodas to carry on the ship. There was a free buffet hot breakfast included, which was nice. Shuttle was ready 15 minutes early (driver called our room to tell us) so off we went. Read more