Norwegian Dawn Review
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Sail Date: Jun 2018
Cabin: Oceanview Porthole Window
We chose this cruise for convenience being from the Greater Boston area. We are a retired couple in our mid 60's enjoying retirement while we can. This was our 6th trip to Bermuda via cruise ship - 2nd time on the Dawn and previously on the Spirit and Majesty. We were traveling with a local band who would be playing on board as well.
Embarkation went well - we had an assisgned arrival time of 10:00 - 10:30 and we arrived at 10:00 am and we were in the VIP lounge by 10:30. Boarding from the lounge started just after 11:00 am and we were in the Moderno dining room eating lunch at Noon. Cabins were not ready until after 1:30 so we just enjoyed sitting near the pool and people watching.
The Dawn has been around a long time and starting to show her age. She is well kept and looks good, but it will be nice to have a newer ship sailing from Boston next year. She is easy to navigate - the public decks are laid out well and one can get from bow to stern easily.
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Oceanview Porthole Window
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We had booked CAT OK - Mid Ship Obstructed View with a window on Deck 8 but our agent booked us in a guarantee (by mistake!) and NCL "upgraded" us to an Ocean View CAT OG with a PORTHOLE on DECK 4 Forward - NOT where we wanted to be...
Our steward was nice, but we had to keep asking for things like our water (latitudes perk), a bath mat, soap - things that should have been in our cabin but weren't until we asked. This cabin is small but comfortable for two people - the pull down bed is somewhat in the way when the beds are pushed together to make a large queen sized bed. The person on that side of the bed has to side-step and bend slightly to get into the bed.
There is plenty of storage in this cabin. 6 drawers, a full closet with some shelved and a few other shelves as well. Our very large suitcases fit under the beds for storage. The bathroom is average for a ship - split with toilet on one side of the sink and shower on the other - small but workable.
This was a quiet area with little "pedestrian" traffic in the halls, BUT when the seas got rough at nite we had waves crashing against our porthole! The last nite was the worst - around 3:00 am we started hearing a lot of random loud banging noises - I thought we hit something but found out it was the crew loading luggage into the cages for disembarkation! These cabins are very near Crew Quarters and CREW ONLY working areas and this was very disturbing on our last night aboard.
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