Our cruise on the Dawn was extremely disappointing. We have sailed Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival, and Princess in the past. This was our first NCL cruise and will definitely be our last.

Some highlights - they ran out of breakfast and juice 1 day at 10:00 a.m. The pool was not filled on at sea day until 1:00 p.m. and the kid's program was poor in comparison to other lines. They had no activities for children of families that stayed onboard on port days. They wanted you to pay for group babysitting whether or not you left the ship. Many days the program opened after lunch at 2:00 and closed 3:30. It reopened again at 7:00. Many of the acitivites - i.e., pizza making, water balloon toss, pool time required "parents to attend to supervise." The pool was extremely small for a ship that size, and these are just a few things.

I purchased a soda sticker and was supposed to be able to get 2 sodas at a time. Some places honored that and others charged me $2 for the second. Forget about finding the cruise director to lodge a complaint. You only saw him at the parties! Read more