Norwegian Dawn Review

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I can handle old, I just can't handle dirty.

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IloveSButtons
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2011
Cabin: Mid-Ship Balcony

We were a party of 20 people on the cruise and had a ball for ourselves! We left Boston June 10th and back home June 17th. The ship rocked a bit the first night but it was fine. I didn't feel the need to take anything to prevent seasickness other than Ginger ale one day. Here is a list of my complaints of the ship:• Bathrooms - I learned after day two that it's just best to go back to your own room to use the bathroom. Many times when I went to the public area, the bathrooms were totally disgusting, out of order and/or out of toilet paper. It didn't appear that there was anyone checking or cleaning the public bathrooms. One night at the Venetian, I thought for sure the ladies room would be clean because the restaurant was so beautiful and well maintained. I went into the ladies room and both of the toilets were completely filled with urine and feces. I was horrified to say the least. I went out the bathroom by the elevators and that bathroom was out of order. I was so frustrated and repulsed. • Tired linens and pool towels - my bed coverlet had 3 big stains on it. The pool towels looked like something my husband would clean his car engine with. One day, the pool towel that I was given was covered in lint balls and all the towels were dingy and very old. • Food - the food was okay but very salty. For breakfast, I stuck with hard boiled eggs and fruit. There wasn't a lot of variety at all. The Celebrity Summit cruise that I went on last year was SO much better. • Being nickel and dimed - I am not a big fan of being charged the $5 per use for the plastic beer bucket and the $2 plastic frozen drink cup. That is one of the complaints that I heard from most people on this ship. • The Blue Lagoon - that is the place that is open very late. We were a party of 8 people and it took over a ½ hour to get a drink and forever to get some food. It took another ½ hour for the waiter to give us our bill. I will say though that the chicken wings are very good there! Here's what I loved about the ship:• Change in plans- Originally the ship had a show scheduled for Friday night in the Spinnaker and we all were grateful that they put the Bruins game on for us. Watching the Bruins win the Stanley Cup in a room of 1,000 people was something I'll never forget. It was unbelievable and so much fun! • Our room steward - Wyman could not have been any nicer or more helpful. He was fantastic. • Check in process - that was very smooth and organized. No problems at all there. Final thoughts: • Fun - I had a ton of fun on this ship but that was all because I was with my friends who I love dearly and because I'm able to roll with the ship's shortcoming. NCL has a opportunity to get some things right here. With a few changes, I might consider going back on NCL again BUT ONLY IF I heard that they start maintaining the public bathrooms and if they got new towels and linens. I can handle being on an older ship but I CAN NOT handle the unsanitary conditions.

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Mid-Ship Balcony

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We were 10th floor, mid ship balcony. Room was fine. Toilet area is tiny, my husband is 6 foot 4 inches. If he was any taller, he'd have a hard time fitting in the room's bathroom. Bring extra hangers if you tend to over pack. I am so glad that I did.

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