Norwegian Dawn Cruise Reviews for Senior to the Southern Caribbean from New Orleans

This was our 4th NCL cruise and 10th cruise total. We had an early time to check in at the port but then had to wait two hours to embark. I guess they are trying to stagger folks but I don't think we would have shown up that early had I know we wouldn't be able to get on for 2 hours. We got the Ultimate Beverage Package and certainly enjoyed it. We had an inside room this time. We are definitely ...

Our first NCL experience. We have cruised on 4 other lines and wanted to try the "Free Style" cruise promised by NCL. We traveled as a retired married couple and had a balcony on the 10th deck. Our complaint is that there are no places on board that don't have deafening noise from music. When the live music stops it is replaced by recorded music. Conversation is impossible anywhere but your ...

We have cruised with Patty and Jose in the past and so picked this cruise to enjoy them again—we weren’t disappointed. Embarkation from New Orleans was the worse that we’ve been through. They used a very large room for people waiting to check in and waiting to get on the boat. Some people had numbers and some didn’t. It was too crowded to find someone to ask questions. Many were confused, ...

This was our fifth cruise on NCL, our third on the Dawn. What impressed us the most was the friendly and attentive service -- from our cabin steward, to the servers in the dining room, those on the guest services desk staff. They were all friendly, efficient and eager to please. We chose this particular cruise because of its length (12 nights) and the fact that its final destination was Boston, ...

Being that this was my first cruise, I had little expectation. However I was happily surprised. It was wonderful. The service was very good, food amazing and plentiful, and entertainment was good but somewhat repetitive. The little details such as the welcome back to the ship by the dancing staff after an excursion, the cabin animal towels and the flexibility of 'mix n match' with the ...

We just returned from our 12 day journey on the Dawn. We were a family of 5 traveling in two different rooms (my sister was the lucky duck with a gorgeous suite and we had a balcony). We had a wonderful time as usual. Most of the staff were awesome. One of the bar servers, Shem, was most amazing! After our first drink, he knew who we were by name. We were fortunate to spend a lot of time ...

Overall we weren't too happy on the Dawn. I had only been on one previous Princess cruise but I found it much superior. The staff on the Dawn were the biggest difference; they seemed unhappy to be there, weren't overly friendly and never went out of their way to make our trip special. We're a pretty easy-going couple in our late 20s but there were a number of occasions where both junior staff and ...

Cruise left new orleans 4 hours late, never had this happen prior to this disembarkation port. the "waiting" area prior to getting on the cruise was total chaos. Total!! tampa and miami are so much more organized than new orleans. Our shower in our stateroom has long dark hairs in it and some substance on the shower wall. also hair in the sink. asked that the entire room be ...

The 12 day repositioning cruise we returned from on May 1st really changed my opinion of Norwegian. The Norwegian Dawn started in New Orleans, went to Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, and finishing in Boston. We have been to every location multiple times on many cruise lines, but this was only our second cruise on Norwegian. Our first experience was on the Majestic which left from ...

Embarkation tips Taxi to New Orleans port was the way to go they have a separate entry for taxi's for quick dropoffs! Norwegian Dawn a nice ship not many bells and whistles compared to todays newer ships. Food ranged from Decent to Very Good at the main restuarants, Buffet was decent. food is available all day and 24/7. The Bar Staff was well trained and the bartenders knew their ...