Southern Caribbean Norwegian Dawn Southern Caribbean Cruise Reviews

We choose this cruise for the intinerary as it had excellent port of calls. Embarkation was easy and went smoothly. The ship is small but nice. We had an Interior cabin which was small but adequate. Room steward pleasant. Garden restaurant okay but didn't think set up of buffet flowed. Was not as good as previous cruise lines we have been on. Last couple of days of the cruise no cereal out and ...

Our backstory, I am a real estate photographer, my wife is a teacher, and my son is twelve. We have sailed with NCL many times before but never over the holidays. The overall experience was excellent but there are areas that could be improved. We booked the cruise before the hurricane season was over. Originally we were going to stay in San Juan a couple days but several hotels canceled our ...

We like Norwegian and this was going to some islands we had not been to before. The ship, dining, entertainment, service and activities were pretty typical. We had never done a christmas cruise before so my wife had made some caramels to give away to different crew, either because we had established a relationship or because the girl who cleaned the restrooms seemed underappreciated (she cried ...

Loved the islands visited in the Southern Caribbean, but even with the recent retrofit the Norwegian Dawn has a tired, aged feel to it. Food presentation and taste in the Garden Grill bordered on inedible. Food in the dining rooms was unimaginative, and mediocre. Only the specialty restaurants, especial Cagney's and Le Bistro, rose above average. The cabin was adequate and nothing more. I will ...

I would rate the experience of the ship a "2.5" but off ship experience a "4.5"! The itinerary and the stops were great however the onboard experience was less than desirable. The pool and hot tubs were filthy, at night if you walked by the pool when the lights were on you could see that the water was mirky and had a yellowish tint. If your wanting to use the pool or hot tub in this boat, ...

Chose this cruise because it fit my vacation dates. This was our 5th cruise with NCL, 2nd on the Dawn. Our previous cruises with NCL were great, but this one was not the same. Had we known, we would not have purchase another set of cruise next vouchers. We still have some from a previous purchase. Embarkation was very quick. The cabins and stewards are wonderful as always. The excursion ...

This was the much discussed Nov 3, 2917 repositioning cruise from Boston to San Juan. It was the most stressfull vacation ever because of the lack of hotels in San Juan and not being able to trust any new reservations we tried to make. NCL gave us very little time for late air travel changes and we ended up spending 15 hours to just go from San Juan to Boston. Embarcation went fine and ...

This was my 6th cruise. 4th time with NCL. 1st time on a smaller ship. However, i think the ship is just the perfect size. It’s a 9-day cruise. Our itinerary changed 2 weeks before sailing because of Hurricane Irma and Maria. And it changed again on the 7th day while we were on board. From St Croix to St Thomas. Debarking at Puerto Rico was not a good idea as there were still a lot of damage. When ...

I had been on the Dawn before but it didn't impress me to much. I went again because I was told it was refurbished. The Stardust still had broken seats and all I could see different was the carpeting. I also went because it was going to islands I hadn't been to. At the last minute they changed St. Croix (which was one I hadn't seen) to St. Thomas. The staff was excellent except the Guest ...

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 ...