Norwegian Cruise Line - Dawn Review

My wife and I hvae been cruising since we got married.  We are in our mid-30's so this is no senior cruise as we intend to spend some money and see something exciting while also relax and get away.  This is my ninth cruise and have experienced Celebrity & Royal Carribean also.  We had been on NCL Jewel last year and it was fantastic so we gave NCL another go in August of 2008.  We boarded the NCL Dawn at the end of August for a 7-night cruise up eastern shore to Halifax and back, stopping in Boston, Bar Harbor and R.I.

The staff seemed to lack proper training or concerned management.as it was below par.  The stateroom was the biggest balcony room you could get before going to a suite.  It was small with a TV so tiny and crappy, I was lucky to get CNN.  The remote we found when we walked in was wrapped in packing tape to hold it together.  The room had a ajoining doot to the next stateroom which we were unaware of when we booked.  Since the people next door smoked, it flowed into our room under the door for the entire 7 days.  The staff seemed uncaring and rude as we begged for another room. 

The food was poor, the steaks tough.  The immenities such as an ice cream bar in the upstairs buffet was missing and the food there was also of poor quality. 

 We will never be back on the Dawn.