Norwegian Cruise Line - Dawn Review

We cruised on the Norwegian Dawn with 8 friends and family on June 23, 2007.

I had read negative reviews of this ship, service and quality of food.  I must say I disagree totally.  The ship was spotless, rooms were immaculate and very well laid out.  Service was wonderful, with everyone in the housekeeping, restaurants and cruise staff always willing to lend a helping hand.

 The food was good, not gourmet, but certainly palatable.  You must make reservations the day before for restaurants during peak dining times.  We ate at 8 o'clock every evening and had no problem.  The Asian restaurant was our all time favorite with the all you can eat sushi being outrageous.  It is certainly worth the $10 per person surcharge.  They will give you additional items if you have a hearty appetite and we never left the restaurants hungry.

The only problem I had was when we had to leave our luggage outside our rooms before 2am the night before disembarking and I inadvertently had packed all of my shoes and I was actually SHOELESS with nothing to wear on my feet leaving the ship.

 I was totally mortified walking around the ship without shoes and the customer service department would not do anything to get me shoes (such as going to the galleria, the spa to at lease look for a used pair of flip-flops or anything that would alleviate me walking off the ship and onto the pier without shoes.

I was angry that they would not try and help, but someone in my party had a pair of flip flops in their carry on and I used them.

Other than that it was a wonderful cruise and would recommend it to anyone.