Oh my 😖I have booked NCL Dawn Cape Town to Mauritius and I have heard so many negative reviews and NCl already have cancelled visiting the Reunion island. Like you I have done several NCL cruises before and i feel the standards have definitely slipped for similar but booked NCL because the destinations are different but I am wondering about this cruise any advice or recommendations please
We were on the Dawn from the 9th to the 20th of March. I think you were being very kind to the management. We joined the Dawn to see the world and what did we see............ we saw the sea.
We always try to be positive as we are glass half full type people but management was very poor and reading some of the FB reports of your cruise it got worse!
We are booked on the Dawn for an African cruise in early 2025 and have heard some of these complaints about the Dawn. I really hope they fix some of these issues, expecially the Managment problems. FYI..... We also have cruised on the Jade and agree it is very nice ship.
Good video! I have sailed 4 times with NCL and Dawn was one of the ships. We have embarked in Miami, Vancouver, Tampa, and New York. Worst embarkation in all cities except New York but that's bc we decided to arrive late. No sense in rushing to wait in the heat. I am a smoker. Sorry Mama Jane's Husband. But I found the smoking area to be awful. I slept most of the time bc I didn't enjoy the ship. I didn't enjoy the layout. I spoke with multiple people with mobility issues and they really struggled with the layout of the ship as well and I don't have mobility issues.
We have done a few ncl cruises and these problems are familiar, we are going on the dawn in January I glad I came across your video. When we where on a ncl cruise in Australia every port had problems in Darwin some people only had 30 mins in town 2 buses for a 30 minute round trip into the town from the port !!! 2 hour wait for tenders in some ports . Great video I've now subscribed 👍
Thank your for their kind comments. They don’t deploy enough tenders. I guess if you are on Dawn in Jan then you are going to SA? If so this FB page is very useful facebook.com/share/g/5tThCbC5Nzz3M247/?mibextid=K35XfP
Oh gosh. We are booked on this ship on the 5th November from Barcelona to Cape Town I hope they get their act together as we are on the ship for 22 days 😱😱
Apparently it’s getting refurbished in April or May when it gets to Barcelona. Hopefully they will refresh management when it comes out of dry dock. We are on sister shop Star in May and it will be interesting to see how they compare - watch out for the video !
Hope our trip on the dawn is better . We booked in couple of months 🤷♀️been mostly on royal Caribbean 😅got a big birthday one to book in 2 years . Maybe that will be Royal Caribbean from Southampton
Booked our bucket list cruise months ago for our 11 day British Isles trip in August 2024 on NCL Dawn. Already booked excursions we’re looking forward to. We upgraded our room as well thinking our only overseas cruise for awhile anyway since was already expensive. I’m blunt/straight forward & expect excellence for what we spent. Hopefully your issues should be because of S Africa port, etc including food/drink issues. Management in Southhampton port shouldn’t be a problem. (Fingers crossed). I’ll be sure to order extra fully cooked veggies. Expectations for food/drink is over the top and better be 1st class.
We are on NCL Star out of Southampton in May going around Ireland so watch out for the videos. NCL did have a problem with UK customs last year when they flouted tax laws while in port. It resulted in a full security check when passengers disembarked and caused delays of hours. I think NcL subsequently learned their lesson.
So our time on Star recently was better than on Dawn. Still ratting issues though. We have one more crusie booked with NCL and I doubt if we will book another unless there’s an amazing deal.
Hope our trip on the dawn is better . We booked in couple of months 🤷♀️been mostly on royal Caribbean 😅got a big birthday one to book in 2 years . Maybe that will be Royal Caribbean from Southampton
I continue to hear mixed reports about Dawn. We’ve just come off sister ship Star. We had a great time. So much is down to onboard leadership by captain and cruise director setting the tone for the cruise.
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Oh my 😖I have booked NCL Dawn Cape Town to Mauritius and I have heard so many negative reviews and NCl already have cancelled visiting the Reunion island.
Like you I have done several NCL cruises before and i feel the standards have definitely slipped for similar but booked NCL because the destinations are different but I am wondering about this cruise any advice or recommendations please
We were on the Dawn from the 9th to the 20th of March. I think you were being very kind to the management. We joined the Dawn to see the world and what did we see............ we saw the sea.
We always try to be positive as we are glass half full type people but management was very poor and reading some of the FB reports of your cruise it got worse!
We are booked on the Dawn for an African cruise in early 2025 and have heard some of these complaints about the Dawn. I really hope they fix some of these issues, expecially the Managment problems. FYI..... We also have cruised on the Jade and agree it is very nice ship.
I cannot believe NCL will not fix the problems. I do notice they have added other ships onto the SA itinaries now.
Good video!
I have sailed 4 times with NCL and Dawn was one of the ships.
We have embarked in Miami, Vancouver, Tampa, and New York. Worst embarkation in all cities except New York but that's bc we decided to arrive late. No sense in rushing to wait in the heat.
I am a smoker. Sorry Mama Jane's Husband. But I found the smoking area to be awful.
I slept most of the time bc I didn't enjoy the ship. I didn't enjoy the layout. I spoke with multiple people with mobility issues and they really struggled with the layout of the ship as well and I don't have mobility issues.
Glad you liked the video. We had a great experience on Jade last year. Do hope NCL get their act together we have got more cruises booked with them.
Didn't you research the layout of the ship before you booked it?
TH-cam has lots of videos showing it!
We have done a few ncl cruises and these problems are familiar, we are going on the dawn in January I glad I came across your video.
When we where on a ncl cruise in Australia every port had problems in Darwin some people only had 30 mins in town 2 buses for a 30 minute round trip into the town from the port !!!
2 hour wait for tenders in some ports .
Great video I've now subscribed 👍
Thank your for their kind comments. They don’t deploy enough tenders. I guess if you are on Dawn in Jan then you are going to SA? If so this FB page is very useful facebook.com/share/g/5tThCbC5Nzz3M247/?mibextid=K35XfP
Oh gosh. We are booked on this ship on the 5th November from Barcelona to Cape Town I hope they get their act together as we are on the ship for 22 days 😱😱
Apparently it’s getting refurbished in April or May when it gets to Barcelona. Hopefully they will refresh management when it comes out of dry dock. We are on sister shop Star in May and it will be interesting to see how they compare - watch out for the video !
Thank you x let’s hope so it’s our first time on NCL we usually go on Royal Caribbean, P&O and Marella x
Second time on NCL for us - last year on Jade was great - we’ve done P&O a lot - NCL is a lot different from P&O
Hope our trip on the dawn is better . We booked in couple of months 🤷♀️been mostly on royal Caribbean 😅got a big birthday one to book in 2 years . Maybe that will be Royal Caribbean from Southampton
The comment about food made me giggle!
Glad we made you laugh we do try :)
Booked our bucket list cruise months ago for our 11 day British Isles trip in August 2024 on NCL Dawn. Already booked excursions we’re looking forward to. We upgraded our room as well thinking our only overseas cruise for awhile anyway since was already expensive. I’m blunt/straight forward & expect excellence for what we spent. Hopefully your issues should be because of S Africa port, etc including food/drink issues. Management in Southhampton port shouldn’t be a problem. (Fingers crossed). I’ll be sure to order extra fully cooked veggies. Expectations for food/drink is over the top and better be 1st class.
We are on NCL Star out of Southampton in May going around Ireland so watch out for the videos. NCL did have a problem with UK customs last year when they flouted tax laws while in port. It resulted in a full security check when passengers disembarked and caused delays of hours. I think NcL subsequently learned their lesson.
Hoping my cruise in Lisbon is better if not doubt I’ll book another NCl cruise
So our time on Star recently was better than on Dawn. Still ratting issues though. We have one more crusie booked with NCL and I doubt if we will book another unless there’s an amazing deal.
i have seen nothing on line about 2024 refurbishment. Did it really happen?
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It was briefly in dock in April but I don’t think the changes and refurb was massive.
After hearing this avalanche of negativity, I have booked a cruise on the Dawn! Toodlepip!
Hope all goes well
I sailed NCL Dawn … it was HORRIBLE … Management was inept … food was HORRIBLE … do not Sail on this boat!!!!
We are on the NCL Star soon and hope it is better than Dawn
Hope our trip on the dawn is better . We booked in couple of months 🤷♀️been mostly on royal Caribbean 😅got a big birthday one to book in 2 years . Maybe that will be Royal Caribbean from Southampton
I continue to hear mixed reports about Dawn. We’ve just come off sister ship Star. We had a great time. So much is down to onboard leadership by captain and cruise director setting the tone for the cruise.