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"We also avoid cruises with lots of tender stops due to the difficulty in meeting private shore excursions at a particular time, the time waiting in line to get on and off tenders, and the possibility that inclement weather might cause a change in itinerary due to the inability to tender (although this latter point did not weigh heavily into our considerations, since in our previous cruises, we never had to miss a tender port due to bad weather.As it turned out, the NCL reservation system and the NCL call center staff falsely described this cruise as having only one tender port (Edinburgh)...."Read More
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Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
wbeeman
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
There are going to be a lot of very negative reviews for this cruise, and there were many problems with it. There were four missed ports, an itinerary change after final deposits were made, and a lot of difficulties with ports that were visited.
Additionally, the passengers on this cruise were exceptionally savvy travelers, and exceptionally sophisticated and experienced frequent cruisers with ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
hdgmail
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
There is something definitely wrong on this ship. I got a stomach virus after 3 days of sailing and was put in isolation. After taking my medicine, I barely are for the subsequent 3 days. And, I got the bug, again. I traced my problem to a common denominator: Caesar Salad. The Captain ordered that crews must serve passengers in the buffet area. We aren't even allowed to get water by ourselves. ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Allie1960
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
I was disappointed with this cruise. I think NCL had a chance to make it something special but chose not to. We had only sailed on Norwegian once before and had not particularly enjoyed it but the itinerary that NCL originally offered with stops in West Africa, Cape Verde and Morocco was so unusual and interesting that we decided to give Norwegian another go. The first disappointment was that ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Professional
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
Horror Cruise! Norwengian is no longer Norwengian! Since COVID, NCL cruises have deteriorated in an inexplicable way. We are on board the Dawn crossing from Africa to Europe. An outbreak of gastroenteritis on board. Hundreds with diarrhea, including crew. The same ship, on the last cruise before this one, had already been quarantined on the Mauritius Coast with cholera suspected. It seems they ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Traveled with children
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Rishigudka
10+ Cruises • Age 40s
We booked this 12 day cruise to South Africa & Namibia when we found out our Israel/Egypt cruise with Celebrity wouldn't be going ahead due to the political situation there.
When we booked we were going to spend only 3 days at sea with long port days in most of the ports of call including 2 full days in Namibia. Due to several itinerary changes including the last change being only a week ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Tam Cruise
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
Having sailed with a number of different cruise lines sailing with NCL was our worst experience by far.
Itinerary:
Between booking (March 2023) and sailing: the itinerary promised by NCL when booking last year looked so promising but the numerous changes before the sail date included severely reduced times at ports of call and a completely cancelled port. On querying this prior to ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Seasoned cruiser.
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
Just returned from a cruise on Norwegian Dawn around South Africa. We had notification before leaving that we would not be visiting Ludderitz in Namibia, and the time in Durban would be reduced to 4 hours. We had 3 consecutive days at sea, and another two individual days at sea. At Richards Bay we were docked at a coal processing plant. Nowhere to go, and we were charged $10 to get a shuttle bus ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Heatherutteridge
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
Ship old , worn out , rust , curtains with holes , stained carpets and doors ,windows seals broken and obscured , in balcony cabins , public areas . Constantly blocked public toilets , too few staff who were obnoxious , obstructive , worn out , especially in the upper outside bar .
Long waits , breakfast in the cafeteria on Sunday , ran out of coffee , milk ,butter , marmalade .Manager ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Warden236
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Booked through Iglu cruises who were good
3 days in Cape Town far outwayed our expectations- fantastic stay ….Then we got on the ship . Should have stayed in Cape Town.
Boat is shabby . We had a restricted view cabin on deck 8 . When I say restricted- couldn’t see anything but life boat .
Layout of cabin awful . You couldn’t get to one side of bed which had its head below windows . Very ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Lpgidd
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
Never again!-Well this cruise was sold to us on the basis of visiting some exotic and fairly off the beaten track unusual places -we paid for a 12 day cruise with stops in Madagascar and Mozambique.In the end NCL provided a 10 day trip which didn’t stop in either of the two countries above and involved 4 days floating slowly across the Indian Ocean at a speed designed to save them fuel and ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
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