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"The passport and vaccination staff were much quicker than the cruise check-in staff, so they would only view 10-20 people’s passports at a time and then take a break before checking more.It does take some getting used to, but the benefit to this is that you have plenty of small venues (champagne bar, lounge, coffee place in the Atrium) where you find 20-30 seats nestled into their own little private area...."Read More
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Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Tommy.mo
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
We booked the cruise 9 month in advace with great ports in mosambik and madagaskar.
A few month later mosambik was canceld and the intresting ports in madagaskar where changed into boring ports.
Then where a big pricedrop. Norwegian ignored our complaints. Altough the where about 50 cabins empty, no possibility to get an upgrade.
The water and coffee on board tasted terrible and although ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Norwegian Dawn review
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
Chose this cruise because of the itinerary ie. South Africa and Namibia. From day 1 the writing was on the wall. I will start with the good points and there aren’t many.
Food-In general this was very good. Good quality and good selection. Food in Aqua and the Venetian was as good if not better than we have had on other cruises.
Staff-In line with all other cruise lines stewards, waiters, bar ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Tamoo
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
I had always wanted to return to South Africa since living there as a child. For our retirement we planned a dream vacation that began in Cape Town, picked up the NCL Dawn for a 12 night cruise and should have culminated in a 4 day stay in Mauritius, but as a result of the authorities suspecting a cholera outbreak on board we missed out on our Mauritius stay.
I have cruised for over 40 years ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Cabin Type: Oceanview Picture Window
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Tpastuch
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We chose this cruise for it’s itinerary, even though Mozambique was removed late last year, and an interesting Madagascar port was replaced by two stops in the north of the island which at best could be described as terrible! The South Africa stops were great, Nosy Be and Antsinerara below average due to the Shore Excursion team not explaining the shocking travel arrangements on both, we did not ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
RogersCruising
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
We've used Norwegian for all our cruises and after this one we hit the Platinum level Latitudes. We've experienced some amazing things cruising with NCL, but this cruise has been awful. Only two redeeming things we've had in 12 days. The first was a dinner at their new Mexican restaurant Los Lobos Cantina. The food was excellent, the service was exceptional. We also always book the Mandara Spa ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
ciffie0409
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
This was the second time on the Norwegian Dawn. First time was not a long time ago, in July 2023, cruise to the UK/Ireland and Scotland. The worst cruise ever! But as we were so dissatisfied of this cruise, we received money back and a voucher of 25% for next cruise. As this cruise to SouthAfrica is very expensive, it was a great moment to use the money and voucher. And fortunately, the flights ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Cabin Type: Family Suite
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Chikatilo
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
We chose NCL and this ship because of the itinerary and we wanted to explore more of South Africa.
Embarkation was smooth. Collected cruise cards on the ship- all very convenient.
The food in the garden buffet- quite basic and a very scant choice at breakfast.
The food in the compimrntary Venetian restaurant was hit and miss. The first time, very small portions. Bread wasn’t offered, ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
C. Lee24
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
I Chose this cruise for the itinerary: 12 Days: From Cape Town. Port Elizabeth, Durban and Luderitz
Embarkation: Chaos. My time was 1pm. After 2 hours standing in a non-air conditioning warehouse, people in my line discovered the next line (2 pm) was boarding ahead of us. At this point it was a free for all as hundreds of people surged forward, disregarding the lines and pushed towards the ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2024
Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Inside
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
Carolw164
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
I choose this cruise because of its itinerary, but boy what a disappointment!
From embarkation to disembarkation it was a total disaster.
Cancelled ports of call, total disorganisation of everything from the muster station was closed because of refuelling when we were being called to report there! luggage arriving at 11.30pm at night ( we were lucky, many passengers had handed their luggage ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony
Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn
denise143
10+ Cruises • Age 50s
This was our first cruise with NCL and will certainly be our last, the cruise company are the fawlty towers of cruises, but not funny., Where to begin. Before the cruise even started they changed the ports of call we would no longer be visting East Africa which was one of the highlights of the trip. No option to cancel and get a refund. This also meant an extra day at sea. Fast forward to ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2024
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