London_Ozgal

Have set up a role call for the 12th Sept 

On our Dawn sailing, when they asked for that, none of us had an unusual piercing.

BUT one girl in our group recalled seeing the CD (I forget his name already...likely because he wasn't that great) had his nipple pierced because she spotted him at the beach in port one day.

SO, she literally ran up on stage, attacking the guy, lifting HIS shirt and exposing HIS nipple.

 

We got the point.

 

Our team also won that night.

 

You wouldn't believe what we did just to get a pen. :eek:

Hah! I've never been part of a Quest that I didnt win... and I STILL have that pen :)

My last cruise, when I did back to back to back, it it WAS a little unfair by the time I got to the 3rd week as I MAY have known all the answers and was able to get enough points to win all by myself! :)

My family (17 total) and I sailed on the Dawn for the Thanksgiving cruise this year. It was our first cruise with Norwegian, and based on this experience, will be our last. It was an unmitigated disaster from start to finish.

 

Things got off to a bad start due to the utter failure that occurred during embarkation. I understand this topic has been discussed in other threads, so I won't expound on the subject, but the cruise terminal personnel and the cruise ship personnel continually told different stories of what went wrong. It would have been different if they had been honest, or possibly had even made some sort of "complimentary drink" available, but no....just the lies.

 

From there , things only got worse. The toilet in our stateroom didn't flush properly for six of the seven days. It was reported to guest services a minimum of three times a day. No apology. No offer to move us to a different cabin. Just a comment that they would get the information to the appropriate department.

 

We made the mistake of paying to go to the La Cuccina restaurant for the Jazz Brunch. The food, when it finally arrived after roughly 40 minutes, was cold. When it was brought to the server's attention, the response was "What do you want me to do about it".

 

Breakfast at the Garden Cafe was also poor. It was impossible to find a working coffee machine. The buffet was very poorly maintained. (If you wanted bacon, you had better hope you liked crumbs instead of strips)

 

Then there's the Venetian main dining room. The hostess was just flat out rude (Didn't have the temperment for the job). Service was bad. It was nearly impossible to even get a refill on a glass of water. We would e seated around 5:30PM and the service was so slow, we had to scramble to make 8:30PM shows.

 

During the comedian's performance, the people in the tech booth were having an extremely loud, disruptive conversation. Several people tried, unsuccessfully to get them to be quiet (they were wearing headphones).

 

During the shows, which were excellent, the sound mix was horrible. I have mixed sound for everything from live bands to orchestras to choral concerts and I know it isn't that difficult to get it right. I observed people actually plugging their ears or getting up and leaving because it was so poorly engineered.

 

Three of the four shore excursions we booked were cancelled due to weather. While I realize this isn't the ship's fault, when you ad it on top of the other issues, it magnifies.

 

This ship has a "Smoking Lounge" or "Cigar Lounge" if you prefer. On three different evenings, the smoke detector went off....for over an hour. The response from ship's personnel was "Stop smoking". Seriously? In the smoking lounge?

 

All of this was laid out to guest services prior to debarkation, which was another disaster. No apology was offered. This information has also been presented to Norwegian, both in the "post cruise survey" and in an email to corporate. I haven't heard a word from them.

 

We have sailed Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and family members have sailed on Disney. We have NEVER had this kind of experience on any other ship.

 

We all work hard for our money, and have a choice where to spend our vacation dollars. I would advise thinking very seriously about choosing to spend your money somewhere other than with Norwegian!

WOW... I've probably spent 35+ days on that ship and I can't say I have ever had the kind of experience that you have described. I'm genuinely surprised!

I did this tour in November and can highly recommend it.

They ran through an orientation and made sure that we were comfortable and in control before we went out on the road. They were very safety conscious but to to the point that they removed the fun factor. The tour itself was great and we got to zoom around the fort and along the beach with the girls giving us details of what we were seeing.

Once the tour was over, we had lunch at a beach restaurant with Julliette asking how she could improve the tour and it was nice to be able to provide feedback in this way.

If you are going to Antigua, I would suggest you seriously consider this tour.