Dawn balcony 11112 or 11612

[micdee]

Hi new to NCL but not cruising. We have booked the Dawn to the western Caribbean in March. We originally booked a BA cabin on the 10th deck. This afternoon I saw that cabin 11112 was available so I changed. It's still a BA but from the deck plans it looks as though the balcony is the same size as the JS next door.

If anyone has sailed in this cabin or #11612,11618 or 11118, can you tell me if the balconies are actually larger than the standard BA? Also, were you bothered by any noise from above? We've only ever sailed in cabins that were surrounded above and below by other cabins.

 

Thanks for the help.

[Kaye from Chicagoland]

We stayed in #11612 on the Dawn this past Feb. Yes, the balcony is the same size as the minisuites on Deck 11 - there are only 4 of them. I don't know about the other cabins you mentioned, but the one we stayed in was an awesome location - right next to the elevators and just one deck up to the pool or Garden cafe. We were new to NCL on this past cruise and the balcony rooms are smaller than we were used to, but a little planning and organizing and it was great. Would stay in that cabin again if available.

[Kaye from Chicagoland]

Oh! I forgot to mention that we had no noise in #11612. I think it is between the pool and the buffet above so no deck chairs moving around or buffet noise.

[micdee]

Kaye, thanks for the thumbs up on the cabin. Did you hear any noises coming from above with the Garden Cafe above you?

 

You don't have to go into great detail, but how did NCL compare to other lines you've been on? My feelings are that they are all more or less similar, and if I could take what I like from each one, then I would have the perfect cruise.

[micdee]

Sorry, must have been posting at the same time.:o

[Kaye from Chicagoland]

Hi! We have only cruised Princess before and were sold on their product, but after reaching platinum with them we decided to try something a little different. We still like Princess, but we found NCL to be another product we like, a little different. We bought the $250 cruise credit so I guess that says something. This is just our opinion, we liked the staff and crew better on NCL and the entertainment was great. I think better than Princess. They really put out for your M & G - the whole main staff was there. I arranged a M & G for Princess and only 2 officers showed up and they did not address the group as NCL does.

 

Like I said cabins on the Dawn were slightly smaller, the bathroom set up is much better (glass shower door). We had one of the over the door shoe racks for the bathroom and another one that folds up with shelves for shoes to hang in the closet. In our room there were only about 3 drawers but they had some shelves in the closet where we could put our shorts and stuff. We brought our own clothes hangars as they are skinnier and took less space. They give you plenty of their big wood ones - but I'm a clothes freak and change many times. We just took theirs out and put our skinny ones in.

 

As I said, when you get off of the elevator #11612 is right there. Great to run upstairs for a snack. If you look at the deck plans it is in between the pool and the buffet. No noise. On one side is a handicap room - never heard a sound. On the otherside is a minisuite, we could hear them talking on their balcony at night, but didn't bother us - I think it was two men, but that did not bother us and that's the luck of the draw.

 

If you are like us you will organize and then there is enough space - but it does take some planning.

 

We booked the Breakaway minisuite for 2014 - 12 day Southern Caribbean -with our future cruise credit. It can't come soon enough!

 

Any more questions - just ask. We were suprised that we weren't disappointed. We thought we would be - atrium not as elegant- entertainment & staff made up for that! - The $1000 win in the casino didn't hurt either. LOL

[bob brown]

We are booked on the Dawn in cabin 11116--the accessible minisuite, starboard. We too thought it was in a fabulous midship location. Only trepidation is being below the "Kids Cafe". I don't think (hope!), that will turn out to be a problem......:)

[micdee]

Kaye, thanks for answering my questions and the storage tips. Enjoy your cruise.:)