NCL Dawn - 03/24/19 - Southern Caribbean - remarks and pictures

[twicindi]

I wanted to share a few remarks and, of course, pictures.  I'd be happy to answer any questions.

 

We were in an aft balcony suite, 10226.  Our room steward was Julie.

 

ITINERARY

Sun 24-Mar 9:00 pm SHIP DEPARTS SAN JUAN

Mon 25-Mar AT SEA

Tue 26-Mar 8:00 am Tue 26-Mar 5:00 pm Dock ST.LUCIA, SAINT LUCIA

Wed 27-Mar 8:00 am Wed 27-Mar 4:00 pm Dock BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Thu 28-Mar 9:00 am Thu 28-Mar 5:00 pm Dock ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA, ANTIGUA

Fri 29-Mar 8:00 am Fri 29-Mar 5:00 pm Dock ST.THOMAS

Sat 30-Mar 8:00 am Sat 30-Mar 5:00 pm Dock TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

Sun 31-Mar 5:30 am SHIP ARRIVES AT SAN JUAN

 

There was some stress with our flights.  We were booked on Southwest, and this all happened around the same time as the Max 8 drama.  Luckily we weren't impacted, but I was really glad we decided to fly out on Saturday.  As others have mentioned, taxi fares from the San Juan airport are ridiculous.  Uber, however, within San Juan was very reasonable.

 

I was happy to see paper straws, usually upon request, on the ship.

 

I was disappointed that they are phasing out towel animals.  I asked our room steward, and we did have towel animals on 2 evenings.

 

The San Juan city tour that we took on the returning Sunday was awful.  There was little to no commentary from the driver.  What he did say was difficult to understand.  He tried to leave people at different stops twice.  If I was doing this again, I think I'd look for an alternative.

 

I asked people in most islands their impact from the hurricanes last year.  The more southern islands we visited had little to no impact.  St Thomas and Tortola were the most impacted, and Tortola has the most remaining damage.

 

On to pictures.  

[josephmz]

Did most of that itinerary on RCCL several years ago. Have always wanted to do a repeat with NCL.

Unfortunately they are replacing Dawn with Epic. Epic was not our favorite ship. We love the Dawn.

 

For my future reference to they allow Uber and Lyft to pick up an drop off at the airport.

 

Also your pictures are beautiful. Any chance you can go back in and add labels.

 

Edited April 25, 2019 by josephmz

[twicindi]

18 minutes ago, josephmz said:

For my future reference to they allow Uber and Lyft to pick up an drop off at the airport.

 

 

There's a whole taxi union thing.  Uber and Lyft can't pickup at the airport.  They can, however, drop-off there.  

[twicindi]

1 hour ago, twicindi said:

 

On to pictures.  

ST.LUCIA, SAINT LUCIA

1 hour ago, twicindi said:

ST.LUCIA, SAINT LUCIA - The Pitons

ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA, - overlooking Nelson's Dockyard

ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA - close-up of Nelson's Dockyard

ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA - This was a luxury resort.  I don't recall the name.

St. Thomas - From Paradise Point

St. Thomas - From Paradise Point

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (same spot, wider view)

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - From the zip line tour

Castillo San Cristóbal, San Juan - This was our greater at the fort entrance.

From Castillo San Cristóbal looking toward Castillo San Felipe del Morro - San Juan

 

[fethiyeden]

Love your pictures. Thanks for updating them with descriptions.