Norwegian Cape Town Cruise Reviews

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Did Norwegian know where we going?

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Trouble on NCL Dawn in Africa

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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. ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Horror cruise

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Traveled with children


Fascinating itinerary, but flawed execution

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Traveled with disabled person


Out of 20 cruises this was by far the worst

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


A terrible experience.

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Would not recommend this cruise.

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Avoid this 14 Billion dollars indebted Company .

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Enjoyable cruise despite too many itinerary changes & less time in ports!

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Organised chaos

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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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 ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


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