Recently, I was aboard Norwegian Dawn.
Although it seems like I am always running into Norwegian Dawn in
various ports of call, I had not been aboard her for several years.
Thus, I was anxious to see how the ship had changed.
During this period, Norwegian has been
a cruise line on the move. Since Kevin Sheehan took over as CEO,
there has been a marked improvement in the line. He seems to have
been able to release the talent of both Norwegian's head office and
the crews on the ships. Therefore, I was interested in seeing not
just any physical changes but also how the revolution had affected
the Dawn,
As for physical changes, there have
been several. The area that was the observation lounge has been
turned into suites and a conference center. Keeping the name of the
old observation lounge, a new Spinnaker Lounge has taken the place of
the department store that was at the stern of the ship aft of the
main lobby. The shops have been moved forward and can now be found
in the area corresponding to the shops on Norwegian Gem. Another
change is that the Moderno Churascarria South American steakhouse has
replaced the Tex/Mex Salsa specialty restaurant.
More changes are to come. Moderno
will be moving up to an area near Cagney's steakhouse and the entire
mezzanine overlooking the lobby will become an O'Sheehan's Bar and
Grill.
Beyond these physical changes, the
officers and crew seem to share the optimistic spirit that you find
on other Norwegian ships these days. Once Norwegian's New York-based
ship, Dawn is quite content with her new home in Boston and is
looking forward to wintering in New Orleans.
We have updated Beyondships's
Norwegian Dawn profile. The photo tour has been expanded and
numerous new photos of the interior added. We have added a new
menus page including examples of the new menus being used in the main
dining room of which Norwegian is quite proud.
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-menus.html
There is also a new daily programs page with copies of Freestyle
Dailies from past cruises.
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-daily-programs.html
Copies of the current deck plans have been added.
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-deck-plans.html
Hotel Director Alain Magnier talks about what the Dawn is all about
these days.
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-hd-interview.html
In addition, we have a new photo
feature showing Dawn in Bermuda
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-photos.html
and a video of Dawn heading out to sea.
http://www.beyondships2.com/norwegian-dawn-video.html