Questions

[Jacquie/Mom]

Hi guys, going on the Dawn in two weeks for our first cruise! Lots of stupid questions: What kind of movies do they show on the Dawn? We are big movie fans and believe it or not I am very excited to go to the movies on a ship! Also, MD prescribed the patches for my daughter Jen and I (we get sea sick fairly easy), has anyone else tried these? Do they work? Do they make you drowsy? I have heard about the Bollywood show on board. Is this show age appropriate for our 12 year old son? (Jen is 19) Is the ship very crowded in Oct? Thanks for all of your patience!



Post Edited (09-21-03 11:30)

 

[mousecruiser]

Went on the repo cruise in May and a friend also on that cruise was back on at the end of August. She said they had the same movies in August that they had in May. It's satelitte TV, so probably can't expect more.
Saw many people with the patch on during our cruise, some boarded the ship with them already on. I get motion sick myself, to the point that I can not ride in the back seat of a car, and never once did I need the meds while on the Dawn. Almost had to use it while tendering in at one of the ports, but luckily did not have to. The Dawn is very smooth, you don't even feel her moving most of the time.
I would let my 7 and 9 year old granddaughters see Bollywood. No worse that the costumes at the regular circus with the trapeze artists.
Don't know how crowded the ship will be in October. This is the first year for these cruises so the ship will probably be full or near full.
We sail the Dawn again for the Oct. 26th cruise. Everyone who sails on this ship seems to love it. Many are going back for 2nd or even 3rd cruises.

 

[SHIPLOOKOUT]

WENT ON THE DAWN 9/14/03 TO 9/21/03 JUST GOT BACK IT WAS WONDERFUL
THE MOVIES THEY SHOWED THIS CRUISE WERE CATCH ME IF YOU CAN FINDING NEMO THE SHOWS WERE FINE AND VERY GOOD AND THE CUSTOMS WERE LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A CIRCUS AS FOR SEASICKNESS DONT KNOW WHAT TO TELL U I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT EITHER BUT DIDNT HAVE TO FACE THAT PROBLEM ANYWAY BECAUSE WASNT ROUGH AT ALL I FELT THAT THE SHIP NEVER FELT THAT CROWDED EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE IT WAS ALMOST BOOKED ANY OTHER QUESTION?

 

[MzLuLu]

Hi Shiplookout,
I'm glad to hear you had a good time. I'm curious about a few things.
How long did you have to wait online before you were actually able to get on the ship?
The first night for dinner did everyone show up at the restaurants at the same time?
How is the room service? I know it's a limited menu but exactly how limited?
Thanks, Linda

 

[loved_m]

Hi Linda,

I'm not sure if Shiplookout answered your questions yet, but since I was there with him, thought I might try to help...

We were lucky because he had a contact who got us on board extra quick, but it looked like the lines moved along pretty quickly, and the employees were friendly... I think it might be best to show up as early as possible to avoid the lines, since everyone still has to stop at Customs and the metal detectors...

The first night we didn't see how crowded the dining rooms were because we fell asleep- After you leave the port there is a party around the pool with a barbecue, so we took a lot of pictures of the city as we left, had a late lunch, and crashed in our cabin until right before the show. After the show the 24-hour fast food place, Blue Lagoon, was pretty packed and I thought we had no other option than room service, but I read that other restaurants serve later, so check around...

Room service is not bad, especially for sandwiches and dessert - the children's menu had grilled cheese and PBJ, which, although not as good as at home, made for filling comfort food in lieue of going out- I can tell you NOT to order the room service pizza, and DO ask for things not on the menu, like ice cream... The room service breakfast, which you can order on a card you hang on your doorknob the night before, was good but only continental- no eggs. I found their croissants with butter quite addictive. And iIt did double as a wake up call, since they usually called before delivering it.

Also, I heard that between the bars on the pool deck there was something called Sprinkles that had free ice cream, in addition to Haagen Daz bars you had to pay extra for... maybe I just didn't try at the right time of day, but I never found it - which is probably a good thing, all things considered, lol...

Best wishes on your cruise, and let me know if you have any other questions!

Love
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