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Hi Mel---where are you from in PA??? I live near Gettysburg but I go to Penn State so i spend most of the year in State College. I just cruised on the Dawn aug 1-8 so I'll answer the questions that I can. The water wasn't tremendously rough and we were on the tail of tropical storm/hurricane Alex. it did rain a bit because of that on the way down but coming back was fine. with dinner, generally the later you come, the longer you will wait. my family (group of 4) usually ate around 6:30 or 7 and never had to wait but I can't really say about the wait if youre going later. The Dawn bathrooms were nice---partitioned into 3 sections, the sink in the middle, shower on the left, toilet on the right. there were sliding doors between the sink and toilet, and then the other one served as the shower door. my family was in an outside room on deck 4---not terrible, not wonderful. 4 in a room is always a squeeze so this was expected. there was one bunk and then a trundle bed was pulled out between the 2 lower beds at night. two people in this room would be nice. i thought the service was good overall. just about everyone we came across was pleasant and polite. entertainment was very good---i think there were 4 comedians on board during our week-long cruise and all were decent, with some being better than others. Le Bistro costs $15 per person, Cagney's steakhouse---$20 per person, Teppenyaki I think was $12.50 a person. La trattoria and salsa did not have extra cost, plus the three "main" dining rooms---the Venetian, Impressions and Aqua also had no cost. my family went to le bistro and la trattoria in addition to the three main dining rooms---both were very nice. le bistro gives you more of the feel that you're in a land restaurant as opposed to a cruise ship dining room. this isn't a complaint at all, just a comment that le bistro has a different feel to it. i don't know exactly what my parents paid to park for the week but it was well over $100---yuck. the ship is beautiful and i had a wonderful cruise---i'm jealous that you get to go on her for 10 days! i hope i could help answer your questions. regina :frog
Hi Mel---
where are you from in PA??? I live near Gettysburg but I go to Penn State so i spend most of the year in State College. I just cruised on the Dawn aug 1-8 so I'll answer the questions that I can. The water wasn't tremendously rough and we were on the tail of tropical storm/hurricane Alex. it did rain a bit because of that on the way down but coming back was fine. with dinner, generally the later you come, the longer you will wait. my family (group of 4) usually ate around 6:30 or 7 and never had to wait but I can't really say about the wait if youre going later. The Dawn bathrooms were nice---partitioned into 3 sections, the sink in the middle, shower on the left, toilet on the right. there were sliding doors between the sink and toilet, and then the other one served as the shower door. my family was in an outside room on deck 4---not terrible, not wonderful. 4 in a room is always a squeeze so this was expected. there was one bunk and then a trundle bed was pulled out between the 2 lower beds at night. two people in this room would be nice. i thought the service was good overall. just about everyone we came across was pleasant and polite. entertainment was very good---i think there were 4 comedians on board during our week-long cruise and all were decent, with some being better than others. Le Bistro costs $15 per person, Cagney's steakhouse---$20 per person, Teppenyaki I think was $12.50 a person. La trattoria and salsa did not have extra cost, plus the three "main" dining rooms---the Venetian, Impressions and Aqua also had no cost. my family went to le bistro and la trattoria in addition to the three main dining rooms---both were very nice. le bistro gives you more of the feel that you're in a land restaurant as opposed to a cruise ship dining room. this isn't a complaint at all, just a comment that le bistro has a different feel to it. i don't know exactly what my parents paid to park for the week but it was well over $100---yuck. the ship is beautiful and i had a wonderful cruise---i'm jealous that you get to go on her for 10 days! i hope i could help answer your questions.
regina :frog
