Carnival Triumph vs NCL Dawn

I have not sailed on the Dawn. I did however take an Alaskan cruise in July and found that cruisecritic.com had a wealth of information on my particular cruise.

There is a wealth of information on EVERY cruise ship. Definitely more feedback there than on this board. You can ask questions there also.

I've been on the Triumph. It's a nice ship. A little dated but they keep it very nice and clean. Guy's Burgers is so damn good I might would go with Carnival just for that. They also have a Chipotle type burrito place that is also very good.

Carnival tends to be a tad more enjoyable than NCL in my opinion, however the Triumph is recently refurbished.

We sailed on the Dawn in Feb..7 day
Boarding was easy
Service was great
Food was ok
Specialty restaurants were really good
4 ports
Ship was clean but dated... Just refurbed though
We had the free alcohol package... And I got my $$$'s worth
I'd go again for the price we paid

It isn't free. They just add it into the price of the cruise and you get to choose what "perk" you want when you book. Look at the price compared to Carnival which does not offer these perks. You are paying for that drink package. We did this on Celebrity but it didn't feel like we were paying for it because the cruise line is so much nicer than Carnival or NCL or Royal so I felt the extra money went to a much nicer experience with a much better group of people on board. The drinks were nice, too. lol But I know that I really paid for them.