Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East) Cruise Reviews

The cruise was like a loaf of bread. The crust is all but useless and the middle is great. The sights of the Antarctic are great! We will not sail out of Buenos Aires again. The buses used by Ferlong (sp) are so bad that they have a chase bus for when the tour bus breaks down. We lost an hour of tour time because of that. The ship, crew and staff lived up to the outstanding quality that the RCL family is known for.

Loved the clientele on this ship, very quiet and well mannered. The cruise director was outstanding and also our restaurant waiter Team Kadek and Tian in the main dining room. We enjoyed the entertainment and the ‘Happy Hours’ in the Bars. The itinerary of this cruise was super.

While I chose this cruise for its itinerary, I would not recommend NCL to a friend. Service charges are up, and I believe services are down. There is no evening cabin turn down service , and I feel that the entertainment and food were not up to par of previous NCL cruises. I was not pleased with any of the excursions. I enjoy guest lecturers on sea days, but there were none. I was especially unhappy with the situation on the dock in Bangkok. Hard working friendly staff was excellent.

Great itinerary, tour could have been better but I think it depended on which guide you got. Food was mediocre.drinks were good.entertainment was kinda lame.

Excellent weather and good views. It was special to be up close and personal to A23a the biggest iceburg in the world. Main dining was excellent. We did most of our dinners in Savoy.

Older ship, I probably wouldn't sail on it again. Major ports in Thailand and Vietnam were 2+ hours away, really shortening our excursions.

Excellent trip! Originally it was just the two of us going, but we quickly grew to a group of 11. Although we did much separately, we were very appreciative of the dining room staff that arranged a table for all of us in the main dining room each evening.

Overall OK cruise. NOt impressed with food. NCL App is awful. Never works

Thanks for take great care of us. Enjoy and comfortable.

This was a good way to visit an area of the world where we have not spent much time in the past, and avoid the snow and cold at the same time!

It was a great cruise overall. The staff on the ship make up for the areas that lacked. Everything from Norwegian is an upsell and they don't give you any true feelings. The extra $1500 for Premium Plus felt like a scam because everything we paid extra for ran out about halfway through the cruise. The "unlimited" internet is limited by the ship's bandwidth. We had a blast and it was a memorable trip, but there are many areas for improvement.

This was a wonderful cruise for the holidays. The only thing that the Norwegian Star needs to fix is the internet. Basically, non existent. They do not have Star Link and should not even sell packages. That being said, they did refund those packages. Antartica was a breath taking trip.

itinerary curtailed to eliminate more than half the original stops. Ended up spending 2 days at sea sailing around in circles in the Persian Gulf. Substitute beach stop on Sir Bani Yas was quite unsatisfactory, offering little more than a beach

This was our 24th cruise. Each one is different, but there are many similarities. The locations we visited in South Africa are so different from what we encountered elsewhere in the world. We were in a more primitive environment overall. The ship personnel took care of us well, the ship took us where we were going reliably, and the atmosphere on board was pleasant and made us feel safe. One special note: I play the piano and hoped to find a piano I could play on to retain my skills. I found one in the Drawing Room and had a chance to play a few Christmas tunes out there. I liked that, and the very few passengers who joined me in that room seemed to enjoy the music.

Overall , great experience in ALL aspects. Will do this cruise again.

The cruise was too long with too many sea days. The ports were not exciting at all. Could have stayed overnight in Taipei and Hong Kong, and skip the port in Toba and the first two ports in Vietnam. Will not choose this ship at all in future.

This crew/itinerery needs a lot of work. Poor planning and organization top to bottom. Problems with embarkation/debarkation, problems with communication with passengers, cancellation of a major port of call, poor recognition/care of latitude members, problems with inventory of wines, very few truly great crew members. We liked some of the places we visited very much but it was not the pleasant joyful cruise experience we are used to on Norwegian. We are hoping Norwegian makes it up to us on our next cruise to Hawaii as this will be our whole family including grandkids. Hopeful for a return to what we normally expect from Norwegian.

The scenery was fab when we could get ashore and if your excursion did go, they were great. The service, ship, and food were first rate which is good since not much to do on board. Best thing was pre trip to Easter Island.

This was a very unsafe cruise and should have been cancelled. No one was happy about this cruise due to safety concerns. The front desk staff was uncaring and pretty much did not want to hear any concerns. We also had 2 nights of "black out" due to high risk Pirate areas in the Red Sea which we were not informed of prior to the cruise. UNSAFE! UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Overall we enjoyed the cruise. Organization for em and disembarkation could have been way better. Excursions meeting time and place could have been better. Had to report at meeting place at 715am but was not called till 830am. All this time waiting. But it was still a good cruise