Norwegian Star

Overall wonderful experience however, did not enjoy having to wait in line so much for almost everything, food, drinks, tender tickets, bathrooms, excursions. It's tough going to these small beautiful towns and have one or two other ships in port also. Made the area very crowded and more touristy rather than quaint and beautiful.

Ports were great! Need to work on onboard activities.

The vast majority of the staff were stellar, and the ports-of-call were well worth seeing. There were issues I wish I'd known about, and I'll outline them in the order in which they impacted our overall experience. First, the jogging track was located DIRECTLY over our room on Deck 12, and the closure of that track until 9:00a was not enforced so we were woken every morning between 6-7am by joggers pounding over our ceiling. d someone up from security to enforce the curfew. Enforcement of the curfew NEVER happened, and the inadequate signage was never amended. Second, shore excursions didn't include adequate free time (10-20 minutes on average) and involved a lot of waiting around and disorganization. Last, the band hired to entertain on the pool deck was below average. Pool and buffets were often over-crowded so we stuck with smaller venues and avoided the pool. Stage shows, specialty restaurants and most staff were excellent but we will book our own shore excursions next time and will choose a different deck for our room.

Being on Deck 11 was a nightmare that ruined what could have been a great experience. Dining was great, shows were great, drink service average, excursions average quality, ports average since a lot of the same settings ... set up for the cruise ships, but the cabin experience on Deck 11 was a terrible with the Deck 12 noise that lasted throughout the night.

We booked an excursion at every port of call. We enjoyed the places we've visited. However, we wished that we were able to spend some minutes to go shopping for souvenirs in Dubrobnik, Croatia.