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Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

7 Night Alaska & Sawyer Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2007

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

The ship was clean and lovely. However, this was offset by the additional charges. $45 for 4 games of bingo! $8 for the drink of the day, which is $3-$4 on other cruise lines. The soft drink package was $65! There were 11 restaurants, 5 of which were free, 6 of which had much better food but cost $15-$20 per person to dine there. The least expensive bottle of wine was $34! For the two main dining rooms and buffet, one did not need reservations. For the eight remaning, reservations were required and very difficult to get. Because of the specialty restaurants, and no early and late seating for the main rooms, there was always a wait. The buffet served the same menu daily and tables were put together. There was no effort to make the buffet a nice place to dine. Service was dull compared to other ships. The casino and excursion folks were outstanding.

Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Many superior excursions to take.
Don't Miss: Don't miss the dogsledding and helicopter. You will never forget it!

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5
Take an excursion. There is nothing wonderful to see inside the town.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
A lovely town... many wonderful excursions.
Don't Miss: Take the helicopter and glacier dogsledding trip or the train. Magnificent!

Prince Rupert, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Nothing fun to do and a lot of walking.
Don't Miss: Take some kind of excursion.

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5
Take an excursion. There is nothing wonderful to see inside the town.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Many superior excursions to take.
Don't Miss: Don't miss the dogsledding and helicopter. You will never forget it!

Prince Rupert, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Nothing fun to do and a lot of walking.
Don't Miss: Take some kind of excursion.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
A lovely town... many wonderful excursions.
Don't Miss: Take the helicopter and glacier dogsledding trip or the train. Magnificent!

Pros: Dogsledding and helicopter over glaciers.

Cons: The high and extra charges on Norwegian Star.

Recommends Norwegian Star? No.

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