Norwegian? no Star. You will get ripped off with them
Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)
Sail date: January 03, 2016
Ship: Norwegian Star
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: 4009
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
I spoke with the passengers on the same cruise, and we all agreed this cruise is all about making as much money out of us as possible, disregard of our comfort, need, or concern. Beside the nice waiters and the stewards, I can't find anything nice about the service of this cruise line. They charged both me and my husband almost $600 EACH for the ultimate beverage when we made it clear with them that I do not drink and only wanted to buy the package for my husband, the lady at the front desk said yes, she understood, then on the last day our bill was charged for BOTH of us, saying because we are in the same stateroom they charged us both, so the drink alone was almost $1200. Had we known, we would bought the drink as we go, but their lack of English speaking skill, or maybe purposely misled us, to charged us extra. The ladies (in uniform) at the reception were very arrogant and very unfriendly. The food was just ok, no filet mignon nor lobster (unless you eat at the specialty dining and have to pay extra for it). This cruise is different in every way as compare to Carnival or Royal Carrebian, I cruised with them two times each, but this is the last ever with Norwegian, regardless of any sale they have, because they will end up charging you for other things that will be way more than other cruise lines would offer.
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Ship tip
Do NOT book shore excursions with Norwegian, price is twice as much as if you go to tripadvisor, and look inder things to do, the excursions and tours are much more reasonable.
Ports of call
Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras Did not visit port
17 Comments
AJR214 8 years ago
Judikr 8 years ago
schona 8 years ago
noname111 8 years ago
Thank you for posting your review.
I caution everyone to read the fine print for anything associated with a cruise and be sure to understand that different cruise lines have different agreements for drink and other types of packages. One line will charge everyone in the same cabin whereas another will not. Cruise lines are out to turn a profit, not to hand out freebies. The major lines are all publicly-held companies with stockholders who expect to benefit from their ownership. The key is that you do the homework to understand what you are signing up for because if you do not, you only have yourself to blame.