Some positives, but a lot of negatives

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

rcoop913

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 50

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 31, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11128

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The positives:

1. The best gym facility that we have seen on a ship

2. The Assistant Cruise Director and 2 of the Cruise Staff (Kenneth and Guido) were great; the show performers were very nice, especially when they had to work the buffet line due to a viral outbreak on the ship

3. The Ginza Noodle House had terrific food

4. The room was pretty nice

The negatives:

1. Overall, the food was mediocre

2. Several of the crew were clear misses. The cruise director acted like a frustrated stand-up comic; the DJ seemed to genuinely dislike people; Nesh in the fitness center was downright scary

3. The show material was TERRIBLE, especially the Burt Baccarat--we felt sorry for the performers!

4. There is TOO MUCH effort to add revenue during the cruise by charging for everything possible; in addition, the prices charged were roughly 20 percent higher than we have seen on other cruise lines.

5. The cabin steward was very nice, but clearly overworked--14 rooms/person too much (we generally see a 2-person team with 20 rooms, so roughly 10 rooms/person.)