Norwegian Star Feb 28, 2016

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 28, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9718

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We took a 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise out of Tampa on the Star.  We were very disappointed on the food on this voyage.  We were excited to try the breakfast at O'Sheenans.   Turns out that the food was apparently just buffet food that was brought up to us.  The French toast was completely cold and the scrambled eggs were the weird egg substitute that the buffet uses (and yes again ice cold).   At the Aqua restaurant the Prime rib was good but the baked potato with sour cream and chives had literally 1/4 tsp of sour cream and exactly 2 chive bits.  The broccoli that came with it was literally 1 florette.   And this was after waiting 40 minutes for a table.   The service in the Aqua was extremely slow.    Drinks at every place on the ship were like $11 after the 18% gratituity was added.   Apparently with all the people on the ship with the free drink package the bartenders were making alll drinks extremely weak.  Maybe okay if you're not paying but paying full price this was was very disappointing.   We get the free drink package advertisements all the time but whenever we want to cruise there is always some blockout etc.     On the plus side the room was very clean and cabin steward was very diligent and nice.  Spa staff were really nice and my massage was wonderful.  Not sure we want to try Norwegian again unless we got the free specialty dining and drink package.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin was very clean, Steward was very helpful and diligent. Room seemed a lot smaller than other ships balcony rooms. Balcony glass (outside) was very dirty, couldn't see well if your were sitting in the chairs. Bathroom was nice layout, water was always hot.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5
We thought Norwegian was no longer stopping in Belize City. This port sucks. Make sure you have an excursion planned. Don't bother to look around Belize City....it is scary. Tender is very long and overpacked. Breathed boat exhaust the whole way

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5
Get an excursion. Nothing to do here unless you do.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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2 Comments

brianknott    8 years ago

We cruise on a regular basis with NCL would live the drinks package but wife does not drink alcohole due to medication would live the soda package for one and drinks package for one they will not move on this so very costly. NCLlisten to what people need sometimes!!!!!

njcruis80239007    8 years ago

We are sailing in August. I agree, with the free drink and dining specialty package it is a different cruise. Norwegian seems to be advertising this all the time, how did you miss it? We waited for the next "sale" before booking our trip.

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