Great trip, average ship

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 60

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

9 Night Baltic Capitals (Copenhagen Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 13, 2016

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10210

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship seemed crowded, a little dated and tired.  The room was nice, great bed and shower, plenty of room to move around.  There weren't a lot of places to sit outside, it was ok for the Baltic but I'm not sure I would book this ship if it were in the Med or Caribbean ..  The food was plentiful, but the buffet seemed low quality.  We ate in three specialty restaurants, the best being Cagneys.  It was on par with a chain steakhouse. They did a few barbecues by the pool that were fun.  The quality of the food overall was a disappointment.  The service was spotty, a few individuals stood out for great service and a few stood out for their bad attitude.  Embarkation was a bit of a disaster, we waited in line 2 hours, they only had one security line open.  It was painful.  The ports were fantastic, no issues getting on or off ship other than Russia. They make you wait until the ship tours have off loaded before your allowed to leave, this means waiting in a very long line getting through passport control.  I highly recommend this itinerary, the ports were all fantastic, Russia was a high light. The ship was fine, it felt more like staying in a budget hotel than I was expecting.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The beds were very comfortable, great shower..they vacuumed the venue above us around 2 am every night...wasn't a problem for us but might be for someone else

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Warnemunde (Berlin), Germany

5 out of 5
Loved this little port, it was a fun place, happy seaside town

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5
Buy all your souvenirs here! So much cheaper than other places, high quality

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5
The trip into and out of Stockholm is amazing..there's about 4 hours of sailing through narrow channels with lots to see on both sides..worth getting up a little early
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2 Comments

chadley77    8 years ago

The best part of the Star was the specialty restaurants, Cagneys, Teppanyaki and Moderno were really good but the Italian restaurant wasn't very good at all. Really liked the Noodle Bar too. The buffet wasn't great. Not enough deck chairs on all the decks.

chadley77    8 years ago

We felt the same way in April when we went to Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya and Roatan. Did not compare to Royal Caribbean Freedom Of The Seas and Carnival Liberty. We are going to go on Carnival Magic next May and can't wait.

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