Like a wine tasting

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 16, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11078

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The places we visited were very beautiful, but getting off the ship, and back to the ship was very difficult, and there was not enough time to enjoy any of the places.

Particularly the last stop at Dubrovnik that landed at 7am before any place was open.  It was a little like a wine tasting - only enough time for a taste, but not enough time to relax and sip a glass anywhere.

Since my regular life is so scheduled, I prefer to go on vacation to relax and not have any time constraints and schedule demands to meet.  This was my first cruise and I thought it was very stressful always having to be somewhere on time.  I would not be inclined to take another one.

Also, we booked a balcony room, mini-suite, that was supposed to accommodate 4 people, but it was very cramped, not enough space for the luggage, and the the 2nd bed was a pull out sofa that was very hard!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Often you didn't return from port until 9, or you are relaxing and want to have dinner later, but the only option after 10 was a cafeteria (good food but a cafeteria feel) or O' Sheehan's, an Irish pub style place where the food was awful! Do NOT eat there!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
This room was definitely not for 4 people! It was very cramped and no place to store our luggage. The 2nd bed was very uncomfortable! I reserved this room just for the balcony, but it was in the shade all the time due to an overhang from the floor above.

Ship tip

Buy the spa pass!

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

2 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

3 out of 5
Hired a taxi for the day to take us around the island and show us the highlights. Very nice and great service!

Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5
This was our favorite! Don't wait in line for the cable car! Take the boat to Oia. They have a bus that will take you up to the town and then another bus will take you to Fira. It's only $15 Euros. But if you wait and try to catch the sunset, you will need to grab a taxi to get back to Fira and the cable car to the tender ship.

Mykonos, Greece

3 out of 5
Took a taxi to Paradise Beach and relaxed for the day, and caught the bus back to town. But almost missed the shuttle to the bus. We should have left sooner to have more time to walk thru the very cute town.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

2 out of 5
Arrives too early. Take a taxi to the old town and find a cafe to enjoy a quaint breakfast. Cable car opens at 9am. Take the cable car for an amazing view! And then it will be time to board the ship again.
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