Cruise felt rushed at destinations.

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 28, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9150

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Over all the cruise was great, we had a wonderful time. It's a shame they charge so much for drinks and excursions. The food was good, entertainment was great. The cruise director does a great job at keeping the positive going. A lot of fun.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and amazed of how they handled so many passengers so quickly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The buffets were typical, main dinning room was fantastic and the specialty restaurants were great. Bottle water should have been spring water for the price instead of purified water. Too expensive for drinks.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The pool was nice, a little crowded, the fitness center was nice but, they shouldn't charge for instructors, way too expensive considering what we already payed.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows, musicians and performers were out of this world, fantastic!

Children's Programs

Don't have children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The room steward was great along with the entire ship personnel. Simply FANTASTIC!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean, I liked the ship personnel holding the hand sanitizers. "Happy, Happy, Washy, Washy"

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room was spacious with nice decor. Amazing how they cram everything you need in a cabin. Balcony was beautiful. 0 The cabin was very clean and spacious. Just enough room for all of out things ad the bed was very comfortable. Felt like home.

Ship tip

Not all of the excursion tours are worth the price. Most of the time you can do it on your own. They are too expensive and the guides waste more of your time. Get a travel guide and do it yourself. The ports of call were also very limited in time.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
No excursions needed. All you need is a map and a travel guide, Enjoy and relax without a tour guide.

Kotor, Montenegro

3 out of 5
The port was beautiful. We could have seen and done more, but we booked the bicycle tour which was too expensive and a complete waist of time. The tour takes you this road riding so slow that one of the tourist in the group fell off the road. Then the guide decides to take a lunch break to eat this huge sub sandwich and tells us to do what ever we wanted. We were on the side of this road with a lighthouse and nothing else around, so we just waited for about half hour. You can tell everyone wanted to leave. Save your money and time and don't do the cycling tour. In fact Kotor can be skipped all together to allow more time at the other ports.

Corfu, Greece

3 out of 5
The port was okay, we didn't do an excursion on this one. We did the hop on hop off bus, which was nice. The first stop off the bus was nice, forgot the name, it's the place where you can see mouse island. The little cafe at the edge of the cliff was great.

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
Absolutely beautiful port. Wish we arrived in the early morning and departed in the late evening. Not enough time spent there. We did the ultimate Santorini tour, it was okay. I think knowing what I know now, I wouldn't take this expensive tour. We spent too much time at the prehistoric ruins.

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
We did the round trip beach transfer, which was beautiful. A nice break from walking around. After the beach we walked around town. Another destination that needs more time to enjoy.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
The port is fantastic, don't take the buses offered by the cruise, they are too expensive. You can walk a few yards and take the local bus for just about 5 buck for two.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Great and once again I was amazed of how quickly they got us off the boat. amazing how they can handle so many passengers.
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