NCL Star - never again

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 2.6
Author: atheone33

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

atheone33

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5

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7 Night Adriatic & Greece & Turkey (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 22, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10112

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Will never use Norwegian again. I am so disappointed in them that I️ will now go out of my way to tell everyone how bad they were to us. The ports of call need to be longer and the staff needs a lesson in manners.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Awful, no one was there to help. They didn’t even have pens to fill out required paperwork but would not let you board without filling so we had to scramble to find a pens. Than the staff had the audacity to ask to keep our pen!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Terrible again! The staff was very rude throughout. There was only three nice staff members the rest were very rude.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

What activities? The activities were horrible. Only one good show to speak of and nothing on going.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

There was one good show.

Children's Programs

Did not have children with us on the ship.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Service staff was very rude.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It was not the worse ship nor the best. It was average.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

There was rust and dirty sheets upon checking in. We needed them to make up the cabin after we were in the ship.

Ship tip

Norwegian is a huge disappointment with this one.

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Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Great ports of call

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Great.

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Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Great.

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Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5

Great.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Great.

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Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Great.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Atrocious. My daughter bought a coffee and the bar tender said it would charge her debit card. They removed her from our party and held her on ship and made her pay twice to get off the ship.

6 Comments

michellefromok 7 years ago

I think cruises are what you make of them. I have loved the cruises we have been on. Sometimes things aren’t perfect but in my life things never go perfect. The last cruise my husband and I were in we played every game they had with the cruise director and staff and we had a complete blast.

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Cruisewigs 7 years ago

For every bad review there’s a dozen good ones! Got to make up your own mind, but I’ve not had a ‘bad’ cruise with any cruise line -perhaps it’s down to expectations ??

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pauldunne 7 years ago

was on star from Venice in September no issues whatsoever.

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4kids4me 7 years ago

Only had minor issues w/ NCL thus far. Heading out on the Star in 2 weeks, a lil bit disappointed to hear this.

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ilonagrubb 7 years ago

NCL “Star “ out of Venice is awful don’t waist your money

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roughshot60 7 years ago

Which cruise? Specifics on staff with bad manners

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