Be prepared to be under impressed

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 2.5
Author: kateeaf323

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

kateeaf323

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

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7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 24, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Norwegian wants to nickel and dime everything. Food was awful. Hospitality was zero! Most ports were tinder and it was a two to three hour ordeal to leave the ship. Each post was almost 4 hours, by the time you got off and had to wait in line to get on the ship again. We had a private photographer booked for our 15year wedding anniversary, and they would not allow us to leave slightly early to make our appointment for Santorini. We ended up missing our appointment, no one from management cared. There were no feminine hygiene products that were available in case of an emergency!

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Lower your expectations.

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Ports of call

Kotor, Montenegro

2 out of 5

Corfu, Greece

2 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

1 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

Cruise did not make it to Mykonos “due to high winds”

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

5 Comments

TracyTraveler 6 years ago

Sailed 6/24 and loved everything!! Due to us not reading the daily sheet we didn’t get a tender ticket so we had to wait 3 hours to go ashore but we still had plenty of time in Kotor which was magical. We diverted to Athens instead of Mykonos but the kept excursion desk open late and we booked a guided tour to Acropolis. I loved the food in MDR, windjammer, pool buffet and Cagneys. Had a group of 24 and we got the most out of our bar package. Jeffrey and Benito were awesome! No complaints from our group.

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madirishman 6 years ago

Some people will never be happy ,no matter where day are on land or sea , why oh why do you book something so early when you know you have to get a tender to the Island ,I know why you did so you can come on here and bitch abouth it , I hope I never meet you on board a ship I am on . Keep up the good work NCL and all the staff on board the star .

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taminita 6 years ago

I agree I've been on 2 Norwegian cruises ..never sgain

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cbelc2 6 years ago

Wait..... you wanted to get off the ship early to make an appointment in port for pictures? Like you should have a private early tender? It’s ship. There are rules. All the food was awful and they didn’t make your bed or refresh your towels? Cruising isn’t for everyone.

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mepcnp 6 years ago

I have not seen any emergency feminine hygiene products on any ship. They do sell that stuff onboard in the shops. It is not the cruise lines responsibility. I have never experienced lines like that and that long to get off the ship.

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