Great itinerary, NCL disappointing

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 3.2
Author: barrykel

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

barrykel

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

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7 Night Adriatic & Greece (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 21, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9022

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Great itinerary, the recently renovated Star in particualr, and NCL's facilities in general were somewhat disappointing

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Awfully slow; other cruises were much more efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Buffet was quite crowded. Main dining room was OK, Moderno and Cagneys were really the only worthwhile specialty restaurants (the menu for Le Bistro didn't appear to have changed at all in the last 10 years, the Asian specialty restaurants can't compare to the excellent Asian restaurants in my area, and we were staying in Venice afterward, so why waste money on the mediocre Italian food at La Cucina?)

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

On a couple of instances, service personnel demonstrated a less than pleasant demeanor

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Totally standard for the class; I really expected more after the recent refit.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

I really expected a lot more after the recent refit. It appeared that the only part of the cabin that was upgraded was the builtin desk/TV shelf next to the balcony, and that was done in a different shade of wood from the rest of the cabin. Not impressed.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

4 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Had an excellent private Game of Thrones tour; city is quite nice.

Thumbs Up 0

Kotor, Montenegro

3 out of 5

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Did a very nice tour of the Olympic grounds and a local winery.

Thumbs Up 0

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5

Aside from the antiquities, not much to recommend the city. We took the HoHo bus around, and it looked like just about every building was covered with graffiti.

Thumbs Up 0

Split, Croatia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

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