Worse cruise ever

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 1.6
Author: melody00536

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

melody00536

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

1.6 out of 5

14 Night Panama Canal Westbound (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: January 18, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9600

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

If you're under 85 years old that ship is definitely not for you. There is nothing to do on that ship, can't even shop as there are only 2 shops on board. Don't like to have a different waiter in the dining room every time we go. Entertainment isn't great (1 good show in 14 days). Also, on other cruise lines, people can't reserve lounge chairs. if a chair has a towel on it and no one around, staff should pick it up so other people can use it. I have seen towels on chairs overnight (yes, I went to check at 4am) so no one could use the chairs and the people that left the towel there didn't go out until 2pm. Drinks are watered down... you're paying $10-$12. for practically a virgin drink. Buffet setup is terrible. You pratically have to go to different areas to get your food which is not in the same place... you spend more time looking for whatever they have then can't find where you were sitting...

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Embarkation was fast and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Main dining room was OK, buffet's set up is terrible, Drinks were watered down... a lot... 20% tip was automatically added to the bill and they wanted more but never had one waiter come to the table, we had to get up and go get our drinks.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

There is very little to do on that ship unless you're 85 years old or older. One girl was trying to teach origami but she was following youtube and had no idea how to do it, she kept going back to the you tube... after 30 minutes of no idea what she was doing we left. Everybody was either playing cards or reading... really, nothing going on on that ship

Entertainment

1 out of 5

One good shop for 14 days... unacceptable. Decent music on deck 12 only (pool deck) and very short periods of time. Everywhere else on the ship it's nothing but violin, trumpet, elevator music... b o r i n g...

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

I give it 2 stars because cabin stewart was terrific, dining room waiters were also pretty good but for the rest of the staff, they were bored just as we were and it showed... we were ignored most of the time, had to go to them to get service.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

ship was clean

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

cabin was ok and stewart did a good job