Good family cruise

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 4
Author: jimmoellersr

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Mexico

jimmoellersr

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 09, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Again, i could not believe Norwegian charges a 3% fee to charge your room for casino play $8 + for a beer and won’t allow any liquids to be brought on board. There are more accommodating cruise lines than Norwegian.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Long line

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was good

Versailles Main Dining Room

5 out of 5

Great staff. Food was good with good variety of items

Garden Cafe

4 out of 5

Great staff, food was good.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Fitness center equipment is not high quality.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Better on Holland America which was surprising since HA had less than half the passengers!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very nice cabin, shower, bathroom (although bathroom might be tight for some guests).

Ship tip

Expect to be a victim of Norwegians “nickel and dime” mentality. The charge $8.00 plus foe a beer, extra for room service and most pathetically a “convenience charge” of 3% for using your room to charge casino money. I rented 4 rooms on this trip and the “casino charge” is my reason to NEVER return to Norwegian.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California Did not visit port

Not enough time

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Impressed with how the city has grown and improved. Took a tour of the city, went to the beach.

Thumbs Up 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Fun port. Took a small boat to see the local sites, fish, rock structures etc.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Great. There was a line but it moved along.

3 Comments

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to share your review of the Norwegian Star.

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barney1970 5 years ago

When you are speaking about casinos I want to know about the slot machines do they have ones that you swipe with your card & charge comes off your card or they ones that takes money as we are going on our first cruise on May 12th on the star & & what do you mean they charge 3% for the casino can you be more detailed about please thanks

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frankie0303 5 years ago

Cruises aren’t only about casinos though

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Great trip!