Smooth waters...excellent ship....picturesque villages.

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 4.4
Author: Flygal51

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Flygal51

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

15 Night Transatlantic Eastbound (Miami To Barcelona)

Sail date: April 27, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise as our first time experience crossing the Atlantic.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

I am picky about food and I thought overall the food was very good. Only improvement would be in Versailles restaurant where any fried food came to table room temp and not hot.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

Did not attend

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Good

Ship tip

It’s a smaller ship but recently renovated with excellent service.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5

I live in Miami

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Ponta Delgada, Azores

5 out of 5

Beautiful island and while our tour guide was passionate about her island, there was no provision for bathroom breaks or food breaks. We think she may have been an inexperienced guide. Also, she took us to a town and we saw the outside of a church and she said the church was closed. My wife went in a different tour where they went inside that same church within a half hour of my tour.

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Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

5 person tour was excellent.

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Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Excellent tour guide. Professional and knowledgeable....made provisions for food and bathroom breaks.

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Cartagena, Spain

4 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

2 out of 5

TARRAGONA (BARCELONA), SPAIN

1 out of 5

I booked the tour to end in Barcelona (as did everyone else). I was with 2 other people and we paid a high price for a personal car to meet us and take us to our hotel in Barcelona. Sad to see the great number of guests waiting in an endless line for a taxi.... and very Few taxis arriving one at a time on a Sunday morning in a small town. Norwegian missed on this. They did offer a 30$ transfer to the Barcelona airport which all those people in line would have been wise to take (and take a taxi from there). No Norwegian reps to help passengers who had literally been dropped in a small sleepy town on a Sunday morning.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

My process was fine (paid $160 for private car) but many many passengers thought they could grab a cab on a Sunday morning in a small town. It was not happening.

1 Comment

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to share your review of the Norwegian Star. Sounds like it was a great experience.

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Very nice cruise

Due to a noise under our room, the cruise was anything but pleasant.

Great start...terrible end.