Greek Isles

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 4.3
Author: littlebaldguy

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

littlebaldguy

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 08, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We cruise yearly and although the ports of call were beautiful this by far was the most rushed and disappointing cruise we have been on in some time. We are loyal to and love Norwegian, as well as the staff and ship being terrific as we expected, the ports of call are way to short and rushed with to many cruise ships in them at the same time. I will definitely research this type of issue more throughly before going on an itinerary like this again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

As silver latitude members we went through very quickly, although getting to the terminal was quite a hassle

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

We didn’t use anything except the spa which was terrific

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

We had an aft facing balcony 9738 the views were amazing

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Venice is amazing we did not do it with the cruise we did it pre cruise on our own for 2 days

Thumbs Up 1

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

NOT ENOUGH TIME IN PORT. Beautiful place and our excursion was awesome we did the catamaran/private beach club would highly recommend it.

Thumbs Up 1

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Tendering was a long process but our tour was amazing and our guide was terrific. We did the highlights of Corfu

Thumbs Up 2

Santorini, Greece

2 out of 5

Beautiful port from the ship However with 5 cruise ships dumping 1500 passengers or more onto this tiny place ruined it for us. To crowded and out tour was to crowded as well.

Thumbs Up 1

Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

Do to high winds and seas we spent the day at sea

Thumbs Up 0

Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece

5 out of 5

Beautiful port and we had a great tour again not nearly enough time in the port.

Thumbs Up 2

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Beautiful port and we had a great tour again not nearly enough time in the port.

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and efficient with a transfer to Marco Polo airport

3 Comments

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

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

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Brigi 5 years ago

Hi, thanks for the review! We are taking the same cruise on Sunday. My experience is with excursions that sometimes they are rushed and not enough time to spend at port. Did not sign up for any this time, just planning on walking around old town in most ports. Do you think it’s doable? Are the towns close to port? Or we need transport? Thanks

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lol1964 5 years ago

Pretty much spot on with his review

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