Great way to see various ports

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 27, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 12011

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

disappointed that we only received a 100 credit for missing the Croatia port - would have expected a more significant credit as a refund or credit toward another cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
very well organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
not thrilled - coffee was terrible - had to buy my coffee at starbucks everyday. Also several meals were over cooked, fish meat & chicken too well done & dry in the restaurants. Meats at the buffet carving station seem to be cooked better but didn't eat there too frequently

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
used the fitness center, jogging track & pool side lounge chairs & enjoyed all of those - plenty of other activities available as well

Entertainment

3 out of 5
the Boston to Bermuda cruise seemed to have a lot more/better entertainment than this cruise. Missed the show early in the week but I did enjoy the Vegas show on this cruise - could have use more shows like this. 2 nites of shows of the musical instruments wasn't very appealing. 1st few nights in the lounges were fun but as the week went on the music was too repetitive

Children's Programs

no kids with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
all the staff were excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
excellent

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
room was clean and plenty adequate for 2 people

Ship tip

ask wait staff in restaurants to bring food not overcooked & send back if it is

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
we embarked from this port & had arrived a couple days early - Venice is beautiful

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
did not do an excursion here, just walked around, shopped & talked to shop/restaurant owners

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5
beautiful - did the Corfu Past & Present excursion - covered a lot of ground - well worth the price

Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece

5 out of 5
beautifu - did the Highlights of Kefalonia excursion - well worth the price

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5
beautiful - paid for boat to Oia then bus to Fira & walked around in both areas

Dubrovnik, Croatia Did not visit port

Ship had mechanical problems in the middle of the night on the way there which didn't allow enough time for us to make it to this port - very dissapointed as this was one of the main reasons I booked this particular cruise. Ship only gave a $100 credit which had to be used with onboard purchases - no refunds

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
well orangized - no problems making our flight
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4 Comments

GerryBCruisin    3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to share your review of the Norwegian Star. Sorry to hear that you had an unpleasant experience.

Ally57    5 years ago

Be thankful you got that. We stopped in Aruba on May 1st and nothing was open as it was a national holiday.

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Sorry you feel cheated but we need to remember things happen. And yes Port fees are usually what you get.

NCLARRY    5 years ago

You were lucky to get $100 most of the time they just refund the port fee.

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