1/2 of the Greek Isles

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

tiggeresq

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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7 Night Greek Isles (Venice Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 03, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9736

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We were disappointed that our Greek Cruise was really not a Greek Cruise and the 2 main reasons for going--Mykonos and Santorini--were cancelled. We felt like there was a lack of transparency as to the reason for the cancellation on NCL's part. We were supposed to hit 5 ports and more than half were cancelled--Kotor; Myknos; and Santorini. But we made the most of what we did do and the staff was wonderful at every level. Our cabin was really lovely. I would say being up front and clear about what is going on would be helpful.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The dining rooms were fine. Food in the main dining rooms was fair. The specialty restaurants were really good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

There were not enough non-group indoor activities. Other Norwegian ships have in the pub billiards, darts etc.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

We enjoyed the trivia, bingo, game show games.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We loved everything about it.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Loved it. No.

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Kotor, Montenegro Did not visit port

It was cancelled by NCL and the substitute stop--Bar Montenegro ended being cancelled as well.

Thumbs Up 0

Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

Really liked it. We did an excursion that was enjoyable.

Thumbs Up 0

Santorini, Greece Did not visit port

NCL Cancelled

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Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

NCL Cancelled

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Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece

5 out of 5

Was lovely. Yes did an excursion, tour guide literally talked for 4 hours....

Thumbs Up 2

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Excursion was really good.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

3 Comments

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

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

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willwork4cruz 5 years ago

Well what did the ship tell you about the cancellation reason? Obviously, no one would be happy but we all know cruise lines don't sell cruises just so they can cancel ports. The cruise lines lose a lot of money when they have to cancel (much of their profit is from excursions) plus people complain about them. Remember, if the port is really important to you, don't book a cruise. Too many things can make you miss it. Fly there directly. Otherwise, hope for the best but know, you will eventually miss ports on a cruise.

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

Sounds like you had fun anyway

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