South America with Norwegian Star

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 4
Author: Leanne57

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to South America

Leanne57

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

14 Night South America Westbound (Buenos Aires To Santiago)

Sail date: February 29, 2020

Ship: Norwegian Star

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

A good starter for a look at some of the South American countries . Relaxing way to go. Shame about the pandemic though. Put a damper on things

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Restaurant didn’t change their menu very much. One soup was on for the entire 14 days

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Spa facilities and quizzes were good

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The music was excellent and the shows performed by ship performers were magnificent

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Waiters, bar staff and room stewards were exceptional

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Great. Very clean, especially with Coronavirus around

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Had a balcony, ok size wise for what we paid. Very clean. Thanks to Jose.

Ports of call

Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 out of 5

Had 5 days before we boarded. Lovely old city

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Montevideo, Uruguay

5 out of 5

Took ourselves for a walk.

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Puerto Madryn, Argentina

2 out of 5

Unfortunately due to a protest had to drive 4 hours to see about 2000 penguins when told 500,000

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Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

3 out of 5

Very pretty

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Cruise Cape Horn

4 out of 5

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

3 out of 5

Didn’t have enough time off the bus to enjoy this area

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Cruise Beagle Channel

4 out of 5

Punta Arenas, Chile Did not visit port

It was Sunday, everything closed and too tired to tender

Thumbs Up 0

Cruise Strait Of Magellan

4 out of 5

Cruise Chilean Fjords

5 out of 5

Glaciers were amazing

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Cruise Patagonic Channel

4 out of 5

Cruise Canal Moraleda

3 out of 5

Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

3 out of 5

Puerto Montt, Chile

3 out of 5

Tour would have been good but rained all day with zero visibility. Didn’t get to see Orsono volcano

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San Antonio, Chile

4 out of 5

Were we are staying after cruise is quaint and in the old area but due to Coronavirus we are limiting our moving around

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Was a bit slow but may have been due to Coronavirus

5 Comments

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

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

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks for the review and so glad you enjoyed.

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Ronnie26836980 4 years ago

Thanks for this going on the Star in June hopefully 🤞 as was a little concerned with some other reviews.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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portofrome 4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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