Terrible Antarctica

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2.3 out of 5
Norwegian Star

14 Night Antarctica & South America (Buenos Aires Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 29, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9170

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

DONOT cruise on Norwegian, very poor managed cruise line , poor entertainment options , zero common since and cruise line simply doesn't care if your cruise was good for paying passengers they simply want your money , nearly 1/2 the entertainment options throughout the day involved a sale of some sorts again to make norwegian money , complementary entertainment was very limited , cruise should have had back up plan for closed ports , or spent additional time in Antarctica , so BOTH side could view glaciers from balcony rooms

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Terrible

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
buffet terrible, restaurants ok

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
entertainment is cheesy singers , 14 day cruise and not a single comedy night , fitness center no views , center of ship , treadmills look at solid walls or mirrors , entertainment was very limited ship needs new entertainment manager

Entertainment

2 out of 5
1/2 the stage shows were fantastic but most depressing music you’ll ever hear great if your over 90 or want reminders of when your dog died , f a 14 day cruise most were cheesy cheap not worth seeing

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
room steward Mark was great and a few of the bartenders were very friendly most were ok , specialty dining had very friendly staff as well

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
terrible design , hold 2300 and cruise had 2000 people and everything was overly crowded , ship can sleep 2300 but can’t accommodate even 1500

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
mark our room steward was fantastic kept the room clean and neat

Ship tip

make sure your on the correct side of ship if going to antarctica if your on wrong side you won’t see anything unless you go outside in the bitter cold

Ports of call

Buenos Aires, Argentina

2 out of 5
ok one hour in city 4 hours at cowboy ranch with good food , more time in city would have been nice

Montevideo, Uruguay

4 out of 5
nice tango dance bar , friendly staff nice city to visit

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

4 out of 5
nice place to see pinguins and fantastic barbecue lunch

Punta Arenas, Chile

1 out of 5
didn’t stop wind apparently was too high

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

2 out of 5
our excursion with norwegian cruise was a joke , if i could give a zero i would , put on a catamaran packed like sardines for 3 hours don’t waist your time on this , norwegian cruise brochure describes a stop at sign furthest south city in the world , tour guide had no idea what this was , what’d joke , lies on the brochure to get your money

CRUISE ADMIRALTY BAY, ANTARCTICA

1 out of 5
Best be in the right side of ship , paid for a balcony and took this cruise specific for Antarctica’ was told both sides of ship would get equal time , complete lie our side got maybe a couple hours in the bay unless we went outside in the 30 degree cold we weren’t seeing much , captain is pitiful and cruise line should refund money , unimaginable the captain simply didn’t give a crap about half the paying passengers

Cruise Elephant Island, Shetland Islands

2 out of 5
I’d give this a zero if it was available same as admiralty bay but worse , not a single view on our side of ship , complete BS , captain is pathetic he turned the ship around one time to give our side a 3 minute view , then leaves elephant island two hours ahead of schedule what a POS missed two out of 5 ports due to weather ok then why not more time cruising Antarctica

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

1 out of 5
another port didn’t stop apparently too windy

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
just ok
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6 Comments

cockerhamtl    1 year ago

Norwegian is one of our favorites sorry you had a bad experience!

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Sorry you were so disappointed. Appreciate your details.

banaford    1 year ago

A captain can't just add time to a port, or sail into a different one. It is up to the countries port authority to give permission to dock, or stay longer. Which includes those workers at the port to work late, or come service the dock.

TidJJ    1 year ago

I never understand when the captains short-change the customers & don’t make up for it. When one port is cancelled another port should get more time.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate your comments