First Ireland trip for NCL for the season and it showed.

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

10 Night Ireland: Dublin Belfast Cork & Galway (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 11, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11166

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cabin position on the ship was a real issue. Front desk staff had no authority to make any changes. Took a while to get managers attention to the issue. It got resolved but took better part of two days. Too bad. Cruise was the first NCL visit to Ireland for the season and it showed in preparation. Worst was the first stop where there were no buses or taxis to accommodate 1000+ disembarking passengers, who all desire to visit Waterford. NCL will learn and I am sure will fix these problems in upcoming trips. The entertainment onboard was definitely a cut above normal NCL level. Very high class in both music and shows.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Better than normal NCL entertainment. Definitely a cut above normal.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
An older ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Avoid these Club Suites. They are all directly under the Garden Cafe. Very noisy. We had to downgrage ourselves to get a quiet cabin -standard Vernada on 8th floor.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

2 out of 5

Waterford, Ireland

2 out of 5
Ship arrived with thousand plus passengers. No buses or taxis to bring people from port to Waterford. After waiting in line for 90 minutes, we gave up and walked the harbor village, which was nice.

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

4 out of 5

Belfast, Northern Ireland

4 out of 5

Killybegs, Ireland

3 out of 5

Galway, Ireland

3 out of 5

DINGLE, IRELAND

4 out of 5

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

ddme    1 year ago

What a great itinerary. We did it by a land tour in 2018 and it sounds wonderful by ship. Sorry you had some issues.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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