Highly Recommended! See the best of Ireland’s Coastal Cities and Town’s

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 4.1
Author: jdflaherty61

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

jdflaherty61

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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

Sail date: May 21, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin number: GTY

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

NCL just added this cruis in September and October of 2023. If you want to see Ireland this is a great option!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Very good restaurant experience.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Most time was spent off the ship. This is a smaller NCL ship and activities are limited.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Limited activities and entertainment but the entertainment was an upgrade over many of my recent NCL cruises.

Children's Programs

Did not travel with children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Exemplary service! Far better than the last many NCL cruises I’ve been on.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I liked being back on a smaller ship for this cruise. Tendering was not as crowded and difficult.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Tenders used the lifeboats right below our cabin on Deck 9 so it was very noisy early on several mornings.

Ship tip

Find the Mojito bar and enjoy the great service you’ll get from Hans Solo and Rico!

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Waterford, Ireland

3 out of 5

You do not actually arrive or depart in or from Waterford so either book an excursion or plan to book travel. Taxis are very limited.

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DINGLE, IRELAND

5 out of 5

Galway, Ireland

4 out of 5

Killybegs, Ireland

4 out of 5

Book an excursion at this port as there isn’t much to do in town.

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

1 out of 5

Do the Titanic Museum. The city is dirty and pretty rough in many areas.

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Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Booked a transfer and it was seamless.

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