10 day Ireland cruise with NCL Star

Item: Norwegian Star
Rating: 3.3
Author: ksouders

Norwegian Star Cruise Review

ksouders

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

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

Sail date: September 23, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9080

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise was good, would have been great if tenders would have been more and faster turn around and not missing 3 ports out of 7 would have made it better too.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

You can definitely tell the ship has been remodeled, the balcony bathrooms rooms could still use some work. If they just removed the divider it would have made the difference and opened it up.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Norwegian Star is an older boat and the Capitan and Sr. Officers seem to forget people book a cruise for the memories and experiences.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

3 out of 5

Amazing port glad it's a docking not a tender port. We booked our tour thru Viator and it was worth it. Got to see more than most and got to the Blarney Castle early and was able to climb to the top to kiss the stone, when many that booked thru NCL got there an hour later and only had 2 hours and it was over a 2 hour wait into the Castle.

Thumbs Up 2

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5

Foynes, Ireland

3 out of 5

Water was too rough missed this port

Thumbs Up 0

DINGLE, IRELAND

3 out of 5

Water was too rough and tenders were not able to be launched. Missed this port due to the tenders.

Thumbs Up 0

Killybegs, Ireland