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Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 240

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

11 Night Iceland: Alta Akureyri & Honningsvag (Reykjavik To Tromso)

Sail date: May 30, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 14500

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Out of 60+ cruises, this probably was the best service. We had some snow flurries in Longyearbyen, so bring heavy clothes. It would have been better if we spent the night in Reykjavik, and did some tours there instead of Isafjordur or Honningsvag. Ginza had great food, along w/the specialty restaurants.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
We were waiting in the cold rain since there was a problem in the tent (computer?)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Specialty restaurants were good. Buffets were just ok, needs more sandwiches.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Due to weather, there was limitations.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Exceptional service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Needs USB ports and more US outlets. In Longyearbyen, the room was very cold. We had to wear 3 layers of clothes.

Ship tip

Grab a suite.

Ports of call

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5
Should have spent the night here.

Djupivogur, Iceland Did not visit port

Itenary change

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5
Interesting. Jewels of the north- refreshments. The shore excursion people confused the one w/ the meal. We tried to change and they told us that this one had the meal.

Isafjordur, Iceland

2 out of 5
Could not see and interesting excursion.

Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, Norway

5 out of 5
Very misleading write-up online - fossil hike. VERY strenuous. (IF you could not walk up 5 flights of steps w/o stopping, you should not go on this.) If I would have known that I would be walking thru snow and running water, would have brought boots. Many people expected to see the glacier, we saw the rocks from the glacier

Honningsvag, Norway

1 out of 5
Boring, could not find an excursion that we were interested in.

Hammerfest, Norway Did not visit port

Itinerary change.

Alta, Norway

5 out of 5
Slate quarry was fascinating.

Tromso, Norway

5 out of 5
Just went to the airport

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

karlgrgurich     5 months ago

Nice itinerary!

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