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Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Star

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

Sail date: May 08, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10106

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

The ship althought refurbished in 2021 still had the look and feel of an old vessel.The food in the free restuants was something to be desired, average at best. The food at all of the free restaurants were subpar, clearly you could see and taste it, surly cut back on the quality of the food.The specially resturants that we ate at were good however. This is not a fun ship RE: Rock climbing, Ect. Two ports of call were cancelled one just before our trip. Some of the excursions were not organize well, several staff members were very rude , obnoxious, and lied . We could see the downfall of NCL as well as season NCL pass passengers. I could good on and on, but this will be my last cruise on NCL for a while, perhaps forever !

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Free dining rooms were below expectations, food and wait time were below average. The specially resturants ( Moderno and Teppanyaki were good. ) The only reason why I gave three stars !

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Walk Track was odd.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Several Musicians were good. Performers were OK

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room steward was good. Waiters were mostly good, Passenger Service Desk, and Shore Excussion personnel were rude and Obnoxious !

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Some restrooms were fully clean and smell

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Avarage Balcony Cabin, nothing excitin.g

Ship tip

It is an older ship, probably one of the oldest. It was refurbished in 2021, but NCL certainly did not put a great effort in modernize the ship. If you are looking for a fun ship, this ship is not for you!

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5
Nice town, close to Port.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

4 out of 5
Big City with lot's to do

Killybegs, Ireland

3 out of 5
Small town, not much to do.

Galway, Ireland

4 out of 5
Bid City with lot;s to do.

DINGLE, IRELAND Did not visit port

Canceled by Cruise Line ,rough seas

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

4 out of 5
Big City with lot's to do.

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

4 out of 5
This was the second time in two years we were at this port\ city last year by land vacation . We did go to Cork City this time by taxi and did a bus tour.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy.
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7 Comments

javawoody     4 months ago

Thanks for the review appreciate your comments

cruising2004     4 months ago

Thank you for your review. Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

Lounray     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Oops sorry thanks

bubbles60     4 months ago

Wonderful itinerary!

karlgrgurich     4 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed

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