one ship experience i rather not remember

Norwegian Star Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Norwegian Star

Sail date: May 08, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Star

Cabin number: 4001

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

it was a horrible cruise because of the ship; however, Ireland itself was amazing!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
we felt it was not organized, took forever

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
the free food was horrible most of the time. it took forever to get our food. did not have a good selection to choose from. it seemed that it was understaffed. the specialty dining had better food, but you had to pay for that.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
the activities offered were ok, i did not participate in them.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
shows were ok nothing to write home about.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
on one of the excursions, the ship director was so rude to a passenger in front of everyone. lots of shouting, over directions of what bus to get on.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
we had a balcony room. it was extremely small. we had our grandson in the room with us. they made up the sofa as a bed. futon's are more comfortable or prehaps he floor. we could not walk to the balcony because there was not enough room. if we had 12 inches from the wall to the sofa bed that is saying alot. the bathroom you could not move in. the toliet area was so small, if i was a large passenger, there would not be enough room for me to get in there.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
this was the smallest room i had ever had on a cruise. we paid top dollar for balcony room and could not enjoy our room. the Norwegian Star should not be charging what they do for the sizes of their rooms.

Ship tip

Don't, you will regret it.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

1 out of 5
we went two days prior to sail so that we could do this on our own, otherwise we would not had been able to see London.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

5 out of 5
excursion were expensive, but we did enjoy them.

Killybegs, Ireland

5 out of 5
we did our own thing

Galway, Ireland

5 out of 5
we did our own thing. actually hired an outside company for our tours

DINGLE, IRELAND Did not visit port

port was cancelled

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5
loved dublin

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5
loved cork

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
cattle shoot is what it reminded me of.
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4 Comments

javawoody     4 months ago

Appreciate the post

Lawnboy1956     4 months ago

Something does not make sense me, you list your cabin # as 4001, which is small inside room at the bottom of the ship not a balcony. I suspect that your complaints are due to poor research and not and not being experienced traveller or cruiser than anything else.

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

cruising2004     4 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.