I was on the Dawn last year sailing the Baltic ... thoroughly enjoyed it ... that was my first NCL. Have now booked the Star for next year (Iceland/Greenland) ... can't wait!!! PS: Greetings from Ireland!! You'll just have to come back again!!!!
Iceland & Greenland are very epic and like. Other else in planet - enjoy. We do need to return to Ireland as they cancelled Waterford and then bad weather stopped us going into another port. I also want to return to several ports.
Thanks for the review of the Star. After watching this as well as your review of the Dawn, we are considering switching our planned Africa (South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius) on the Dawn in 2025 with a cruise of the Star, that goes to Morocco, Spain and Portugal. Your reviews are very helpful.
NCL Star cruise in June to Iceland and Norway. Not the best experience on the ship itself but the destinations were great. The ship was fully booked so it was crowded and there was long waits for meals in the main dining. In fact, often we were given a pager and had to wait 30-45 minutes to be seated. I think that happens because of the "Freestyle Cruising" theme and they only had main dining open for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. You don't get a set dining time so people seemed to flock to the main dining at the same time so you had to figure that out. Buffet was very crowded and at times you could not find a seat. Also the food in the buffet was challenging and cafeteria like. Fortunately we booked premium dining for half the nights we were on board. The quality in the premium dining locations was splendid. The main dining rooms were also good. Now, the events on the ship were fun and they tried really hard to make you feel wanted and valued on board. I think that because it was on the colder side, people did not spend much time outdoors on deck so people were crammed into the common spaces indoors all the time. It was very crowded everywhere so we paid for a thermal spa pass and that was great for when we wanted to get away from the crowds. Note this is an older ship but it was remodeled a few years ago. Unfortunately, our toilet was broken the entire cruise where they had to come and fix it everyday. Overall this was a destination cruise and our excursions and visits to Iceland and Norway were wonderful. The ship itself was far below experiences we have had on other ships and cruiselines.
We go again on Star next week to Iceland and Greenland. Defiantly destination based cruise. Your only chance with MDR is very early or very late. We have 3 speciality booked. The Star has been refurbished but still shows age. Thank you for watching our video :)
Hola, Mama. Les escribí un mensaje por Instagram para saber más de su experiencia ya que son el contenido más reciente del NCL Star. Una pena que esté en inglés solamente 😮. Saludos y gracias por leerme
