The Star shows its age with spots of rust, worn out whatevers and older amenities. It is true that there is a wanna-be Spinnaker on deck 7 that is in fact window-less and the dance floor hardly qualifies as such. The Star lacks a Haven, Great outdoors, and the Bliss. Yup, all true, as is the fact The NCL Star granted us our best vacation ever!

Embarkation had a pretty bad start. The women at the Latitudes line were just rude. She said that we were not Latitudes members (we are silver latitudes, and just 1 point from gold) and we had to get in the other line. I then told her we also had a suite, and she informed us that there was an error that 9232 was not a suite. We went to the other line (only to avoid an argument) then we were sent back to the first line after 20 minutes. I told the woman we were sent back and she rolled her eyes at me (I may have rolled mine back at her). I proceeded to walk past her and a security guy came and looked at our e-docs and we were told to follow him. He apologized and led us to the security line. We spent 10 minutes there and were now in the very capable hands of Monica!

Monica is the best concierge at sea as far as I am concerned. She gave us some info and we were on the ship quickly. We went to Cagney's and had a wonderful lunch. Then we went off to our cabin, or should I say our paradise! 9232 is gorgeous as it is trimmed with dark wood and deep tones! The wrap-around balcony offered amazing views. Our Butler Maxi arrived very quickly and we showed him some problems with the balcony door and the bathroom. We then left to explore for about 30 minutes and by the time we came back the issues were resolved. Maxi the Butler "extraordinaire" was the the best butler we have ever had. He went above and beyond countless times. Some people do their jobs well, while there are those like Maxi who absolutely excel! Read more