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Star Princess Review

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Star Princess - less than a star

Review for Hawaii Cruise on Star Princess
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furneym
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2013
Cabin: Balcony

I always read the 1 star reviews with the idea that a hot headed person wrote them and they should be discounted - now I find I am that hot headed person. It seems I booked the wrong ship for my cruise to Hawaii. The Star had just returned from 28 days to Tahiti and was headed next to Alaska. This seemed to be a 14 day time killer for Princess. Embarkation was fairly smooth but we didn't get our luggage until 8:30 p.m. and were forced to attend our first dinner in traveling clothes. We had been assigned any time dining but requested to move to traditional. Unfortunately the only options are 5:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. The second one is too late for us so we were put in an early seating for the Portofino dining room. That room beccame Any-Time dining at 7:30 p.m., so we concluded that they opened a second early seating option after we booked.

Food was mediocre throughout the cruise. We had breakfast and lunch at the Horizon Court. I found it virtually impossible to get anything to drink from a steward and ended up doing self service most of the time. Unlike most cruises in the past, our dining room waiter made no effort to learn our names even though we were with him for 2 weeks. He barely said anything to us.

The room steward was competent but had assigned 4 suites to his load. He told us he was required to take care of them first, so we in our lowly balcony room received hit or miss room cleaning. We constantly had to dodge the motorized "Get Arounds" plugged into the outlets in the hallways. At the safety drill we were told that wheelchairs and scooters would have to stay in the rooms so that hallways were clear but they never enforced the rule. They didn't really enforce many rules. People came to dinner in jeans and shorts and only one time did we see someone turned away.

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Balcony

OK for price

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