Star Princess Review

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Alaska was beautiful BUT beware of the food and route

Review for Alaska Cruise on Star Princess
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cruisingcrew2006
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jul 2013
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

There were two main issues for us on the cruise.

The food was literally inedible in the Horizon Court Buffet and as a result the restaurants were even more crowded. The selections were all over the place, example; tuna marinara casserole, next to tepid chinese food, next to green curry dried on the edges of the dish. The freshly sliced meat station, had atypical cuts of meat that were all over cooked and dry. Breakfast had undercooked french toast, pure sugar water syrup, mushy tepid oatmeal and runny scrambled eggs. Literally on our last day I did not eat anything except fruit Friday morning, found nothing palatable for lunch so I ate nothing and had to choose between dining in the Dining rooms or see any part of Victoria at all. So I went 24 hours without eating instead of eating at the buffet. Pretty sad. There were several servers, but when thy did finally ask you for your drink order (after you sat and ate for 5-10 minutes) they acted irritated that you asked for water. I found myself going to sit down and go get my own drinks, which I am sure they did not appreciate, but then came back to cold food.

The Trident Grill was dreadful, pre cooked burger patties and hot dogs thrown onto the grill for a few seconds before being served. Pizza dreadful. The International Cafe had the best food readily available and I did not know it was no charge until DAY 3.

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Balcony

Cabin BA

Cabin A410 - loved being one floor down from the Lido deck - very convenient. Location of cabin was midship so it was easy to go to either end and we were about 3 cabins down from where the elevator waiting area was so it was very quiet. Minimal ship motion for people like me who are a little prone to seasickness. I noticed a big difference from our cabin to our families in B302, much more motion there.

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