We took the one night cruise out of LA this past Friday on the NCL Star.

It was a good opportunity to check out the ship. We have the Star booked for the May reposition cruise to Alaska. Realizing that it was a booze cruise type of trip our expectations were not that high. So our disappointment with this cruise was not a total shocker.

Embarkation was a nightmare starting with check in. The lady at the counter had no idea how to put four people in two cabins on one credit card. That process took 25 minutes to get through. Then there was the customs delay of two and a half hours before we were allowed to board. For the first half of the delay there was no announcement as to what the problem was. Read more