My husband and I just returned from a Mexican Riviera cruise a week ago. We sailed on the NCL Star. Because of the tight economy, we saved some money and booked in inside cabin.

The Ship: For a ten year old ship, the Star is very nice. A few carpets could be replaced, but all in all it was in great condition. On the pool deck, the lounge chairs are on terraces which was nice. It was quite windy during the cruise. The best place was on Deck 13 at the very front of the boat. It was warm and not very windy.

Room: Our room was as inside cabin on Deck 10. They have painted the doors of the rooms on the starboard side of the ship one color and the port side another color. I sometimes get confused inside the ship, so this was very nice. On the room number plaque, they have put a wheel with the words "Welcome", "Do Not Disturb", "Turn Down Room", and "Make Up Room". It was a convenient way to communicate with the room steward. The bathroom seemed to be a little bigger than on the Carnival Dream which was nice, but the closet space was slightly smaller. The TV was very old, small, and had broken buttons. There was a safe and a mini-frigerator. The biggest issue I had was that the small desk in the room blocked my tiny isle around the foot of bed, so I had to crawl over the bed everytime I got in and out of bed. I have one big complaint about the linens. The bottom sheet was not fitted, it was a flat sheet they had tied knots in the corners off to try and keep it on the bed. It came off every night and drove me crazy. Read more