Norwegian Star Review

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Sail Date: Nov 2011
Cabin: Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony

Norwegian Star Cruise 2011 Sunday, Nov. 6-13, 2011

The red eye left me just that. Left the UW Huskies game after the awesome halftime show, glad I left a few minutes early, bad accident on I-5, made me quite nervous about getting to the airport on time. Delta to DTW then on to Tampa. Only about 3 hours sleep between the two flights, but on arrival in Tampa met the NCL rep at the bottom of the escalator near baggage area. She advised what to do, so claimed my bag and went out the door to the other rep. who shooed me to the bus. Once on the bus, there was about a 20 minute wait for other passengers. On arrival at the terminal, the escalator was down, and LONG line for the elevator so carried my carry-on up the stairs. A lot of older people couldn't have done that. A gentleman had us sit down to fill out the illness forms, then had us wait there sitting until room became available in the line for check-in. Nice touch, it was about 10 minutes, then maybe another 10 until I was boarding the ship. I have waited in much longer lines. On arrival to the ship everyone's hands were sanitized, no germs getting on this ship. My cabin was immediately available, 11130, mid-ship balcony. The cabin has a sitting area, sofa so hard it hurts to sit on it. That's fine, the balcony is large and chairs comfortable. Beds a little hard too, down pillows. I was exhausted, so took a short nap before heading out to explore floors 11 & 12. In the spa I booked a treatment, seaweed wrap and massage, for tonight! It was really relaxing. Jeanette did additional face and neck treatment and foot reflexology for free. Absolute bliss. 5:00pm wrap, a bite in the buffet, and off to napper's house. Sadly I missed Lobster Night which on this sailing was first night out.

Nov. 7th, Day At Sea

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Mid-Ship Mini-Suite with Balcony

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Cabin 11130 mid-ship mini-suite. Solo traveler, plenty of room. Could not imagine 4 people sharing the cabin unless they brought no belongings, only a small closet and two drawers. There was a bit of mold on the tub & shower, not a huge deal. Sofa was rock hard and beds not much comfier than that. Balcony chairs were solid and comfortable. Everything else was lovely and clean as a whistle at all times.

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