I have deliberately waited one week BEFORE submitting my comments to cruise critic web site. After I have read the lengthy and somewhat glowing reports on the Norwegian Star and NCL, I wanted to make sure my feelings and observations still were the same.

Just three words can describe our experience on the Norwegian Star cruise out of San Pedro from Dec. 8th to 16th to Mexico; disappointed, disgusted, and disillusioned! My wife and I are very experienced cruise ship travelers, over fifty and not of the "party till ya drop" set, been there, done that. We are not into that lifestyle anymore. We have been on at least ten cruises (with another cruise line and they are not perfect either) prior to our trip on NCL. So we kinda understand just a few things regarding tour prices, on board food, room accommodations, and ship board activities, etc.

We neglected to use our best judgement and fell for the cheap tour cost brochure when it arrived in our snail mail box last August. I said what the heck, we should try a different ship to see if things were different, much better or ??. Somehow I should have known that there would be a fly in the ointment. It was my fault for NOT reading the fine print in GREAT detail. And we paid for it, financially as well as emotionally. I was ready to leave the ship in disgust by Tuesday evening! We could go nowhere to escape the second hand smoke, rude crowds, and NOISE! Read more