The most outstanding feature of this cruise was the room D123 or in caps D!@#. There was invasive noise from the theatre two decks below. They don't tell you there is a crew stairwell behind the back and side walls of the room that is a perfect sound conduit for the LOUD bass and drums accompanying every rehearsal and show from 5:30PM until 12:00 midnight. The passenger services people ignored our complaints from 5:30 on the embarkation day until we were finally offered another room on the FIFTH day of the cruise, when they finally confessed that the room had a noise problem and offered us another room.
This ship must have a deaf sound technician in the theatre. We left early because of the excessive decibel levels for both musicals. Imagine our joy at having the same sound level in our room.
The next noticeable feature of the Star was the inescapable cigarette and cigar smoke. The the lower level of the theatre is inundated with smoke from the cigar bar which is immediately outside the entrance of the lower theatre level which always had the door open allowing a stiff dose of smoke to lay low over a couple of hundred seats. Either the ventilation was defective or the design of the ship is defective. Regardless, it smelled. We made sure we never sat in the lower level seats after the first experience. Tobacco smoke was also noticeable in many other areas of the ship including stale tobacco smell in the room. Princess allows smoking in staterooms and it was obvious.
YOU DON'T WANT THIS CABIN - D123 - it has a direct pipeline to the theatre sound system from 5:30PM till midnight.
If you drive a car with a 500 watt stereo and 15" woofers in the back seat, this cabin will make you feel right at home. All others, you have been warned.
If you get assigned this cabin via guaranteed category like we did, good luck trying to get the passenger "services" desk to acknowledge the problem and get you another room.