Having enjoyed a reasonably good cruise on the Island Princess in January 2009, we jumped at the chance to sail to South America on the Star Princess in Nov/Dec 2009. What a difference!

Cabin - we opted to try an inside cabin (something we have always said we were going to do). Not Bad - particularly once we changed it from a large bed to a twin bed configuration. Would we do it again - probably, although a porthole/balcony would be preferable, saving a 1000 bucks going the inside cabin route was certainly good value. Cabin Steward - great!

Food - bland and boring. Although we had requested first sitting, we were assigned anytime dining. Definitely prefer the assigned sitting as we missed getting to know our servers and regular dining partners. Read more