First things first, we were traveling with our toddler who was 3 months shy of NCL's 2 year cut-off of babysitting, so we weren't exactly expecting a relaxed vacation; however, we had high expectations given that we're not new to cruising... and our expectations weren't met in the slightest on the star!

Having only cruised with Carnival in the past, we had really expected NCL to be somewhat above/beyond our previous experiences. After all, everyone says that Carnival is the lowest of the low cruise-wise. We had gotten a bit tired of Carnival and wanted to try someone new. NCL was not the way to go, apparently.

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