New Orleans to the Western Caribbean Norwegian Star Cruise Reviews

April 2013- Norwegian Star- Embarkation- Port of New Orleans, LA After around 20 cruises with various cruise lines, we pretty much know what to expect. We didn't like having to park our vehicle in the open lot at the port. My husband needed to take oxygen and a scooter on this trip. The crew members were very attentive during the embarkation process and throughout the cruise. We had an inside ...

The Good - Had a Penthouse that was great. Bagus the Butler great. Everything you want in a cruise, we had. The Bad - My wife is 95% bedridden with R.A. - She left the room to eat and some days that was impossible. We did get off the ship twice but not an easy task and somewhat dangerous for her. Both knees replaced and the R.A. is the worst case I've ever seen. She was very content to order ...

A colleague had told me Norweigan sucked, and that it is owned by a rich Chinese family and not by Norway. Turns out, he was right. The food was mediocre to bad. The service stunk. Every time we asked for anything we were ignored, or told, "I don't know, madam." Our room steward routinely forgot to restock towels, creamers, etc and was hard to locate. The shows were.pretty good. The ports were ...

I didn't know what to expect from a cruise having never been on one. It was completely different than what I thought it would be. I'd read how difficult the Port of New Orleans terminal is to navigate and what a problem it is to get to from I-10. It is neither of those things. Read and follow the instructions on the Port of New Orleans website and there are no problems getting to the Julia ...

This review is a little late but as I was planning my next cruise and reading all of the amazing reviews, I realized I never provided one from our Caribbean cruise in April of 2013. My sister and I wanted to go on a cruise for a "girls trip." We were a little apprehensive about a cruise as our only experience before hadn't been so good for either one of us. After reading the reviews, we decided to ...

Our family of 5- 3 teenage boys have cruised previously on other lines. We have cruised princess, carnival and royal Caribbean. We were not sure what to fully expect from freestyle cruising. Some pleasant surprises- our family suite. It was large enough for our family of 5 plus more. The bathroom was very spacious and fit 3 adults easily at the same time. Closet space was ample- plenty ...

Having been on a cruise before with Royal Caribbean, we knew what to expect but this was our first time traveling with Norwegian. Living in Texas, we like to go out of Galveston, but the rates were so high, we decided to drive to New Orleans. The drive was probably the worst part -- at eight hours one way, but the trip more than made up for this inconvenience. We drove over to Lafayette on ...

Embarkation was easy, We spent the night in New Orleans and went to the ship about noon and were on board by 1;30. We toured the ship and had a snack by the pool. Went to our room to unpack, lots of storage and could store luggage under the bed. We loved the balcony and our room location 10th deck mid ship forward. Our room steward war Harod and was fantastic. We watched the ship leave New ...

I had the pleasure of taking a cruise recently (March 24) on board the Norwegian Star to the Caribbean out of New Orleans. This cruise was part of a casino promotion for my wife and I and there were a lot of people on board with similar promotions. It was a wonderful cruise and I will tell you about the positives and a couple of negatives below. Embarkation: We took a cab from a local ...

Just returned from a great cruise on the Norwegian Star sailing out of New Orleans to Costa Maya, Belize, Honduras and Cozumel. With the cruise sailing from New Orleans, we decided to go a few days in advance to enjoy "The Big Easy" We stayed at the Staybridge Suites on Tchoupitoulas Street which we found to offer reasonable rates as well as being in a very good location to enjoy the French ...