The Sea Calls
Food is such a personal matter. Consider that the night that we had prime rib in Versailles, a woman seated at our table gushed over it and said that it was so much better than the gristly piece of supposed prime rib that she had eaten in Cagney’s the night before. Although...
We had previously sailed with the NCL Spirit in December, 2006 on a Southern Caribbean cruise, but knowing that the Spirit was not at all like the Star, we weren’t sure what to expect. We enjoyed our cruise on the Spirit, but found some negatives about that ship: a bit lacking in...
The last deck that has public spaces is on Deck 6. This deck includes the casino, the main level of the Star Dust Theater, and four cabins toward the front. We checked out the location of these cabins to see exactly how close they were to the theater. Since I had booked...
Our room just happened to be located on Deck 8 aft, right across from the entry from the elevator lobby. We worried that this might be a noisy area considering all the traffic that would use the hallway. Fortunately, there is another door that goes to the cabins and areas forward of...
Once we finally left our bags in our room, we headed to the top of the ship where we started a tour of the NCL Star. Up at the top are the sports courts, jogging track, bier garden and private suites. Deck 12 is the pool deck, which seems to be a...
Almost all of the cruise lines have now instituted fuel surcharges. NCL recently joined the bandwagon, putting a $7.00 charge into effect. That’s $4.00 more per day for two people than other cruiselines, but the charge only applies to cruises booked after December 1, 2007. Unlike the other lines that are charging...