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Name: Karen Wickman
Email: TheWyck@al.com
Age: 30
Occupation: n/a
NumberOfCruises: 1
TravelAgent: Yes
Ship: NCL-NorwegianStar
SailingDate: September 6, 1998
Itinerary: Calica, Cozumel, Roatan
FoodDiningRoom: 93
CruiseDirector: 89
CabinComfort: 90
FoodRoomService: 85
CruiseStaff: 90
CabinAmenities: 92
FoodLidoDeck:
DiningRoomService: 95
CabinQuietness: 94
FoodMidnightBuffets: 90
CabinSteward: 95
ShoreExcVariety: 89
FoodVariety: 90
DeckService: 90
ShoreExcValue: 85
GoodForHoneymoon: 90
CasinoStaff: 92
PrivateIsland:
GoodForFamilies: 90
LoungeService: 93
TenderService:
GoodForSeniors:
BeautySalonStaff:
EntertainmentLounges: 93
WheelchairAccess:
ExerciseFacilities:
EntertShowLounge: 93
OverallPortsofCall: 94
BeautySalon:
EntertainmentPoolside: 91
CruiseActivities: 85
Casino: 90
AirSeaProgram: 92
MedicalFacilities:
ShipCleanliness: 90
EmbarkDisembark: 93
DiscoNightclubs: 95
DeckSpace: 90
Stabilization: 90
ShopsOnBoard: 87
SpaceRatio: 89
OverallCruiseValue: 95
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Date: 17 Sep 1998
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Overall we had a great time on this cruise. We were a little sceptical at first, because it was raining as we boarded. But by the time we left port the
weather was great. They do a nice party by the pool as you leave port. Our ship was not full. They were maybe 1/3 capacity, but I think it almost
made it better. On our second day out to sea, we had a major storm. We decided to make the best of it and take a dip in the spa. Yes in the rain,
and at times thunde and lightening. That is where we met the party people. (haha) We decided to make the best out of our cruise, rain or shine.

We found the staff to be wonderful. Our waiter (Benito), busboy (Jose) and cabin steward (Danilo) were well worth the tips we gave them. Its great
when you go into the dining room each night and they know what you like to drink without having to ask.

Due to our storm we did not get to dock in Calica. It turned out ok, because we had to be up so early for the tour in Cozumel. We docked in
Cozumel that night and went into town to shop. (With our friends from the hot tub) We also had a couple of drinks at Fat Tuesdays. The tour to
Tulum/Xel-Ha was very nice but not nearly long enough. We felt very rushed. But it was beautiful.

In Roatan we went on the dolphin excursion and then to Tabiyana beach. The dolphin excursion was excellent. However, you only have about 20
minutes with the dolphins. But as a dolphin lover it was great for me. Tabyana beach is beautiful, but do not forget your bug spray. I scratched for
a couple of days afterwards. The water is so beautiful you wont want to leave.

The bingo is quite expensive and may not be worth the trouble. We did it and it was fun. The art auctions were also quite interesting. My advice is
to go to the first one in case you spend a lot of money. We waited until the last day of the cruise and ended up not buying anything. The comedy
and magic shows were great. We also went to the Horray for Hollywood show which was also enjoyable. 70's night was great fun.

The carribbean night and country western night, were a bit of a disappointment. The humidity was so bad that everything on the deck was wet and
the deck was slippery. I have to commend the cruise directors staff for trying to get people involved. The ship was also rocking quite a bit and it
was hard to dance.

The dance instructors were great and very patient. We had a good time with them.

The fact that the cruise was so small probably added to the fun. We felt like we had met everyone at least once. If you breakfast in the dining room
it is open seating, so you are bound to sit with different people all the time.

I could probably go on forever, we had such a good time. I would definately recommend this cruise to anyone. Keep in mind that the NCL-Star is
going to Australia and a new ship and crew is coming in. If they are half as good as the crew we had youre bound to have a good time!!

Name: marie j ford
Email: gauvin@one.net.au
Age: past 40
Occupation: consultant
NumberOfCruises: 3
TravelAgent: No
Ship: NCL-NorwegianStar
SailingDate: december 20 1998
Itinerary: south pacific
FoodDiningRoom: 60
CruiseDirector: 50
CabinComfort: 70
FoodRoomService: 90
CruiseStaff: 50
CabinAmenities: 80
FoodLidoDeck: 60
DiningRoomService: 90
CabinQuietness: 80
FoodMidnightBuffets: 60
CabinSteward: 95
ShoreExcVariety: 80
FoodVariety: 60
DeckService: 90
ShoreExcValue: 60
GoodForHoneymoon:
CasinoStaff: 90
PrivateIsland: 70
GoodForFamilies: 80
LoungeService: 70
TenderService: 90
GoodForSeniors: 80
BeautySalonStaff:
EntertainmentLounges: 70
WheelchairAccess:
ExerciseFacilities: 70
EntertShowLounge: 70
OverallPortsofCall: 80
BeautySalon:
EntertainmentPoolside: 60
CruiseActivities: 50
Casino: 80
AirSeaProgram:
MedicalFacilities:
ShipCleanliness: 80
EmbarkDisembark: 70
DiscoNightclubs: 60
DeckSpace: 90
Stabilization: 90
ShopsOnBoard: 50
SpaceRatio: 80
OverallCruiseValue: 60
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Date: 01 Jan 1999
Time: 05:24:07
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NCL Norwegian Capricorn Line

Norwegian Star

South Pacific Cruise 20 - 30 Dec 98 ex-Sydney

High praise is due to the NCL - Norwegian Capricorn Line promotion team.

Four star cruising out of Sydney! At last, Down Under would not be the poor relative or dumping ground of world cruising. We
rush to make our bookings and a full ship is assured not just for this first cruise but for many to follow.

How frustrating it is to know now that we would rush just as fast to get off this ship.

The alluring delights of 10 days cruising the South Pacific in the Norwegian Star, as featured in the brochure, read one and a half
stars better than it lived. If you have done the South Pacific Christmas cruise on the Fairstar, then you have cruised on the
Norwegian Star plus saved yourself a thousand or so dollars and got what you paid for.

The weather was perfect and the views were glorious. The ubiquitous Asian and Philippino cabin, bar and meal staff were friendly,
extremely helpful and above reproach. Thank God for the former and national economies for the latter.

The cabins overall are larger on the Norwegian Star than the norm. The standard of cleanliness in the cabins, the public areas
and decks was very good. Plus, considering the age of this ship who has sailed under a number of names in her decades of
service, maintenance was good.

The universal friendliness of the passengers was a huge plus. Although perhaps it must be said that the comradeship increased
as the paucity of the ship's delights became more and more apparent. Of the over 800 passengers aboard, I spoke to over 60 for
periods ranging from a few minutes to several hours. Their ages ranged from 15 to over 80. Their occupations were as diverse as
trainee gigolo, chaplain, captain of industry, developer, housewife, travel agent, retired, student, accountant.

To my own observations of the cruise, I have added the first hand accounts of those to whom I spoke and perhaps the following
will assist you in some constructive manner.

Embarkation

Very smooth. Only annoyance is The (what transpires to become ubiquitous) Photo Opportunity. I do not begrudge the owner's
cut on the sale of each photo by the ship's photographers but to create a bottle neck right at the entry to the ship gives the first
hint that the Norwegian Star will be a 'clip joint'. I and others didn't want yet another photo of boarding a ship but were unable to
bypass this holdup in order to board. Instead we must wait and when finally our turn comes we have the opportunity to decline
and board.

Cabins

Good overall. Disappointing that the welcoming little bottle of water in the fridge turns out to cost you $2.50 but after you have
read all the notices this fact is indeed mentioned. Of course one is not permitted to bring alcohol on board nor to buy it in the
duty free shop whilst cruising but you will need a stiff scotch before going to bed unless you have an enduring fondness for youth
camp bedding. Over the steel base is placed a solid old thin mattress which contains no form of inner springs or suchlike.

The television set is there. And if you have been really really good, it will quite often work. Of course you have to accept the
continually rolling picture on the movie channel. On the News channel you get to play a game called "Finish the Headline". The
news screen shows only the top left hand quadrant of the actual news item. Although, to be fair, on one day the full article was
on the screen.

Cabin staff do come to fix the television, or the blown vanity lights, or the hairdryer. And they leave with smiles and sincere
assurances that everything will now work. And I truly believe that they believe it each time they come back to fix the same
problem.

Food and Beverages

The first order of the day is to find out that you must go and make your own dining table booking arrangements. The first of many
events in which you will have to join long queues on this ship. That done, a cup of hot tea would go down well, I thought. And so
began what came to be fondly called The Quest. The Quest for a hot cup of tea bordered on the search for the holy grail. There is
of course a Cafe Bar in one corner of a lounge. It proudly declared it was the provider of cappuccino, hot chocolate, expresso and
hot eau. Liptons tea bags were ever present, quite often even white china mugs were there beside the paper cups, sugar in little
packets were a plenty having first been thoughtfully moistened to ensure the grains didn't spill out and annoy people. The hot eau
was always kept at blood temperature and after the first day a sign appeared above the Cafe Bar advising that only Hot Water
was available now from the Cafe Bar. A new plan was devised to locate the illusive Hot Cup of Tea. Order it in your cabin - wait 30
to 40 minutes - open door to smiling staff holding tray with vacuum flask of hot water, cups, teaspoons, sugar. What is missing?
YES...grrr...no tea bags!!

The cuisine onboard was perhaps the one feature that was most universally disappointing. "If only it looked like what it sounds
like" said one fellow passenger. The menu reads wonderfully. Taste buds are at the ready! With very few exceptions, the
standard of the food was poor, the servings small, and often times the combination of foods in given dishes were extraordinary to
say the least. There is of course a funny side to everything. At one meal, the appetiser was Potato Wedges. Most plates came
with two wedges on them which was almost laughable but one young lady of exquisite manners received only one lonely wedge
on her plate. She drew the attention of the waiter and pointed out to him that the menu said Wedges which, being plural, means
at least more than One surely!

For an alternate dining experience, there is The Bistro, where for a supplement of $10 one can eat similar food with the added
enjoyment of a head waiter who has the unique talent of being both unctuous and rude at the same time.

Breakfast in the dining room is great and highly recommended. Breakfast in the buffet or alfresco is a feast of soggy croissants
and pastries, watered down tomato juice some days, ok orange juice every day except last day, scrambled egg padded out with
powdered egg, halved potato soaked in grease and luke warm, somedays cold bacon of leather consistency good for morning
workout in trying to cut it, somedays cold little greasy sausages, everyday cold toast and muffins, everyday good selection of
preserved fruit and three types of fresh melons. Cereals and yoquet and cheese and hams etc are also available. To protect the
queasy, I shall not describe the hashed cornbeef that was also on offer when bacon and sausages were not.

Lunch was better at the buffet with a suitable selection for most tastes. However, it would have been a wonderful thing to find a
salad just once, anywhere, that contained something other than iceberg lettuce, rings of white onion and sliced tomato. The
Alfresco lunch had such potential but sadly the chefs were apparently all deeply religious and only prepared burnt offerings.
Afternoon tea is provided as long as you dont arrive at 5.02pm as then you can have nothing till dinner time unless you go back
to your cabin for room service.

Aside from the fact that drinks were surprisingly expensive for a ship, at least there were plenty available for purchase. I was
disappointed at the freedom with which under age drinkers were supplied with alcohol by bar staff especially around the spas and
pool area but in fairness I guess the parents are responsible for that. The vomit in the pool was perhaps what was most upsetting
in that regard. The wine selection at dinner was good and most reasonably priced but again the good wines had run out by day
six. All American light beers were available on special at $2 a bottle.

The much heralded Chocoholic Buffet finally came late in the cruise. It was on the last formal evening night and scheduled for
midnight commencement. Odd timing perhaps but nevertheless we all stayed up in our evening gowns and the gentlemen in their
dark suits till the magic hour. Advancing on the dining room there was an even longer queue than normal. Only one access was
allowed for some reason. That, combined with the pushing gobbling approach of Reeboked teenagers in baseball caps, turned
many away in disgust. For those of us who held fast and watched the huge white and brown chocolate eagle left over from some
previous cruise, more disappointment was to come. Certainly there was a plethora of cakes and tarts and smarties and jelly
beans and such like fit for the taste of teenagers. Not one chocolate truffle or similar confectionery. The chocolate covered slice I
did taste was not made with cocoa and the cream was not from any fresh cow's milk. Very disappointing.

Accounts, Activities, Boutiques and Cruise Staff

About halfway through the cruise I asked for an interim statement printout so I could be sure I had retained all my purchase
dockets. The total on the printout came above my rough assessment so I sat down with my dockets ready to tick them off
against the statement. The first three docket numbers didnt appear on the statement. I carried on finding only a few that had
corresponding 7 digit numbers on both my dockets and the statement. As my dockets were undated and amounts didnt all the
time tally with any on the statement, I figured reconciliation was going to be impossible. When I brought this to the attention of
the ship's auditor he kindly agreed with me and explained that three days previously he had discovered that the staff had not
been running the dockets through the computerised cashier tills and hence the passenger dockets didnt have the same numbers
or tallied amounts as on the statements. Why this matter was not rectified in that time or later was not revealed to me.

I am a fair and reasonable woman and felt we could reach an amicable solution to this dilemma. He could supply me with a copy
of each of the dockets he was using to make up my bill as they would have the docket number that I had plus the docket number
he was using and then I could be assured that the charge he was making against me was for the correct amount. I was more
than a little surprised when his response to this was "If I had to do that for everyone we would not be able to release the
passengers till after 2.oopm when we dock for them to pay their bills." Being past the first flush of middle age, I do not take
kindly to young men threatening to imprison me until I pay a ransom unless of course they are Brad Pitt. Suffice to say that I
eventually received a copy of every docket on my new statement showing my original docket with its number and the computer
cashier docket number and tally and that the final bill was correct and I was pleased to settle this reconciled account.

Activities on board were largely conceived in a rush it was felt by many, and one wag suggested the staff must have read the
postcards posted at Noumea as suddenly we had things like sarong wrapping lectures. Of course the lass had to read them off a
card but she tried hard. Line dancing was fun - three dances to be taught, of course the lad teaching them forgot the steps to one
of them. The endless art auctions were you could buy some American art works at 85% less than gallery prices unframed and
posted back to you from Florida at huge charge really was poor. Then there was the cooking demonstration - crepe suzettes but
the chef said he couldnt give the recipe for the pancakes as it was secret ! But we were shown how to burn the sugar for the
sauce. And as for the top Pacific entertainers - well, sure the names Brett Annabelle and Ivor Richards are on everyone's lips
aren't they? The Stardust dancers were good and Brett sang well; the band played well and Ivor was often quite funny in between
selling his tape of 140 jokes; the only magic trick hoped for from the magician was that he would make himself disappear though.
Many went in search of the library following the sign that said Library then turning back to recheck their route until finally they
worked out that the little glass cabinet on the wall beside the sign held, in fact, The Library.

The staff other than the bar, meal and cabin staff, were an elite and highly considerate group. Rarely did they intrude on the
passengers with greetings or smiles or standing aside on the stairs or in elevators. Even at the function listed as being a meet
and greet occasion for singles on the ship, no rapport was encountered. This so popular event on any other ship was held at
11.15pm in the disco with music so load conversation was impossible and absolutely no attempt was made to introduce people
in the normal shipboard manner for such events. The Captain's first cocktail party was a hoot for the masochiste. Stand in long
queue dodging two separate lots of Photographic Opportunities, meet Captain third Photo Opportunity, rapidly move or be pushed
into lounge with hundreds of people sitting down watching their empty champagne flute and wondering if maybe a small nibblie
will appear. I had to file my finger nail so I couldnt make it to the Captain's farewell cocktail party and I found many others had
fingernail filing listed for that hour also.

Shopping on board was a great way to save money ie little to buy. Many with families would have liked the shop to stock snorkel
gear - at $30 per set day hire it had to be cheaper to buy. Also, and perhaps most oddly in the area of shopping, the jewelry
boutique contained nothing other than cheap costume jewelry and watches for a Christmas cruise on a four star ship.

Some general comments included also that the Casino didnt have the Craps table it advertised and this disappointed some; the
deck chairs were very hard and none had any shade pull outs; there was no computer room nor email facility; the floral
arrangements when fresh were very pretty but remained unchanged until bordering on dried flower arrangements; the gym
equipment was not supervised especially with respect to children.

Disembarkation

Perhaps the majority of us will never know why we couldnt escape the ship until four hours after it docked. Certainly no
announcements were made despite numerous efforts by passengers. Most wouldnt have heard the announcements anyway as
everyone was requested to wait in the lounge for announcements over the PA as to when their colour ticket holders could
disembark. However the PA in the lounge didnt work. Looking through the glass walls into the customs area we could see the
customs officers just standing around with no one to process so that was unlikely to be the problem. Maybe the little hired trucks
that were unloading and delivering the luggage were the culprits - not enough perhaps? Eventually we were released to freedom
and quickly through to the real world to wait again for a taxi as I like many had used our mobiles to contact those who had come
to collect us, telling them to go as we would be far past the expected time. Oddly enough even the taxi driver complained to me
saying "Why these shippers not call the taxi line to send cabs for you all? The other lines all do that! Look lady, see many cabs
just sitting at rank here in the Rocks" I must admit I tuned out then as I had heard just too many complaints over the past week; I
just wanted to find a chocolate shop and a good restaurant.

And so, now I am home from this cruise. Everyone booked this Christmas cruise for their own reasons. For me it was to mark
the end of three years caring for my darling Mum and the start of a new life. It was to give me a joyous fun filled hassle free
holiday where I would be spoilt amongst fine food, interesting activities, lovely company and the joys of cruising. Well, I did get
the lovely company. But the cruise itself was sad for me and, from their comments, the majority of my fellow passengers whose
overall comment might be summed up by one charming lady whom I am sure would never say a bad word about anything or
anyone no matter how provoked. Her comment on the cruise was "Disenchanted." What a great opportunity the Norwegian
Capricorn Line had to bring four star cruising to this part of the world which has fully demonstrated its desire to pay for such
cruising when it becomes available. And how easy it would have been to bring the promise of that lovely brochure to fruition.

Marie J Ford

Name: Mandee Pearson
Email: mandee6@aol.com
Age: 12
Occupation: student
NumberOfCruises: 2
TravelAgent: No
Ship: NCL-NorwegianStar
SailingDate: 3/22/98-3/28/98
Itinerary: Western Caribbean/Texaribbean
FoodDiningRoom: 95
CruiseDirector: 90
CabinComfort: 89
FoodRoomService:
CruiseStaff: 97
CabinAmenities: 80
FoodLidoDeck: 95
DiningRoomService: 93
CabinQuietness: 90
FoodMidnightBuffets: 8 8
CabinSteward: 100
ShoreExcVariety: 85
FoodVariety: 99
DeckService: 90
ShoreExcValue: 99
GoodForHoneymoon:
CasinoStaff:
PrivateIsland: 100
GoodForFamilies: 98
LoungeService: 75
TenderService: 90
GoodForSeniors:
BeautySalonStaff: 85
EntertainmentLounges: 95
WheelchairAccess:
ExerciseFacilities: 75
EntertShowLounge: 98
OverallPortsofCall: 94
BeautySalon: 70
EntertainmentPoolside: 99
CruiseActivities: 100
Casino:
AirSeaProgram: 10
MedicalFacilities:
ShipCleanliness: 90
EmbarkDisembark: 65
DiscoNightclubs: 89
DeckSpace: 85
Stabilization: 69
ShopsOnBoard: 75
SpaceRatio: 85
OverallCruiseValue: 98
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This was my 2nd cruise, and the first one I can remember all of. People have said bad things about the Norweigen Star,
especially the cruise from Hell, but I can’t say anthing as bad as that. This was a very nice cruise ship. I went with my parents
and sister, Sara who was 14. The air/sea program sucked. There was a chartered fleight to Houston from Portland, and they
forgot to enter it in the computer so we were two hours late getting to Houston. Luckily the ship waited for us, but we missed the
bon voyage party and lifeboat drill. Our cabin was on the Atlantic deck, number 4049. It was small but the bathroom was the
perfect size. I slept on the top bunk (very comfortable) and the waves rocked me to sleep, because of the listing that happened
constantly. There were a lot of sick people. Our cabin steward (Theo) was the best. My sister brought along a stuffed animal, and
every night when Theo left us mints, he would put the stuffed animal in a differant place. Drinking a coke, wearing sun glasses,
under the covers, and on the last day, sitting in the sink wearing goggles. He was really fun. I loved the Teen Program they
offered! It was a lot of fun. We did cool activities AWAY from our parents, which is always a plus. We came on our own whenever
we felt like going. There was a bullitin thing every day that listed activities for the day. My sister and I had a curfew of midnight,
which offen caused us to miss half a party or movie. Activities sometimes lasted until 2 or 3 am. The dances were best. There
were different shows each night that were very entertaining. I liked them all. There was one Broadway musical review that had the
highlights of lots of different shows, all squeazed into an hour. And the comedian was really funny! Also, the Star Theatre was
really cool, because whenever you were bored, a movie was just starting for you to see. It was on our deck too. The first port was
Calica, but we went to Playa Del Carman, a short taxi ride away. Calica had one shop, and that was it. When you go to Playa
Del Carman,, you should stop at Senior Frogs. My dad likes the cervasas (beer) and the floor is straw. There was lots of
shopping here too. When you walked into a shop, if you so much as looked at something as if you were interested, they would
start bardering or dickering with you trying to get you to buy it until you left. They wouldn’t leave you alone! There was lots of very
cheap Tommy Hilfiger clothes, faded, obviously fake. It was sad seeing all the dogs wandering around with no home. They were
always hungary. They had such sad eyes! The water was a perfectly clear blue and you could see the bottom. It was beautiful.
The sand was pure white and the shells were big and unbroken. There were conch shells all over. We couldn’t get out of port the
next morning because of high winds so they offered a ferry to Cozumel. I didn’t like it. It was really bumpy and it went to fast.
They were passing out barf bags at the beginning of the ride, and my mom took one. I asked her why, and she thought they were
free gifts, not a barf bag.. I laughed at her, but then I needed it. Ooops. Cozumel had more shopping. There was a Hard Rock
Café there, but it only sold T-shirts, no food. We all got bored of shopping, so we walked a really long way to a hotel on the
beach front. I think we might of gone though some private property, but who knows. We went through the hotel to the back where
there was a fake beach, with some steps into the ocean, where it dropped off. We rented snorkeling equipment and snorkled.
There was a lot of cool fish! They swarmed around you, and I tried to touch them, but it was hard. If you stayed real still, they
came up in groups and nibbled you for a split second. We had to take the ferry back, and then as soon as we were back on the
ship they announced that we couldn’t go to Roatan, and we were going to sail to Cozumel in the morning. So we went there
again. I really didn’t care, but my dad was pretty upset we couldn’t go to Roatan. Because of this, they gave everyone a 50% off
coupon for our next Texaribbean cruise on NCL. The ship docked and we went on our shore excursion, which was taking a boat
to a snorkeling area, and then a party on an island. It was really fun. The guys in charge took our picture under water, snorkeling,
which was a really good quality picture, and it was cool with all the fish around. When we got to the island, they were all
devoloped and were selling them for $9, but it wasn’t real obvious that you had to pay for them because somehow my sister
walked off with hers, not even knowing she had to pay. I paided for mine and still have it. When we returned from the island, there
was still quite a bit of time before we sailed toward Houston again. So me and a couple of friends went and had our hair braided
by some women close to the dock. It was expensive, but you can talk them down. I got my braids for $1 each, plus extra for the
beads and flowers they put in. Those were very pretty. Meals on the ship were delicious. I was never hungry the entire trip, but I
ate because everyone else did. I loved the fruit bowls they had, the chilled soups (they sound yucky, but try them, they are good)
the cheese and desserts in the dining room were wonderful, but anywhere else, not as good. The midnight buffet was OK, but I
didn't feel like eating that late. I was very dissapointed with the Chocoholic buffet. It was heaven to see, but most of the big
chocolate fish and other large blocks of chocolate you see are just styrafoam covered in a thin layer of chocolate. There was one
of those on each table. The rum balls were gross, and looked like donut holes so that’s why I took them. The chocolate covered
fruit was not ripe enough, and really the only thing good was the ice cream. It was the same desserts on each table, so there
wasn’t much variety. For breakfast, we always got up too late for the seating so we did the buffet. It was really good with every
food you could ever want. Around lunch, a lot of the teen group would be hangin around the three hot tubs, a popular place to be,
and in front of them was a grill. They served hamburgers and hot dogs with great steak fries. The bus boys were always walking
around asking if you needed anything. They brought you drinks and food, and all you had to do was sign a piece of paper which
was billed to the cabin. In the afternoon in Champions, we would do games and stuff, and there was popcorn and pretzels for free
whenever you wanted it. The library had playing cards you could use and other games, and there was a TV in the kids room with
a VCR and tons of movies. The pool was great. It was kinda cold water, but you got used to it, and dried in about 4 or 5 minutes
on the sun deck. You could barely taste the salt water. :) On the Sun deck there was Ping Pong, Tennis, Basketball, and golf.
The only thing was, that you had to wear shoes because otherwise it burned your feet on the wooden deck. It was very hot up
there! On the other decks, there was lots of space, but it was often hard to find a chair, and after swimming, the towel bin was
sometimes empty. The 3 hot tubs varied in temperature, which was kind of good, because one was really hot and the others
were warm and cool. It was fun to go up and sit in them because the ship would list and the water would spill out. I loved the art
in the Midnight Sun Lounge, and there was hot chocolate up there 24/7. It was fun to run around the ship. It only had like 800
passengers, so you barely ever saw someone you hadn’t seen before. On the days at sea, there was a lot of listing. It made my
head hurt, but at the Purser’s desk they offered little pink pills that helped a lot.. Disembarkation was really boring. They gave
you a colored tag for your luggage which put you in catagories according to your fleight time. We had to check out of our cabin
by a certain time, and then go sit in one of the lounges until they called your category. It took forever, and there was nothing to
do or entertain you. Overall, I had a ton of fun. There were only a few things I didn’t like, and everything else was wonderful.. We
have booked another cruise for spring break ’99 on the Norweigen Sea, which will take the same route. I hope it’s as much fun as
the Star:)

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