Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

NCL Star semi live

SpainAlien

By SpainAlien,
in Norwegian Cruise Line

 Share

Recommended Posts

SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
Posted
LauraS
This post was recognized by LauraS!

"Congrats on your first "Live from..." Thanks for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic! See your post featured on our: Click: Live Cruise Reports page.. . When you return, please consider submitting it to the site for publication as well: Click: Write a Review"

SpainAlien was awarded the badge '"Live from...."'

We boarded today in Lisbon, checkin was very smooth and quick.  We went straight to O'Sheehans for lunch and had sausage sliders followed by beef chilli and a blue cheese burger, all very nice so we carried on to the apple pie and carrot cake. The carrot cake is definitely a winner but the apple pie was a little sour. 

 

We are in a deck 4 oceanview cabin which was ready when the announcement came over the speakers. Nice clean cabin with all the leaflets and tickets I would normally expect, shortly afterwards my chocolate strawberries arrived.  All very good so far.  

 

We are having a little rest now but will go out around the ship later.  

 

BTW prime rib is on in the Garden Cafe tonight.

 

If you have any Star related questions please let me know but we are at sea tomorrow and I don't have wifi.

 

  • Like 3
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
caitlynambrai

caitlynambrai

Posted
Posted (edited)

Also excited to see the dailies and hear about the activities on the ship! Thank you!

I'd also love to hear about entertainment- I know one of the shows ended in October but I don't know if it was replaced with anything else.

Edited by caitlynambrai
add entertainment comment
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Here are the first four days of the Freestyle Daily.  Our port call to Funchal was cancelled due to a pilot strike so today is our first port stop so far: Santa Cruz de Tenerife

 

The ship is in generally good condition, there have been maintenance teams out revarnishing the railings on Deck 7, I haven't noticed any rusty areas and everything seems to be working correctly.  Some of the carpets on the halfway landings between decks seem a bit worn but are not threadbare.  The food is generally good but I miss the fillet steak at breakfast and lunch in Moderno and Cagney's (for suite guests) which is now NY Strip, it's just not the same.  I also miss the hash browns as I don't like the breakfast potatoes

 

Our room steward is Gerardo but he said to call him "Ding".  He's really nice and taking good care of us.

 

17000444167115898880354867518404.jpg

17000444716786597287748069003640.jpg

17000445382226620618551255335634.jpg

17000445593861907334405835096748.jpg

17000445804382791407872546180906.jpg

17000445999238938855949205905462.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mugtech

mugtech

Posted
Posted
51 minutes ago, Always Cruising said:

Will you be stopping in Morocco?  We were on the cruise ending Nov 12 when Agadir and Casablanca were cancelled. We received an email a few hours before embarkation Nov 1.   No explanation - lots of theories, though. 

No explanation, shocking!!!!  Get any $ for missing said ports, or are they blaming God?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted
8 hours ago, Always Cruising said:

Will you be stopping in Morocco?  We were on the cruise ending Nov 12 when Agadir and Casablanca were cancelled. We received an email a few hours before embarkation Nov 1.   No explanation - lots of theories, though. 

No, Morocco was cancelled a week before the cruise and we lost Madeira because of a pilot strike

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Delicious breakfast in Versailles this morning except they said that they don't serve Raisin Bran anymore so I got a very nice muesli instead

 

The maintenance team were out painting the graphic on the front of the ship today, keeping her looking bright and vibrant

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted

We're back in port today so I've got internet again.

 

We enjoyed a meat lovers pizza to share in La Cucina the other night and the following night we went back to use my Latitudes voucher where we both enjoyed mozarella caprese salad followed by fillet steak, the tiramisu was disappointing obviously made with synthetic cream rather than mascarpone.  

 

We have eaten in the Versailles dining room most of the time but also O'Sheehans and Garden Cafe.  The food has generally been very good although not always to our taste being from the UK we are not used to so much sweetcorn or spinach lol.

 

We went to the Band on the Run show which was a well put together show, the sound levels were off on some mics (some too loud, others too quiet) but overall it was enjoyable. The entertainment around the ship has been of a good quality.

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

We were an hour late docking in Malaga today, I'm guessing that we were at the back of the queue behind Celebrity Infinity and MSC Seaview.  Some folks were quite upset because they had full day excursions arranged to go to Granada.

 

We went to Cagney's last night and honestly we were disappointed. The quality and presentation just wasn't as good as the MDR. 

 

I am attaching days 5-8 of the Freestyle Daily for your info

 

20231122_084417.jpg

20231122_084429.jpg

20231122_084442.jpg

20231122_084451.jpg

Edited by SpainAlien
  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SpainAlien "Live from...." Rare

SpainAlien

Posted
  • Author
Posted
On 11/12/2023 at 7:41 PM, www3traveler said:

When you have the time could you please post the list of the Officers both Bridge and Hotel?  Thank you

 

Have a wonderful cruise.

Officers:

Captain:  Mario di Leo

Chief Engineer: Renato Krpina

Staff Captain: Divo Pulitika

General Manager: Tony Winkler

Cruise Director: Elizabeth Hackett

F&B Director: Esteban Chorro

Beverage Manager: Alphanso Robinson

Restaurant Manager: Kerwin Miller 

Executive Chef: Noriel Alicaway

Executive Housekeeper: Jude Pereira

Guest Service Manager: Ana Maria Haza

Shore Excursion Manager: Emir Didik

Youth Program Manager: Jeanel Cindy Gabriel

Cruise Next Manager: Camilo Castro

Casino Manager:  Edward Barrientos

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...