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Island Star - Good Starter Cruise

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island star - good starter cruise

Reviewed By: maton, weymouth on 8th Mar 2010
Cruise Line: Island Cruises	Times cruised before: 0
Cruise Ship: Island Star	Sailed: September, 2009
Destination: Mediterranean	Age: 18-25
Cabin: Balcony	Occasion: Annual/regular holiday

I went on my first cruise with my partner in September 2009. We selected a casual cruise because we had never done it before and my partner is not one for his dinner jackets!!! We had a balcony cabin which was absolutely brilliant and well worth the extra money. We sat on it every day and had great views of arriving into and leaving the ports. The ship we were on was the Island Star - now left the company - which i would say was a definite 3* there were no pretences of it trying to be any more and i think in the cabins this did show. Having never been on a cruise i expected the cabins to be small but the bathroom was literally tiny and i bit dated. There were a few younger people on the ship but not too many this did not bother us as we are not into bars and partying. The shows were brilliant but you did ned to be there about 45min before the start to get a decent seat which was annoying. My partner is a chef and thought the food was ok. it was buffet and there was a lot of choice but it was the same every day and a bit bland. it was always hot to be fair but just not very exciting. the staff were lovely and overall this wasa brilliant starter cruise and we will def cruise again
Quality of Food
ate mostly in the main restaurant and mostlya mixture of whatever was on offer
Entertainment
least enjoyable was the tribute acts as it was an older singer who we had not heard of. mainly watched the tributes to west end shows
Shore Excursions
best excursion was the pompeii and sorrento as got a really good guided tour around the city. worst exxcursion was to pisa - not alot to do once taken photo of leaning tower
Staff
our cabin cleaner always friendly and cleaned twic a day
Children's Facilities	n/a
na
Onboard Activities
yes we didnt join in but always something going on
Cabins
small cabin and very small bathroom - balcony was nice but bed took up the whole room
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Comment by Coolcruiser, wakefield (08 Mar 10 12:01) about this REVIEW

As from March 2009 Island star was transfered to Pullmantours (a subsidary of RCCL) and after a refit is now operating out of Spain.The Island Escape is still operating under TUI (Thompsons) due to contract arrangements with the owners RCCL.You either have the wrong ship or date.

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Opinion: Disagree Comment by mcguire, dunfermline fife (08 Mar 10 10:56) about this REVIEW

hiya i dont think you were on island star on this date

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