Posted by: CruiseReporter on Monday/December 21/2009 - 11:01 PM Ncl Star Mexico
Today was disembarkation day. We ordered room service for breakfast but they didn't bring the omelet we ordered. We decided to take our time and left the ship at around 9:30. After getting off the gangway we were surprised to find out that all we had to do is turn in the customs paperwork. There was no ID check or scanning of any bags. We simply found our luggages and walked out. This was by far a much faster process than our previous cruises at the Long Beach cruise terminal (Carnival) and in Miami....
Posted by: CruiseReporter on Monday/December 21/2009 - 11:00 PM Ncl Star Mexico
In the morning we went to the Spinnaker lounge for the free cruise raffle. We didn't win but it was funny to see how the lady who won asked "What did I win?" Then she started dancing and hollering once she found out. We then headed to the Versailles for lunch again. The Singapore noodle salad was too salty (too much fish sauce), though the grilled Mahi Mahi was pretty good. The hummus dip was yummy, and so were the rice pudding and cheesecake.
We goofed around in the afternoon, took some more pictures,....
Posted by: CruiseReporter on Monday/December 21/2009 - 10:58 PM Ncl Star Mexico
We decided to sleep in today, and at around 1 PM went to the Versailles for lunch. We had dishes such as BLT sandwich, monk fish and octopus salad, and "cooking light" salmon. The BLT was good with the melty eggs. The crab dip appetizers was okay, and the chicken fingers with orange dip was pretty good.
Then it was time for some close up magic at the Spinnaker Lounge with Murray the Magician. He performed some cool card tricks and then actually tought us a trick himself. After a Q&A session and one last trick, the....
Posted by: CruiseReporter on Monday/March 23/2009 - 02:39 PM Ncl Star Mexico
Our ship arrived at Puerto Vallerta at around 8 AM. We wanted to sleep and and didn't head out of the cabin until 10:45 AM. We were able to catch late breakfast at the Market Cafe, and then proceed to the start on an "early" lunch right afterwards (oink oink!). Upon reaching deck 4 we were surprised to find out that we had to take a tender to reach shore. We visited a mall and plaza with Walmart (they're everywhere!) and Sam's Club. With basically nothing to see, we decided to head back to port....
Posted by: CruiseReporter on Friday/February 06/2009 - 02:39 PM Ncl Star Mexico
Today we arrived at Mazatlan. The ship docked at around 8 AM, but we chose to sleep in and have breakfast first before going on shore. Upon arriving we were aggressively approached by people who wanted to offer us a free ride to a resort called Pueblo Bonito in Emerald Bay. We were "suckered" into going and it turned out to be a pitch to sell timeshare- our first experience with such. The resort itself was beautiful with a luxurious array of amenities. After about an hour and a half we were driven back to the cruise....
Posted by: CruiseGuy on Thursday/December 25/2008 - 03:41 AM Ncl Star Mexico
Today the ship arrived at our first port of call, Cabo San Lucas, at around 11 AM. To get to shore you had to take a tender boat, and we decided to take our time and go to the Market Cafe and have lunch first. We saw some beautiful views of the Cabo coastline on the way to the cafe. After lunch we got our tender boat ticket and after some waiting got on and went to shore. Upon arriving we were immediately surrounded by local tour operators. We decided to go for the 45 minute coastal tour....
Posted by: CruiseGuy on Wednesday/December 24/2008 - 07:23 PM Ncl Star Mexico
We were puzzled why the official time was shifted one hour starting today. It could be something having to do with daylight saving. Today the ship was much less shaky then last night, which was the most turbulent we've experience ever on a cruise. Some of us even had to resort to getting some sea-sickness pills (free of charge) from the front desk.
We had lunch at the Versailles. It has nice French decor, and the food was good as well. We had dishes such as the Sweet and Sour Grouper and Meatlover's Meatloaf.....
Posted by: CruiseGuy on Sunday/December 21/2008 - 03:48 AM Ncl Star Mexico
We arrived at the Los Angeles Cruise Terminal at around 10:30 AM. We checked in our baggage at the curb and proceeded to the building for check-in. We were assigned group 4, and were a bit annoyed that there weren't enough chairs for us to sit in the waiting area. This only lasted about 5 minutes as group 3 was called away to register. After about 15 minutes our group was called to go register/check-in. Afterwards we sat back down and waited to be boarded. An announcement was made that boarding forthe Norwegian Star....