Star Princess Coastal Hits and small misses

[SRQfireman]

anybody familiar with internet on this ? More importantly.....do they happen to have the unlimited package like some ships have? If they do, what do they charge?

[Northender]

Was the Russian ship, Scorpion, at the dock area? That looks like a fun thing to do.:)

[gnatz007]

Was the Russian ship, Scorpion, at the dock area? That looks like a fun thing to do.:)

 

Yes, it was very close to where we docked in Long Beach. Its right alongside the Queen Mary.

[JF - retired RRT]

anybody familiar with internet on this ? More importantly.....do they happen to have the unlimited package like some ships have? If they do, what do they charge?

No unlimited and sloooooow.

[shredie]

Really great shots of the animals!

[gnatz007]

Really great shots of the animals!

 

Thank you!

 

Still upcoming:

 

More pictures of the Star

 

Pictures of the nightly menu's (if you folks are interested)

[Mackenzie1]

Thank you!

 

Still upcoming:

 

More pictures of the Star

 

Pictures of the nightly menu's (if you folks are interested)

 

Thank you so much for your review, and yes, yes, yes, MORE PICTURES, please--of the menus, ship, anything. It's just wonderful, and as a future Star cruiser, I'm most appreciative!

Edited April 17, 2015 by Mackenzie1

[Chelly]

Wonderful review and spectacular photos.

 

Thank you!

[rdsqrl]

Wonderful photos! Thank you. The Scorpion is on my must-see list. I really appreciate the sneak peek.

[srpilo]

More Please :)

[SRQfireman]

No unlimited and sloooooow.

 

Oh.....that's bad on both accounts ! thanks for the info

[Cali_Mum]

We are heading out on the Star in two days...thank you for all the great photos and information, it's getting us even more excited if that's possible!

[gnatz007]

I have more time today to post some more pictures...

 

 

Getting ready for the 50 anniversary balloon drop.

 

 

 

 

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BEST Hamburgers on the sea!

 

 

Along with the BEST pizza!

 

[gnatz007]

Everytime the room steward would take care of the room, he would move my sons stuffed animal that he got at the SD Zoo. It would crack my son up, like the animal was moving on its own in a Toy Story kind of way.

 

 

I was hoping the safe would have been big enough to fit my 13" MacBook Pro. Yeah... not even close. Even my iPad Mini felt like it barely fit. I would just put the MBP under a pile of clothes and never really worried about it.

 

[gnatz007]

We only had one tender port, Santa Barbara. I'm not a huge fan of the tender, but was glad my kids were able to experience it. We took our time getting off, and only waited about 5 mins. One thing thats cool about tender ports, you can always get cool pics of the ship by herself.

 

 

 

 

 

There were some youngins in a sailing class that were just cracking us up. They were rocking it! Hopefully our tender didn't didn't mess them up to much! I think some were nervous as we slowly scooted by them.

 

[gnatz007]

The whole hoisting the tenders onboard was alot of fun to watch from the Promenade deck. Our kids were totally enthralled by it. The Crew was pretty upset, because we were waiting for over an hour for a missing passenger and they were behind schedule. I gathered they were getting alot of pressure from the captain to get the two remaining tenders on board quickly. (but safely)

 

 

 

[gnatz007]

Our favorite early morning activity... I like to collect chess sets, and have several from our cruises. My son thought this was totally cool to play on the BIG chess set.

 

[gnatz007]

Here are some menu pictures. I'll try and get them in order.

 

Sunday: Easter Dinner -- I ordered the Seared Diver Scallops.. OH MY! one of my favorite dinners of the cruise.

 

 

Second Night - Formal Dinner - I ordered the Beef Medallions -- Not bad, but not great either. should have ordered the Tri Tip. The Intermezzo's were always great... TBH the Princess Dinner was my least favorite (our family said that after the trip)

 

 

 

 

Third Night -- Dunno what night they called it -- I ordered the Grilled Seafood skewer. Another winner! so fantastic. the Chilled Granny Smith and Cider soup was like an apple pie soup... So awesome!

 

 

[Loonbeam]

You had Chef Bolis - who I consider the best EC in the fleet. Lucky you!

[azbirdmom]

Thank you for sharing all of the pictures and your experiences. The Star is our favorite ship and we have always found that they are constantly taking care of rust and other maintenance stuff, so it's disappointing to hear that they didn't live up to expectations there. But it's clear that you didn't let this ruin your cruise and had a fabulous time with your family. We are looking forward to our cruise in August on the Star and sure hope those giant lobster tails are still on the menu. :D

[shredie]

I am loving this tour! My grandsons love to play chess with Grandpa on the giant chess set. You bring back such memories for me... We always like to go to Skywalkers (when there is one) to watch for the late-returning passengers after a shore excursion. There's always somebody. :)

[Colo Cruiser]

Thanks for posting the menus. :)