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Here's everything we LOVED and HATED about Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas! #cruise #shorts

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Editorial Summary

The creators share their experiences following a ten day voyage on Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas. They highlight several positive aspects of the vessel, including the abundance of casual dining options and an enhanced Aquatome market that provides quick service throughout the ship's neighborhoods. The entertainment is noted as a significant strength, specifically mentioning the Back to the Future musical, high energy acrobats, and extreme skating performances. Additionally, the ship offers pools across five different decks, which helps prevent overcrowding when combined with the adults only Swim and Tonic space. However, the reviewers also identify several drawbacks. They express a preference for traditional balconies over the infinity balcony staterooms because they missed having dedicated outdoor spaces with open ocean views. While the service in the main dining room was described as friendly and attentive, the creators found the food quality to be inconsistent, noting that some favorite meal items did not meet their expectations.

Written by TripBacon from this video's transcript.

How This Review Compares

This review's score for Star of the Seas
A Nibble
All-time creator consensus for Star of the Seas
Solid Strip

This review is more critical than the all-time creator consensus.

What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsFull Ship ReviewπŸ…Authority Creator

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Creator's Key Takeaways

Love Star boasts the most casual dining options of any Royal Caribbean ship with an enhanced Aquatome market that's even better than our sister ship with quick service found throughout the neighborhoods.

We tested out the infinity balcony stateooms and we can confirm we are squarely in camp traditional balcony.

Royal Caribbean continues to wow with one of a kind entertainment.

While the service in the main dining room was friendly and attentive, the food quality was inconsistent with some of our favorite meal items not meeting our expectations.

Creator's Tips & Advice

βœ“Book a traditional balcony instead of an infinity balcony for dedicated outdoor space.
βœ“Expect inconsistent food quality in the main dining room despite friendly service.

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat did the creator love and hate about Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas?
QIs the Star of the Seas a good cruise ship for dining and entertainment?

Topics Covered

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