NCL Star - Deluxe Owners Suite

[rhinomike]

We are thinking about upgrading ourselves to cabin 12500 on the Star. It is the Deluxe Owners Suite. We currently have booked 2 connecting OV cabins. There are 5 of us total. Me, my wife and 3 teen sons. The room can hold 6 and has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. The ost will be an additional $2500. Any comments or thoughts?

 

Does anyone have a pic of the small bedroom with the bed folded out? Will a trundle bed fit in there with the bed folded out?

 

Anyone have a pic of a trundle bed in the window cutout area in the living room?

 

Is the bathroom in the small bedroom a regular size cruise ship bathroom or is it smaller?

 

Thank you.

[kcwingwalker]

We are thinking about upgrading ourselves to cabin 12500 on the Star. It is the Deluxe Owners Suite. We currently have booked 2 connecting OV cabins. There are 5 of us total. Me, my wife and 3 teen sons. The room can hold 6 and has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. The ost will be an additional $2500. Any comments or thoughts?

 

Does anyone have a pic of the small bedroom with the bed folded out? Will a trundle bed fit in there with the bed folded out?

 

Anyone have a pic of a trundle bed in the window cutout area in the living room?

 

Is the bathroom in the small bedroom a regular size cruise ship bathroom or is it smaller?

 

Thank you.

 

Google Norwegian Star 12500 and you'll find some YouTube videos.

 

Considering the perks you'll receive if the suite meets your needs it will be well worth it.

[rhinomike]

Google Norwegian Star 12500 and you'll find some YouTube videos.

 

Considering the perks you'll receive if the suite meets your needs it will be well worth it.

 

Thank you. Yes I did that and saw the videos. Just didn't have any video of the trundle beds or bed in the small room. These are follow up questions to the videos.

 

I did find a video of cabin 12000 with the bed open. No room for a trundle in there.

 

NCL rep said a trundle will fit in the window cutouts in the living room but I want to hear it from someone that actually did it.

Edited December 6, 2013 by rhinomike

[rhinomike]

Bump.

[dexddd]

There were some good pictures on here a couple years ago by the same person who posted one of those videos on you tube. I'll have to take a look to find them, but the you tube covered pretty much the whole room. The window cutout comment has me a bit confused - do they mean the one in the living room?

[rhinomike]

There were some good pictures on here a couple years ago by the same person who posted one of those videos on you tube. I'll have to take a look to find them, but the you tube covered pretty much the whole room. The window cutout comment has me a bit confused - do they mean the one in the living room?

 

Yes. Sorry. In the living room there are two windows with cutouts. Most pics I see have chair in the cutout area. I am wondering if a trundle will fit in there. Thank you.

[knitlady037]

A trundle will not fit there. The couch in the living room is a sofa bed. Why not just use that? When the bed is open is the small bedroom there is no floor space.The second bathroom is more of a 3/4 bath. Shower, toilet and sink. Very nice and functional. Have stayed in that cabin. You will really enjoy it.

[rhinomike]

A trundle will not fit there. The couch in the living room is a sofa bed. Why not just use that? When the bed is open is the small bedroom there is no floor space.The second bathroom is more of a 3/4 bath. Shower, toilet and sink. Very nice and functional. Have stayed in that cabin. You will really enjoy it.

 

Thank you. Yes we will use the sofa bed in the living room too. There are 5 of us. 3 teenage boys. They would all like their own beds. We thought the oldest would take the small bedroom, then one on the sofa bed in the living room, then one on a trundle. There is plenty of room in the master for a trundle but it would be nice if the trundle fit into the cutout. Then me and my wife would have privacy. Not a have to just a nice to. The NCL rep said the trundle fits nicely into the cutout but I was guessing that might not be true.

 

Right now with the 2 connecting OV cabins they will have their own beds and said that was important to them. I don't want to upgrade if they loose that.

 

So the small bathroom is smaller than a standard bathroom in an ocean view or inside cabin?

[dexddd]

Thank you. Yes we will use the sofa bed in the living room too. There are 5 of us. 3 teenage boys. They would all like their own beds. We thought the oldest would take the small bedroom, then one on the sofa bed in the living room, then one on a trundle. There is plenty of room in the master for a trundle but it would be nice if the trundle fit into the cutout. Then me and my wife would have privacy. Not a have to just a nice to. The NCL rep said the trundle fits nicely into the cutout but I was guessing that might not be true.

 

Right now with the 2 connecting OV cabins they will have their own beds and said that was important to them. I don't want to upgrade if they loose that.

 

So the small bathroom is smaller than a standard bathroom in an ocean view or inside cabin?

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1257166

 

Here is one with some pictures.

 

The rep might be getting confused with the two outer DOS which only have the one bedroom but have a huge living room with a window overhang. We had a rollaway in one of those rooms.

Edited December 6, 2013 by dexddd

[dexddd]

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1657898

 

Here is another with some videos - you may have seen them already though.

[rhinomike]

Yes. I saw those threads and videos already. But thank you.

[Girr]

I've sailed twice in the Star's two bedroom/two bath DOS suites. To answer your question on the trundle bed. No, neither of the living room window "cut outs" will fit a trundle bed. The cut outs are just wide enough to fit one of the club chairs into (I just loved sitting here). I think the NCL rep is confusing the living room windows with the master bedroom. The two times I know of a roll away being used was once where it was placed in the dining area at night, and the other time was with it being placed in the master bedroom under the window.

I really wish NCL had designed the second bedroom more like the two bedroom family suite. Currently the DOS second bedroom is a pull out sofa, vice a trundle bed or sofa and built in bunk. When the sofa is made into a bed the room is wall to wall bed-no walk around space at all. If two people share this room/bed you'd have to crawl over the second person to get up if you were on the far side. Now, as for the bathroom I believe it's the same size as a normal interior cabin. It was very well laid out, and really made it convient to have a second bath (both times our group was 4 adults and we love this suite-but we only had 1 in the second bedroom and 1 on the living room sofa).

What I'm wondering, and would ask NCL, is if one son (the younger/smaller one) slept on the sofa without it being folded out in this room would the trundle fit in this second room? It would still be wall-to-wall bed, but they'd have their "separate" beds. I'm not sure how comfortable your son would be, but it's an option Best bet is probably having a roll-away placed in the dining area at night.

Edited December 7, 2013 by Girr

[rhinomike]

I've sailed twice in the Star's two bedroom/two bath DOS suites. To answer your question on the trundle bed. No, neither of the living room window "cut outs" will fit a trundle bed. The cut outs are just wide enough to fit one of the club chairs into (I just loved sitting here). I think the NCL rep is confusing the living room windows with the master bedroom. The two times I know of a roll away being used was once where it was placed in the dining area at night, and the other time was with it being placed in the master bedroom under the window.

I really wish NCL had designed the second bedroom more like the two bedroom family suite. Currently the DOS second bedroom is a pull out sofa, vice a trundle bed or sofa and built in bunk. When the sofa is made into a bed the room is wall to wall bed-no walk around space at all. If two people share this room/bed you'd have to crawl over the second person to get up if you were on the far side. Now, as for the bathroom I believe it's the same size as a normal interior cabin. It was very well laid out, and really made it convient to have a second bath (both times our group was 4 adults and we love this suite-but we only had 1 in the second bedroom and 1 on the living room sofa).

What I'm wondering, and would ask NCL, is if one son (the younger/smaller one) slept on the sofa without it being folded out in this room would the trundle fit in this second room? It would still be wall-to-wall bed, but they'd have their "separate" beds. I'm not sure how comfortable your son would be, but it's an option Best bet is probably having a roll-away placed in the dining area at night.

 

 

Perfect. Thank you. That is exactly the information I was looking for.....

 

So is it worth the $2500 upgrade?

[Girr]

Unless this is a special occasion I don't think even I'd splurge an extra $2500, but I'd keep an eye on these suites prices. When I originally booked our cruises on the Star I'd booked family suites on deck 12, but kept watching the DOS price.

 

Sure enough the price kept dropping, and by the time I added in we'd not need soda packages, and the three bottles of alcohol one of the cruises was actually less than the family suite. The other cruise was only a few hundreds more.

 

Also, keep in mind you'll have the additional expense of the tip for the butler and concierge.

[rhinomike]

Unless this is a special occasion I don't think even I'd splurge an extra $2500, but I'd keep an eye on these suites prices. When I originally booked our cruises on the Star I'd booked family suites on deck 12, but kept watching the DOS price.

 

Sure enough the price kept dropping, and by the time I added in we'd not need soda packages, and the three bottles of alcohol one of the cruises was actually less than the family suite. The other cruise was only a few hundreds more.

 

Also, keep in mind you'll have the additional expense of the tip for the butler and concierge.

 

Good advice. Thank you.