We did a 4 day cruise from Singapore to Penang and Langkawi. We travelled with our 11 and 8 year old sons. Our sons have never cruised before, although my husband and I have. After reading the few reviews that I could find I had low expectations for this cruise. There is much to enjoy on this ship, however there is also much to complain about. We really enjoyed our trip and did our best to overlook the annoying factors. Like I said we had low expectations, so we expected things not to be the same as our previous cruising experiences.
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Feels more like a ferry (with no destination) than a cruise ship.

Our cruise started from Singapore, then docks at Port Kallang the next day, and back to Singapore the following day. Port Kallang (Malaysia) has nothing in it and it is about an hour away from Kuala Lumpur.

The ship has 2 pools. From their YouTube video, it looks decent but on real life it was tiny. The middle pool could probably fit 8 people while the back pool could fit 5 people.

Food is horrible, we had to wait for at least an hour for dinner at the restaurants.
We went to the "fine dining" restaurant on our 2nd night and saw a waiter picking his nose in front of us.
on the 3rd day, we got tired and tried the paid restaurant, it was better but still horrible.
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Boarded in Nov14.
Being on Cruise for the first time, the experience was something new and unique.
Loved every moment.
The rooms are very small but the food is really good thought they could do with a bit of variety.
The menu was virtually a repeat day after day. I had to go to Chinese restaurant "Dynasty" to avoid the boredom.
The spread was quite good and the fruits too seemed fresh with Watermelons for every meal.
The Tours on the Island of both Penang and Langkawi left much to be desired as the Tour seemed to planned with "Shopp...Read more

Cruising out of Singapore in March was our 6th cruise and our second with Star Cruises. Our first cruise was on the Super Star Leo - fabulous! This ship didn't rate as highly but was still very good. Because of the proportion of Indian and Chinese passengers, the food was mostly tuned to their taste but the Western meals in the Bella Vista were very good. The variety show was one of the best performances we have seen on any ship. One thing that upset us was the amount of smoking onboard, generally permitted in bars and lounges and even in our c...Read more

Date: 11/05/14 – 14/05/14
Ship: Gemini
Destination: Penang & Langkawi
Past FEW experiences with Virgo (and Caribbean): Enjoyable, memorable and satisfactory
Present experience with Gemini: Not enjoyable, unsatisfactory and irate
Reasons:
1. Major event at upper top deck, don’t have a chance to visit the “Observation Lounge”, unable to use the pool as most of the time occupied by the “major event’s” guest and family member. Noisy, rude, cut queue while they are having meals at other restaurants (not designated for them). Don’t give way wh...Read more

we concur with comments posted feb 26 2013 and feb 07 2013. Our cruise departed Hong Kong 26th Mar 2014 for a 7 night cruise to Singapore. Please, please, do not consider cruising on this ship. Crew, whilst friendly, are inexperienced to the extent of being incompetent. Most have little command of the english language and it was pointless complaining about anything as you could not make yourself understood. Food was abysmal and cold and we couldn't wait for a port so we could get a decent meal. The last two Malaysian Islands the ship anch...Read more

This was our 4th time on the virgo, the last cruise was 5 years ago MY WORD !!! how things have changed, instead of fun times with friendly aussies/ kiwis and asians we were over run with arrogant rude indians !!!!! there was no organising for disembarkent ! food was not up to scatch like it was 5 years ago ! and lets forget about the buffet unless you want to push your way through rude indians to get you food.we are a husband and wife in our 70s and cruise many times we have cruised 13 times on several differant cruise lines but this time was ...Read more

Here are some of our good and bad experiences. We when went on this cruise with high expectations being in Asia (exotic destination). We weren't disappointed.We did enjoy it and we were happy with our room. The staff were great and we enjoyed the food and the ports. The ports: Penang was fantastic really enjoyed the terminal being so close to the shops did Temple and sky train tour with taxi and then time for some shopping. Port Klang to KL was a bit too far of a trip, not sure if it was worth the bus trip, 90 minutes, (limited time to shop wi...Read more

I have just returned from a 5 night cruise aboard the Virgo and couldn't fault it. Firstly and foremost the crew were amazing.They are so obliging,friendly and happy. They work 12 hour shifts,7 days a week for 10 months of the year and always have a smile on their face. We left the cruise having made life long friends with some of the crew.
We mainly ate at the Bella Vista where the food and service was first class and on the odd times we went to the Mediterranean Buffet the food was good there too. I will say that the other passengers act as ...Read more

5 day cruise on the Virgo with a 2 day stop in Singapore before and after the Cruise.
The ship itself is first class all the way. Could fault nothing with the ship at all.
The staff were fantastic, polite and well mannered for the duration. Hats off to them.

Food - We ate at the Bella Vista and the Mediterranean . Could not fault the food at Bella Vista. Fine dining all the way. The Mediterranean's food was good for a buffet. But you had to fight the Indians all the way. They are like vultures who have never been fed.

Ports of call Pen...Read more

Cruise Line: All Other Reviews
Ship: Superstar Gemini
Sailing Date: 24/01/2013
Itinerary: Singapore to Hong Kong
Woeful! From check in to disembarkation was like a zoo. Left Singapore an hour late. Food was cold and drinks were hot. Service standards appalling, unable to mix drinks, served hot water with our meals??, improper cutlery laid out on table. Was not a meal where we did not have to ask for something. Staff seemed hesitant to attend guests as English was poorly understood/spoken. Which lead to many frustrations in problems being so...Read more