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Un des détails les plus étonnants dedans de Les annonces de NCL la semaine dernière au sujet de leur nouveau « ″ F3 se transporte, est qu'ils incluront deux secteurs publics ou plus/barres qui exigeront des honoraires de couvert ou d'adhésion pour l'entrée.

On sera une barre de glace, celle est vraiment plus d'une attraction qu'une barre. Il sera l'une de ces barres complètement congelées parfois trouvées dans les villes européennes nordiques dernier cri où les patrons mettent des parkas et puis prélèvent des boissons dans l'environnement complètement gelé. NCL indique que le couvert inclura les parkas et une boisson ou deux.

L'autre secteur, décrit ci-dessus, est le club snob exclusif. Les invités devront acheter un passage pour utiliser ce secteur exclusif d'adultes seulement du bateau. NCL mentionne également plusieurs l'autre exclusivité ou les lieu de rendez-vous d'adultes seulement sur leur F3 se transporte, toutefois j'ai vu que le conflit des rapports sur si le leur est un couvert spécifique.

Intentionnellement ou pas, NCL crée essentiellement un système de deux classes sur leur bateau. Avec leurs prix d'extrémité inférieure, tout le code occasionnel de robe et système dinant non structuré, ils attirent beaucoup de passagers qui désirent et fuite occasionnelle peu coûteuse. Il semble que NCL veut également attirer les passagers à extrémité élevé et plus hauts de dépense aussi bien. Peut-être NCL estime qu'ils peuvent offrir le meilleur des deux mondes pour remplir leurs bateaux. Un passager de base mangerait dans les restaurants inclus et apprécierait tous divertissement et lieu de rendez-vous offerts avec le paquet de base de croisière. Cependant, les passagers plus gîtés pourraient apprécier plus d'expérience d'upscale de la spécialité dinant des lieu de rendez-vous et échapper aux masses dans ces clubs exclusifs plus bien. Tandis que le contraste peut ne pas être aussi extrême que classent d'abord et Steerage, il apporte pour s'occuper des jours des vieux recouvrements transatlantiques qui ont divisé les passagers en classes séparées et exclusives.

One of the aspects of pleasure cruising that I have always most enjoyed was the non-exclusive nature and mostly inclusive environment. It really emphasized that while on a vacation you could get away from your daily stresses weather you were a CEO or Housekeeper. Both jobs are stressful. Whether a passenger was in a highest level suite or sharing a lowest level inside cabin with her three sisters, a passenger had most everything else on the ship to enjoy equally. Other than a bar bill and tipping, passengers didn’t have to worry too much about when and where they spent their money on the ship.

As ships budgets got tighter, the cruise lines wanted to still offer relatively low fares, but then make up the lost revenues elsewhere. Rather than cut quality and services, many of the cruise lines decided to offer some “extras” not previously available on the ships and charge for them.

The example of this policy on my favorite line, Celebrity, is the specialty dinning rooms on some ships and the specialty coffee in the Cova Cafes. Both of these venues charge in addition to cruise price, about $30 for the meal service and about $3-5 for the fancy coffees. However, the quality of the food has still remained high in the main dining room, and coffee, though not the best, is available for free in the dining room and the buffet area. I’ve been please with the overall cruise experience on the Celebrity line, and the idea of free style has never appealed to m.

However, I did want to see what the price difference would be between several different lines on a similar itinerary. Perhaps with the cruise price savings, I could afford all the extras and come out about the same or ahead? I priced an example cruise on NCL, Celebrity, Princess, Holland American, and Royal Caribbean. I looked at Panama Canal itineraries in Nov of 2009. (I went with this example because it is actually the next itinerary and time frame that I am looking to book a future cruise) The cruises on these lines ranged from 10 to 13 days, so I broke the pricing down to price per family of 4 per day for a standard Ocean View cabin and include the current taxes and fuel surcharges. Here are the results:

• Princess - $545 per family per day
• Royal Caribbean $475 per family per day
• Holland American $575 per family per day
• Celebrity $550 per family per day
• NCL $406 per family per day

Our family would come out the same on NCL verses Celebrity even if we spent a total of around $144 a day on extra’s above and beyond what we would spend on extras on board Celebrity. While we still very much prefer the traditional cruise experience and the ambiance of Celebrity, this plan might work well for a family desiring the “Freestyle” experience. With the same travel budget, a family could take advantage of the higher end dining venues, the parents could enjoy some of the exclusive clubs while the kids are in the children’s program, and enjoy many of the extra’s not included in the basic price of the “Feestyle” cruise.

One thing is for sure, those lines that have lower base price have to make up that difference in some way. Perhaps NCL feels that the implementation of cover charges will allow them to keep their basic price down, appealing to persons looking for the most basic casual cruise, while still offering a more upscale experience to those who are willing to pay extra for it.

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