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Uno dei particolari sbalordenti dentro da Annunci del NCL l'ultima settimana circa il loro nuovo “″ F3 spedisce, è che includeranno due o più zone pubbliche/barre che richiederanno una tassa della carica o di insieme dei membri di copertura per l'entrata.

Uno sarà una barra del ghiaccio, quella è realmente più di un'attrazione che una barra. Sarà una di quelle barre completamente frozen a volte trovate in città europee nordiche trendy in cui i patroni indossano i parkas ed allora provano le bevande nell'ambiente completamente frozen. NCL dice che la carica di copertura includerà i parkas e una bevanda o due.

L'altra zona, descritta sopra, è il randello Posh esclusivo. Gli ospiti dovranno comprare un passaggio per utilizzare questa zona esclusiva degli adulti soltanto della nave. NCL inoltre accenna parecchio l'altra esclusiva o le sedi della riunione degli adulti soltanto sul loro F3 spedisce, comunque ho visto i rapporti stanti in conflitto sopra se o non loro è una carica di copertura specifica.

Intenzionalmente o non, NCL essenzialmente sta generando un sistema dei due codici categoria sulla loro nave. Con i loro prezzi dell'estremità più inferiore, tutto il codice casuale del vestito ed il sistema pranzante non strutturato, attraggono molti passeggeri che vogliono e partenza casuale economica. Sembra che NCL inoltre desidera attrarre l'alta estremità, più alti passeggeri di spesa pure. Forse NCL ritiene che possono offrire il la cosa migliore di entrambi i mondi per riempire le loro navi. Un passeggero di base mangerebbe nei ristoranti inclusi e godrebbe tutti gli intrattenimento e sedi della riunione offerti con il pacchetto di base di crociera. Tuttavia, i passeggeri heeled potrebbero godere una più esperienza del upscale di specialità che pranzano le sedi della riunione e fuoriuscire più bene le masse in questi randelli esclusivi. Mentre il contrasto non può essere estremo quanto in primo luogo classifica e Steerage, porta per occuparsi dei giorni di vecchi rivestimenti transatlantici che hanno diviso i passeggeri nei codici categoria separati ed esclusivi.

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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