Amil

ok. you changed my life. thanks for the post. seriously man dont let me bring out that meme about arguing on the internet. I am sure you wouldn't mind sleeping at motel 6 bed instead of a nicer spg heavenly bed but to each is its own.

NCL is obviously taking advantage of us and its sucks that my cruise is coming up in a week and they didn't even give me enough notice to cancel and rebook with another cruise line. lesson learned.

ajcopley

Curious on drink prices in general on NCL. We're booked on Norwegian Star in August out of Venice. 16 and 10 year old. I can buy the Soda Package for each one ($61.95 for teen, $45.43 for younger). So the question is, how much IS a softdrink on board? I'm going to fathom a guess and say it's outrageous (based on the price of bottled water I see on their website), but HOW outrageous? Assuming it's considerable savings to just buy the "Soda Package" rather than buying them a drink at a time?

JustineG

I took a NCL cruise this last June. I did not book the beverage plan as I'm fine with tap water and iced tea. That being said, I am a Diet Coke addict and I think Diet Pepsi tastes like flat Diet Coke. I bought 2 cases of those miniature soda cans and scattered them throughout my duffel. All made it across. I was willing to be out a few $ if they were confiscated. I kept the cans in the minibar and no one ever removed them.

NCL in IMO is crap and a step above Carnival but they have really good deals last minute for solo cruisers (which I am). NCL just for me has been the best for the $ and for meeting people around my age (singles 20s-40s). That said the service sucked royally on the last cruise that I went on, the food overall was just edible, and the entertainment was so so. I mainly cruise when I find a good deal where I'm into the ports.

Rabbit1960

I just returned from a cruise on Norwegian Star. A can of Pepsi costs $2.50. If you buy a soda package, you do not get cans - they must serve you from the fountain dispenser or open the can and pour it for you. Do not make the mistake of asking for unopened cans, as you will be charged for them even with a beverage package. Bring along a refillable sports cup or whatever and they will fill that for you; you do not have to settle for the flimsy plastic NCL cups.

And by the way, if you buy an adult beverage package for yourself you can get sodas too. That opens up some possibilities if you get my drift. Once the bartender recognizes you have the Ultimate Drink Package they won't check your card every time...just keep filling those sport cups.

philemer

The Beverage Packages are included with many booking classes. Varies by length and cost of cruise. ^

TribalistMeathead

QM2 uses treated sea water for potable water, which I'd heard has higher salt content than tap water on land. At the time, I had hypertension and was prone to feet/ankle swelling when I'd consumed a lot of sodium, plus I went to the fitness center every other day and there was really no way to fill a water bottle other than to hold it under the tap in the bathroom. So I brought nine liters of bottled water on board with me for a 7-night crossing.

Not sure if that would have qualified as "medically necessary" in the eyes of NCL, but I'll just avoid the issue altogether by not sailing with them.

beachmouse

There are plenty of different types of reusable water bottles these days with filtration systems too. If you venture over to the back country camping section of your favorite sporting good store or web site, you can even find the ones designed to remove all impurities and germs of every type for those times when the water source is downstream from where the bears do their business in the woods.