Is NCL’s Free at Sea a GOOD VALUE??
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Norwegian Cruise Line was the first to come up with a more ‘all inclusive’ cruise experience with their Free at Sea. But if you have never had items included in your cruise it might take some explaining…
Free at Sea includes:
*Unlimited Beverage Package for all adults in the cabin (alcoholic beverages and soda)
*Specialty Dining Package for guests 1 & 2 (number of meals depends on length of sailing and cabin category chosen)
*$50 per port shore excursion credit
*150 minutes wifi for guests 1 & 2
*3 & 4th guests sail free or $99 (only pay port taxes, fees and gratuities) - applies to select sailings
*BOGO Air - Second guest flies free
NOTE: for the drinks and specialty dining, you are only charged for the gratuities for the crew members associated with these packages
So, does this sound like a good value to you???
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Have cruised with Norwegian since 2020. The free at sea constantly brings us back, unparalleled value. We’ve found that buying one excursion on the ship and the other at port can also result in similar savings. Love your videos
Well, you convinced me! I was seriously considering an NCL studio. (I'm a solo girl). The studios really appealed to me. On my next cruise on Carnival , I turn Gold. I promised myself that after turning Gold on Carnival, I would try another cruise line. You have convinced me! NCL, studio and free at sea, here I come!
I did it in April I had a blast!!!! Do it ❤
I cruise NCL because of their solo program. Even if I do travel with family or friends, I am willing to get my own cabin. The solo program or the approach may vary slightly across the fleet depending on the coordinator of ship facilities. Do go to the meet and greet on the first or second day. Dont feel like you have to participate in everything that is planned. The studios are just the right size for me. I love having the solo cruiser lounge/living space with 24 coffee machines and snacks. Just, as always, be careful and safe.
Even without the Studio you can often get good prices as a Solo without massive cabin markups
I am looking into a studio as well! Hopefully, Spring of 2024 I will do New England and Canada in a solo cabin!
Check the price, sometimes the single supplement is still a better rate getting a regular cabin.
We just did the NCL Mediterranean Cruise and got the unlimited drink package...what a great deal because we used it, probably drank too much but it was so fun haha! Thanks for your video. And we also enjoyed the two specialty dinners...Teppanyaki and Cagney's...fantastic! We would cruise with Norwegian again in a heartbeat...clean cozy cabins, great service, food, entertainment, trip of a lifetime for us.
Love free at sea! We don't drink a lot, but love that we don't have to worry about another expense.
This is the information that I was searching for. Thank you so much! Great video.
I've never been on a cruise in my life, and have found your page to be very informative. Thank you.
We just booked our first cruise ever to celebrate our 20th anniversary. We will be on Encore in January! So excited! Thank you for this video, it was so helpful!
Thank you this was very informative. I love Free at Sea. Had it on my first cruise with the kids. I had the 3rd and 4th guest free and the unlimited soda package for the kids. The free at sea unlimited soda package was a steal with two teenagers and a tween! They drank their hearts away. lol. Their friends they made on the ship were jealous as my kids were constantly refilling their glasses. This was back in 2016. Excited I was able to get the free at sea package again for my next cruise. Your video was super helpful. Thank you!
Appreciated your previous cruise line comparison video that also highlighted how the free at sea compared to other cruise lines
Super helpful video, thank you. My husband and I are going on our first cruise ever, good information to know ahead of time.
Ok, Now I want to look into a Norwegian cruise! Thank you for all that good information!
This is a great informative video! I love the Free At Sea! I think for me it is a great value. 😎
Great video good info I board the Gem tomorrow morning…so excited
You are very good at explaining everything in great detail. I have my first cruise on NCL booked or actually on hold. I’m still pondering on the open bar. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for this video. I booked the cruise last week and it’s my first time traveling with NCL and it’s my second cruise ever. We got the free at sea deal and I’m going with my friends in November, but since we booked it by ourselves, I didn’t know much about what was included in extra information so thank you for this video
We agree with you on Le Bistro. Best meal you can get on any ship. Also when you do the flight promo, you must book the flight deviations to arrive a day or two early or stay an extra day or two more than 75 days out. Once they issue the flights they won't make changes, I just don't think you mentioned the 75 day restriction and it might be helpful to someone.
Very informative , Thank you. Seems a great deal and sounds like it makes the cruise a more of a pleasure for all parties.
Great job on all the info. I’m planning my cruise for NCL - POA in Hawaii for 2024. You helped me so much. I’m getting all the free at sea and the 2nd person airfare free. Can’t wait to board!! I heard a few of the restaurants were closed in 2022, but I guess they are all open again now in 2023.
Thank you so much I have learned a lot and they will be my next cruise next October.
Thanks for this video!!! Free at sea as a solo traveler works for me 👍👍
Such great information. After sailing on the Breakaway from the vloggers cruise, both myself and Mark love NCL and the free at sea. I love my Sambuca on the rocks! We love Tapaneka and the Brazilian restaurant.
I love the free at sea, used on the Mexican Rviera cruise March 2020 and our anniversary Greek cruise in April 2022 . We used the 2 for 1 air on the Greek cruise, flying in the day before. NCL ❤. Fave specialty dining restaurants, Moderno and Cagneys, loved O'Sheehans. Favorite drink besides a margaritas, the Pain Killer. Thanks for all you and Jason do. Love your channel ❤
Love the Mango Melt down
I love the Free at Sea, and now the Free at Sea Plus (since I have spent more than the $15 on drinks for wine, icewine and champagne, and I also always get unlimited internet)
As for Air, my parents and my sister and her husband have used it. They had perfect flights from Montreal to Los Angeles with Air Canada, one stop in Denver on the way there, direct on the way back. I personally don't bother cause I travel solo and like to use my lounge membership rather than rushing, so I book longer connections to be safe and enjoy a drink or two at the airport.
Great info. Thanks for sharing
Love NCL, they have a great relaxed atmosphere for families. We have always done the liquor package and dining. My first NCL cruise dining was the whole cruise, and my last one, the dining, was only for 3 or the 7 day cruise. I think next time I would look into wifi, especially travelling with a teenager.
Great Video, great Info. We Love NCL's Free at sea, always get a balcony now. We have 4-5 drinks each per day at the most. We normally have 3-4 specialty dinners even on 7 day cruises. Our favorites are: Ocean Grill, Teppanyaki and Cagney's Steak house. We like La Cucina but have found there aren't many traditional Italian dinners like lasagna or a Bolognese. Wifi has been inconsistent so we normally don't opt for that if it isn't included in the free at sea pkg. Thanks Again.
I was also so excited when I realized the excursion credit was valid for each port! Great for traveling solo because I didn’t have to worry about the costs for addition guests.
Hi Alysa, one thing about the regular drink package up to and including $15. Right before our May sailing NCL removed Grey Goose vodka from that drink package and it was moved up to the Premium drink package. I don’t know what other liquors were removed, but I know Grand Manier was also move up to the higher drink package. It would be very informative if you could get the drink package menu say from February and compare it to May’s menu to see what alcohol was removed from the regular drink package. That was a real bummer for me.
We’re leaving for an Alaskan cruise Saturday and tried the free airfare for the first time. We got terrible flights on Southwest but we instantly canceled them for southwest credit and booked direct flights on Alaska Air for less money so it worked out great for us.
Had we gotten a different airline we may not have been able to cancel for free so it’s definitely a risk.
Great video!
You need to be careful with NCL if traveling as a family , sometimes they split up families on different flights
Thank-u for posting. I am planning a Panama canal cruise on the Jade in 2026. This is great!!!
I haven't gone on a cruise with NCL yet, but I will definitely take advantage of this program when I do!!
We used the NCL flights round trip from Indianapolis to LA. We had American westbound and Southwest eastbound.
I love Irish Coffee on the balcony in Glacier Bay!
Love Norwegian! Love Cagney’s and the Painkiller.
😯🥰 great information 🤔👍 Thanks for sharing 🤗⚓️🚢😀
Love the free at sea and NCL! Moderno has been a favorite and always have to grab a mudslide or 2…or 3 during the cruise!
Great info 👍 👌. Thank you 😊
I only cruise NCL! In two weeks, we are cruising on the Bliss to Alaska! My 36 year old son is in my cabin (a much-needed break from raising his 3 kids on his own!), and my daughter and son in law are 2 doors down in their own cabin. We got the free airfare for 2nd guest for both cabins. We all got on the same flight into Seattle, and chose seats together. However, our return flights are on different airlines at different times. Not a big deal. At least we will all get on the ship at the same time! So excited and love NCL!
Nov 12-19th ‘23 will be our maiden voyage with NCL, we’re Diamond 💎 cruisers with RCCL & we heard about the Free At Sea promotion & wanted to try something different, so here we are! It’s 4 of us in our cabin (+2 children) & we ended up booking our own flight, as the timing & price was pretty decent.
My other family members got all the perks & are flying SouthWest to LAX, but the flight back to Chicago was a pretty late flight, so the wait at the airport isn’t the greatest, but they were content in not having the “hassle” of doing anything else but paying & relaxing knowing they don’t have to go extra & beyond. 👍🏽😎
#superexcited 💃🏽💃🏽
Just booked my first Norwegian cruise! Super excited to give it a try. I usually travel with my husband, but this time it's a girls trip with my best friend! This will be my 6th cruise and my friend's first. We've got the free at sea and we're using their flight service. Nice that it's all included!!
I am doing my first NCL this year also
Hi Alysa I love the free at sea. I do enjoy the Mango Meltdowns myself I also found a bartender on our last cruise that made a mean spicy bloody mary. I am using the airfare for the first time on our cruise this Sept. so we will see. We are traveling in 2 days before and staying 2 days after. Since we are traveling with 2 other they put a not in we are traveling together (no guarantee) but they did make a note of it. Love your video and all the information. Thank you so much!
Yes me too and he was the bartender in the Garden Cafe on the Star, loved Allan!!!!!!
My travel agent had a family that had a 14 and 12-year-old that NCL tried to split from their parents when they chose the air credit. They were flying transborder and NCL expected them to navigate this process and a flight change by themselves. Just like Alisa said it is best for only 2 people and if more are in your party book the air separately or plan on the fact that there is a good chance you will be split up for flights.
Great video. Great info. We always use the drink package, we think it is worth it. We have been cruising NCL for 10 years. We have only sailed on NCL. We haven't used the free airfare yet. We have the option to use it for our cruise on the Epic in 2025 for 10 night Greek Isles & Rome. I am a little scared to use it. Not sure if we want to do it or not.
We love following you on all your travels .
I love NCL's Free At Sea, especially the drink package. Just keep in mind that if you pick the drink package, everyone in your room that is of drinking age has to pick the drink package.
Love the hairstyle!
Love the Free at Sea!! On our most recent cruise on the Prima we splurged and upgrades to the FAS Plus and absolutely loved everything. May be hard to not have that again.
Moderno!!!! It was amazing on the Star. Flank steak sooooo delicious. We had a Cucumber Cool and a watermelon tequila drink that was amazing this past cruise. Love NCL so far so we'll keep sailing until there is a huge issue
We love free at sea, The 1/2 price air is also a great value. We are a couple just saying get us there on time. Our next cruise is in two week on NCL. Love your information.
I just did my 13th cruise on the Pearl out of Boston. They all have been on NCL
I love the free at sea program. My favorite drink is the dark and stormy. With dark rum ginger beer and lime.
Le Bistro and Food Republic! 🙌🏻 …and we opted out of Drink Package 🍻 and just paid for the couple beverages we had. It was perfect!
We just get back from our cruise trip last month (October) with my whole family and five of us in one cabin. I love NCL breakaway, we have so much fun in this cruise trip to Europe. I love the Free at Sea perks, the whole eleven days. We have six free complimentary specialty dining. And booked 3 specialty dining like Ocean blue, Cagneys and Le Bistro. Yeah unlimited drinks below $15 dollars. We have a great and wonderful experience. We do booked private excursion the same price with them. The tour guide we got they are so kind. We booked our airfare seperately. Because we got a good deal on turkish airlines. We booked our tickets two days before our embarkation and three days to stay more in Rome.
God willing🙏🏻🙏🏻my kids are planning to cruise again and go with us next year.
We had the free at sea for the Getaway group cruise in 2020
Very much worth getting.
Obrigada pelo vídeo I’m from Brazil
I loved to get different kinds of mojito from the mojito bar.
We had 3 meals included on our last NCL cruise. Loved La Cucina, Teppanyaki, and Moderno. Also used the 2nd passenger flies free promotion. With flight delays, it was cutting awfully close to all-aboard time, but we made it! Next time, we've requested an extra day both before and after the cruise.
I usually go for it. In the UK there is no extra gratuity charge. If you get Free at Sea it results in no extra cost to your bill (though I am sure we are charged for it somewhere - probably up front).
I don't drink much but it can be worth it just for the excursion discount if your on a high excursion trip - it brought my Alaska excursion down to the local price.
I agree, Le Bistro served me a steak that I bragged about the entire cruise. From the french onion soup to the escargot…delicious!
We love free at sea. Love the sugarcane Mojito bar.
Thank you for the great tips. I've used the free at sea with select NCL Panama and Mediterranean cruises and it's a great value with the premium dinning, wifi, and free 3 & 4th passengers with my kids. I would like to add that the free premium dinning based on the number of days and cabin will help you get to taste some of the restaurants. Depending on the ship, you may be able to schedule the restaurants on the app with the cabin members or need to call to schedule dining times.
The discount on the NCL excursions we really didn't use so much because I can usually get a better deal with Shore Excursion group or Viator tours and just enter the dates of the sailing, cruise lines, and ship and pretty much get a private tour for the same price as a NCL group tour without being on a bus but a private car. One of the benefits is that you get a private tour and can get to places that large tours can't get into like small villages, small city roads, and private beaches. You can also modify it based on the location and amount of time you would like to stay, eat and shop at non tourist prices. Just my two cents.
My wife and I look forward to our upcoming sailing next year on NCL Dawn and will be using the free flight for the 2nd passenger. Now that you've explained it, I feel a little better about this unknown. I've already arranged the 3 days pre and post cruise to explore the cities of Rome and Barcelona and have already booked our hotels and land tours.
I was wondering if you have any tips on the best travel insurance for overseas cruises / travel? Should I take the insurance offered by the cruise line or should I purchase my own? I'm looking for medical, flight, lost baggage, emergency helicopter medivac, and replacement money. I know that my credit card offers some of these already if I use it to pay for my cruise but not sure if they will cover the airfare since it's part of the cruise line free at sea? Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.
I use Travel Insured for myself and my travel agency clients.
We used the one person flies free program for our Encore trip through the Panama Canal. We arrived a day early and that part went great. However, NCL put us on a flight home at midnight!!! And for the price that they charged person 2, we could have flown on Southwest and had 2 pieces of luggage. We are going to Alaska in October with our daughter and, after this, all of us will be making our own flight arrangements.
love it!
I like that you only have the one bill. Passing on to my Neice.
We love free at sea.We use it all the time,, once in a while even use the airfare program. Always the drink package!🍻🥂🍸🍹
Princess Plus is great!
I agree with Jason, probably the best steak I’ve ever had was at Le Bistro
12 x NCL cruisers its the best!
While we have cruised other lines (Princess, Holland America, Cunard, Disney), we usually use NCL, and the Free at Sea plays a big part of that. However, on our last cruise (a 16 day Panama Canal cruise), we crunched some numbers and decided to turn down the drinks package. We are Canadian, and with the rate of exchange, the 20% add-on worked out to be almost $900! I drink infrequently, and neither of us drink soda, so it was unlikely that we would drink that amount. We ordered as we wanted, and our drinks bill was just over $300.00 We love the Dining package, and on the last cruise actually ordered another 2 free dinners (at $25pp/dinner) - worth every penny! Thanks for the tip about the Fly free - we plan to take a Transatlantic in the fall, and had hoped to stay a further week. Now I know that's not possible - but the cost of the flights are too good to turn down! This was very helpful - thanks so much!
I love my Paris at sea and I love my Norwegian I don’t travel on anything else I just can’t bring myself to leave Norwegian never had a bad trip then on a lot of them thank I am a platinum working on my next level 11 at
That’s supposed to be loving it
Nice!!!!
I don't save money with the standard drink package at the same time I don't have to penny pinch, I like it!!!
Never been on NCL but you’ve convinced me!!! When are you guys going back to Hawaii?
Not sure but we definitely want to go back!!
I like NCL but it was a learning curve when you start. The program has a lot to digest and understand. Yet, I like to pay for everything up front so I can relax. Im am happy so far with the flight program but you are correct, you have to give up control and wait until thry are booked around 60 dsys before. However, once NCL books your flights, you can pull them into your airline account, switch seats, and possibly upgrade your seat at additional cost. So you regain some control but if you are a specific airline/class of seat person, its not for you. I normally wait to book my hotel until I get my flight information. Or sometimes book one that has free cancelation if I need to change it. For instance, I am not sure if Id be booked on an early flight to have some time to explore on the day before the cruise. So I get something close to the airport and then switch to closer to the cruise terminal depending on the port city if I am scheduled to land earlier. If it is shouldrr season, Ill wait but summer season makes me more anxious about not getting hotel that I want.
We're cruising on the Bliss in April and I think that the Free At Sea will be beneficial for our wants. My wife loves her wine and I am a soda drinker so the drinks and specialty dining should be worth it for us. I also drink a lot of coffee and thought about upgrading to Free At Sea Plus or purchasing the Starbucks package, but in the end I don't think I drink that much coffee or top shelf alcohol to justify it. I could really care less about the internet and shore excursion credits. Probably won't use either. We've never cruised NCL so we will see how it goes. I would never let someone else book my flights. I am very particular about my airline, seats, and times. We chose Teppanyaki and Ocean Blue for our specialty dining. Can't of wrong with Hibachi and we love good seafood.
We came in three days before. As long as we booked the hotel with them, they did the flight arrangements. All was perfect, but we were booked on Southwest and we did not want Southwest. We could not change. One leg was Alaska, and we were able to upgrade to premium seating thru Alaska after we got our flight information from NCL. 🎉
I was able to do the flight deviation to arrive 2 days early and select my own hotel.
We have not sailed on NCL yet, but will have to consider the Free At Sea program, when we do. The only part of FaS that we would not use is the Free Airfare. We drive everywhere, unless we have to travel to western USA. The Free Drink package is something that probably only I would use. My wife doesn't drink much, doesn't drink soda/cola, but does like her coffee and bottled water.
Our only experience with NCL was on the Breakaway for the Vlogger Extravaganza cruise. I was not super impressed but felt their all inclusive definitely is a good value and we will try NCL again just a different ship. We must’ve had a bad experience at Le Bistro it was our least favorite restaurant we tried, the food and service the night we were there was not impressive at all. We loved Tepanyaki and Oceans Blue. We usually agree with you & Jason on your food tastes so maybe we need to try Le Bistro again on a different NCL ship 😊
Excellent video. Thank you so much for the insights. In respect to the water though, how do anyone drink water if it's not included? Do people just drink tap water from their rooms? Or....
And, do you happen to know if there offer free TV/Movies in the inside rooms?
Thanks!
I been assigned both Alaskan and American Airlines by Norwegian and luckily ALWAYS have been direct flights (Orange County to Seattle and also San Diego to JFK) Love Norwegian Cruise Lines. Become Ambassador this December 2023 finally after 35 cruises with them.
Nice!!! I just earned 3 extra points per night on our 10 day cruise so we moved from bronze to gold.....we plan to keep on climbing!
@@mewarner84 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Keep on cruising Norwegian and moving up that Latitudes Rewards ladder!
As for the FREE AIRFARE, I always see that NCL charges about double for Guest1 versus what I can find for airfare myself.
Booked NCL Breakaway for March 2024. Studio cabin. Thank you for all your help. I need to get with you for the future travels. As I enjoy traveling. Being I am one of those truck drivers Jason does not like😂. Jk.
Haha! You guys just kill us when we are driving next to you in the RV! But thank you for what you do!
Have you done a video on Travel insurance options?
We sail with NCL, Main reason is the FAS program. Love the specialty dining, and the beverage package. Drink prices are ridiculous, so would not have drinks if we had to pay. Yeah we are cheap. Because we sail with NCL exclusively since they came out with FAS, we are now platinum, and get 2 more specialty meals. If they ever dump the FAS, they will lose a large portion of their business.
Great video as always, quick question Do you get 1 or 2 free speciality dining if you book an inside but then win an upgrade for a balcony?
You keep whatever was included with your original booking! Upgrading by winning a bid doesn’t give you any additional free at sea perks
Great video, quick question... If I do the "free at see" and also prepay gratuity will have an additional cost onboard for each perk?
Was a Princess cruiser but have come to really like NCL. The drink package is a great value. I don't drink heavily but yeah, it's holiday time on a ship soprosecco by the pool, wine before and with dinner, the afternoon trivia quiz cocktail. That adds up and I don't worry about the drink by drink costs with the package. I don't drink tequila ordinarily and I'm really picky about a Margarita but my go to cocktail on Norwegian is their Margarita, rocks. Not blended. I don't know why it's sooo good but Princess your margs are awful. You could rip a page from Norwegians book.
As a part time solo cruiser I find NCL to feel like a piecemeal cruise even with the Free at Sea. There are too many exceptions to the Free at Sea that it doesn't feel free to me. Every NCL ship (really any cruise ship) I've been on drinking the tap water is not good and the fact that I still have to pay for bottled water even when I have Free at Sea is frustrating. With my last cruise I went to a more upscale line that really does have all inclusive fares and found that the price difference between some of the upscale lines versus lines like NCL are not nearly as much as I thought. Between the single supplement and the extra costs like bottled water on NCL or paying the difference on a higher priced drink the costs for me were fairly close.
We're looking forward to Cagneys. We'll drink more but we're light drinkers.
My one and only cruise on NCL was so bad I have not done another . But wondering if it’s similar to the have everything’ package that HAL does.
Some lines are more "all inclusive" than others. THe big thing that is not part of "free at sea" is the daily gratuity or service charge. That doesn't make the package good or bad, just harder to compare to other lines. And you do need to compare the cruise cost with the package to the cost without it, One really nice thing about NCL's package is that if you order a drink over $15, you pay only the difference; on some lines, if you go above package rate, the package doesn't apply and you pay the full cost!
You need to explain free at sea plus. This is the best upgrade in cruising. Top shelf liquor, bottles of wine at dinner, 2 extra specialty meals, additional $50 shore excursion for 2nd person. Unlimited wifi, unlimited starbucks, fresh squeezed jucie, and bottled and premium water. This pays for itself.
We did that on our last cruise, we also like taking lots of bottle water to help with the hangovers 😅
Agreed!!!! We had a bottle of the Veuve Cliquot champagne with dinner every single night at no extra charge!!! 🥂
Hi, do you get water delivered to your cabin on arrival with the free at sea plus upgrade? If, yes how many? And how does the unlimited water work? Is it delivered to your cabin daily? Thanks!
Concerning the flights. Not only are you not guaranteed a certain air cie., but you may have one or more stop instead of a direct flight. On my first cruise, I used Royal Caribbean to schedule my flights from Montreal, Canda to Amsterdam for a cruise to the Norway fjords. I decided to stay a week more in Europe after the cruise. They where able to change the flight, but instead of just changing my return flight, they restarted the whole process and I would have lost my direct flight on the way there, it would also have cost a big penalty for the change. Finally, it was just better and cheaper for me to just be a no show on the return flight and booking my own return flight a week later.
Can you please do a video on free at sea Plus
Favorite drink was the “ Sidecar”.
All good things and love your channel!!! But it would be great that if you don’t drink at all , you could have extra specialty dining instead . Realistically, if NCL is willing to give you a chance to select all 4 things …. I would
Think that for each one you don’t choose you could double or triple up on one you would
Choose. Furthermore , I wish they would
Have an option for discounted or free every evening specialty dining. Now THAT I would
Do!!
With the free at sea flights, did they put you on a multi stop red eye flight or was the flights decent?
We love NCL and the free at sea program. We use all the things except 3rd/4th guest free. It's just the 2 of us. We've had good luck with the air program so we continue to use it.
I have to tell you, we both busted out laughing when you got to the shore excursion part. We had that exact conversation a couple hours ago right down to my saying the only free excursion we ever had was the tram in Juneau. Too funny!
This may sound crazy but sometimes I like a virgin pina colada. Do you think they will do that with the drink package?
We like the free at sea and even upgraded to the premium free at sea on our last trip with unlimited wifi, another 50 dollars and unlimited Starbucks and bottled water. Had success with the air on our way down, but on the way home it was with Southwest of all airlines with two transfers and a 10 plus hour travel day. We booked a one way flight home on Delta using points and got home in 2 hours and we were much happier to eat that cost.
I LOVE Norwegian and I LOVE free at sea! We're book for next year, myself my daughter and granddaughter (who will be 5) are so excited. My daughter and granddaughters first time on Norwegian and I know they're going to love it as much as I do. We're paying only $99.00 for my granddaughter for third person (PLUS gratuities, port taxes and insurance which all came out to $688). So even if they say free 3 &4 person be prepared to pay something but it's still cheaper and if you're going with friends or adult family members maybe just split the whole cost 3 or 4 ways so it works out for everyone. Happy cruising 🛳 ☺️
The only time I paid an upcharge for a drink it's been the espresso martini at like $18 so a $3 upcharge and worth every penny!
Those espresso martinis at Gatsby's on the Star were everything!!! We paid the upcharge and it was worth it!!!