My first cruise was around 2005. It was about 350 each. My husband likes the dark inner rooms but balconies and windows were available. There was lido and MDR, pizza open all the time, a sandwich place, sushi in the afternoons next to a coffee place. Everything was free except the coffee place I mentioned. There was also tea service every days with tea sandwiches and treats. All free. You could order as much of anything that you wanted too. There were two premium restaurants but I never bothered because the food was really good. We only paid for alcohol and gambling and a couple lattes the whole cruise. It’s was pretty much all inclusive. My last cruise was around 2015? Everything was still free. But the food quality was worse in the MDR particularly the high end dishes like the steaks and seafood. Room service was also free on both cruises. Mostly sandwiches, chips and desserts. Nothing hot.
I expect a prices fo go up on tickets obviously. I also always wondered when they were going to end the multiple meals. Two things I can see but some people would order five dishes. Lol. Too much. But I still expected cruises to be an all inclusive experience. I hate being nickel and dimed. I just want to pay and not have to think about the bill during the cruise lol.
