Team Bean

I would be so pissed if I paid $250 a person to access Vibe and other guests were sneaking in friends. Sorry, I'm a nice guy and I play well with others. But what's fair is fair.

I don't blane you for concern. I am unsure how my March Prima trip will rate vs previous NCL cruises. Plan on having a great experience. But who knows? As for the collusion, I sell burgers and beer for a living. So I have no clue. But my gut tells me it will be hard to prove.

Great comments. But I will tell you I've had to make a lot of hard decisions that I've learned right now to just "rip the band-aid off". I've stopped worrying and attempting to see how much we can do and accomplish; now, my focus is to see how much we can do well. NCL could've adjusted their thought process and slowed up on some of these changes; unfortunately, the changes are still coming. This could be a poor strategy, but financially, it benefits the company while they are seeing record bookings. These cruisers are still sailing, so the current revenue is the short term answer. And like many other things in life, many customers will adapt and accept the product as is. I think NCL is banking on many lines having to adopt a similar strategy.

I love posts like this. You run the full gauntlet here:. Passengers convinced NCL is really screwing them by removing higher end options, other passengers going the other way and making assumptions about why, who, where menu items are removed or altered. Here's the fact: NCL is a for profit business. If a cost is higher, of course it runs the risk if being removed. If something is labor intensive (like beef Wellington), it runs the risk if being removed. Prima menu is unique at NCL since it doesn't change daily. Regardless of what anyone may want different, this has been the plan for Prima since it first touched the water. I never expected the menu to remain unchanged. It is an ongoing evolution. So stating that NCL is nickel and diming us,, or going the other way and listing all the reasons NCL has to cut items is an exercise in futility. NCL is trying to improve it's stock price so that it can continue to improve it's financial position and yes, even survive during difficult financial times. If it can cut costs and still offer good value (and like most Cruise lines, it still does with or without Beef Wellington!), It will gladly continue taking deposits for sailings. Which, by the way, are at a record pace.

So many comments here and they are all related to the same thing; lack of employees. Less workers mean less supply trucks, farmers, Brewers and distillers, less bartenders, less cooks. And when companies raise prices or cutback services, it still comes back to less employees and workers. Running out of as certain beer or soda or food on a ship isn't unrelated; order online from a grocery store and see how many out of stock notices and substitute items you receive. Ports have less workers, less dock attendants, less pilot boat crews. Simply put, Cruise lines are reacting to the same issues we face here in the US. Less workers results in higher turnover, quality concerns, less product availability, less customer satisfaction. There is no quick and easy solution.

Vibe guys leaving mid March for well deserved time at home.

New bookings since November 1