I need an NCL Refresher Please.

[alwalaska]

It has been a year since my last NCL cruise. Plus, life has been crazy and I haven't been actively planning a cruise, so I haven't been on CC.

 

Will you all please be so kind as to put together a quick list of changes, notes, etc that can help me prepare for my newly booked Western Caribbean Feb 20, 2016 cruise on the Spirit.

 

For example:

 

• Changes in fees
  
• Changes in entertainment
  
• Dining changes
  
• Platinum reward changes
  
• etc.
  

[Orleanscruiser]

It has been a year since my last NCL cruise. Plus, life has been crazy and I haven't been actively planning a cruise, so I haven't been on CC.

 

Will you all please be so kind as to put together a quick list of changes, notes, etc that can help me prepare for my newly booked Western Caribbean Feb 20, 2016 cruise on the Spirit.

 

For example:

 

• Changes in fees
  
• Changes in entertainment
  
• Dining changes
  
• Platinum reward changes
  
• etc.
  

 

 

Mandatory 18% gratuity to dining and drinks for packages, promos and ad hoc

unlimited dinning packages is now called speciality dinning package (per day depending how many days the cruise is)

Platinum dinner is one apetiser, one entres and 1 dessert with a bottle of cheap wine at le bistro

Room service fee is $7.95 24 hours a day except haven and suites

upcharges for Prime rib, lobster and surf and turf in the MDR fleet wide

Some modification to the casino on the Escape partition intalled to create a smoking /non smoking area.

No more special exchange rates for Canadians.

Increased DSC to $13.50 pp per day

A la carte menus coming in January fleet wide in all speciality restaurant

Asian dining venues can now be enjoyed on a complimentary basis across the fleet

Effective 1-February 2016, missing cruises must be claimed within 12 months from the day the cruise ends, in order to receive Latitudes points

 

And I am certain Ihave missed some new one

Edited November 23, 2015 by Orleanscruiser

[Orleanscruiser]

there is more

 

Guests sailing aboard Norwegian Sky in 2016 and beyond will enjoy free dining, entertainment and now unlimited beer, wine and premium spirits throughout their cruise

 

 

The sports charity The Kings Foundation will provide kids programming across Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet.

The U.K.-based charity, which focuses primarily on sports, also runs kids programming for the children of U.S. military worldwide. It will replace Norwegian's long-standing partnership with Nickelodeon

 

Blue Man Group has been replaced by musical "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," "Burn the Floor," and the Beatles-inspired Cavern Club onboard Norwegian Epic.

Edited November 23, 2015 by Orleanscruiser

[alwalaska]

Thanks all. I must say that none of these sound like positive changes to us. We rarely used room service, but the fee is still disappointing.

 

I guarantee with unlimited booze on fairly inexpensive short cruises, I will NEVER be sailing the Sky again, especially when colleges and universities are not in session.