015 Freestyle Cruising | Norwegian Cruise Line
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Doug Parker
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🗓️ 14 December 2009
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This week Anne Campbell joins us to talk about Freestyle Cruising on Norwegian Cruise Line.
Scott Lara chats with us about the benefits of getting married on a cruise ship.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome aboard to Cruise Radio, your home port for everything cruising. |
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| 0:11.2 | Hi there, I'm Matt Baskford. |
| 0:13.1 | Founder Doug Parker and I encourage you to subscribe to our newsletter and weekly show at |
| 0:17.2 | cruiseradio.net. |
| 0:18.5 | Now, this week we'll be talking to Scott about the ends and outs of getting |
| 0:21.1 | married on the high seas. In cruise news, the Carnival Dream missed its port-a-call in San Juan |
| 0:25.9 | Puerto Rico, and Joel will cover those details. But first, freestyle cruising is a term that was |
| 0:31.1 | introduced to us in 2000 by Norwegian cruise lines. Anne Campbell joins us to answer our questions. Hello, |
| 0:37.1 | Anne, and welcome. First off, |
| 0:38.3 | what is freestyle cruising? Freestyle cruising is Norwegian cruise lines signature event on board their |
| 0:46.3 | ships. A number of years ago, all cruise lines had fairly regimented dining. You dined at certain |
| 0:53.1 | times, and you were assigned tables. |
| 0:55.8 | Well, NCL decided to start its own program, and in it you dine where you want, with whom you want, |
| 1:03.4 | and when you want, at up to nine restaurants on board. |
| 1:07.9 | You have your choice. |
| 1:09.2 | So how many restaurants come with an extra charge? |
| 1:11.6 | In the beginning, about three out of nine restaurants came at an extra charge, but today it's |
| 1:17.2 | around six out of nine. They've increased it. And the prices range from $10 to $30 per person per day extra. |
| 1:27.8 | So I suggest if you're going to try this that you budgeted about hundred dollars |
| 1:33.0 | a week more for food |
| 1:34.6 | now with the deal of freestyle cruising have they decreased the quality of the |
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