Ncl cruise?

Question

What is the Fuel Supplement?

You probably know how much fuel prices have fluctuated in recent years. Because of this price volatility, NCL charges a Fuel Supplement of $11.00 for the first two guests and $5.00 for each additional guest per cruise day. This charge may vary due to market and other conditions.

don't u think that they are being cheap? we are dishing out all this money for the cruise and then they will go ahead and make us pay soem more money. why don't they jsut tell us in the first plc.

the only reason i found out is becuz i was bored and was reading everything on the site!!

wat do u think about this

Answer 1

I have been on many cruises including about 7 on Norwegian.  The fuel supplement is not new, it started last year and all of the cruise lines now charge a fuel supplement, although they do not all charge the same amount.  So NCL is basically following the industry standard procedure.  The intent of all of the cruise lines was to charge a temporary additional fee, figuring that the price of oil would come back down.  But the opposite has happened and the fuel supplement costs have actually gone up on all of the cruise lines.  

I asked a question about this some time ago and there were mixed responses as to whether they should continue the "supplement" vs just increasing the price.

The NCL also does like most other cruise lines and charges a flat $10 per day per person gratuity to cover all service people except for drinks which get a 15% gratuity added to the drink order.  You can go to the purser's desk when you first board the ship and arrange to pay your gratuities by cash if you want, instead of having them charged to your on-board account.  In addition, if there are instances of poor service where you feel that a gratuity should be reduced or not paid you can also bring that up with the purser.

Answer 2

The Pre-paid service fee means that it goes on your shipboard credit first.  So let's say I go to the purser and put $200 down.  Well they first pay that service charge and then put the remaining $100 or whatever as credit so when you start buying stuff you don't have as much cash as you thought.  

Personally I'd rather it come up as an additional fuel surcharge.  I mean heck I understand.  It's a big ship and uses a lot of fuel.  Plus the prices are changing daily.  The other option is to do what the airlines do and charge you per article of clothing you are taking or rip out all the entertainment on the cruise to make it cheaper.  That pisses me off.  And I have yet to figure out the ticketmaster deal now.  You can no longer buy tickets for events without using ticketmaster.  Even if you go to the box office.  And yet you still get to pay a $7 convenience charge.  What is convenient about it?  But a fuel surcharge I get.  I mean of course they are paying more in fuel.  And I guess those that cruise 10-14 days should pay more in that than the 3 day cruise to nowhere people.  Now I would be pissed if you had to pay to use the things.  Worse if you didn't even use them.  $3 a day surfboard charge regardless of if you use it.  $5 fitness gym charge each time you use that.  That is the nickel and dimeing that I think kills an industry.

I've added it up before though and for the 2 of us, added tips added fuel charge--it's still cheaper for us to do that than rent a place at the beach for a week.

Answer 3

The  fuel surcharge  NCL cruise is true

All inclusive” isn’t Iinclusive, and it certainly isn’t all of your options

The increased fuel supplement applies only to new individual reservations made on or after June 20, 2008.

A Kid’s Soda package providing unlimited fountain sodas costs $16 for a 7-day cruise.

. A can of soda is $1.50. That’s about 27 cans a week. Can you drink 4 cans of soda a day for 7 straight days

Beers On Tap Depends on the itinerary. national Brands can  draft beer is served at $3.25 for 20 ounces. Top Bottled Beer?  at $3.25 per bottle or can.

dont forget Drinking age on  board NCL is 21