Briefly considered the NCL POA US flagged Hawaii criuses, but the feedback is uniformly negative, so we bailed.
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I have no problem with the free style dining, I actually prefer that to the traditional dining. NCL nickel and dimes you more than any cruiseline I've cruised on. If you're only interested in the itinerary and don't mind no frills, it is a fine choice. They do seem to have the lowest "get you on the ship" fare of any lines and choose to make their revenue once you're on board. Personally, I'd rather pay more upfront and be done with it!

On NCL you can ask for the same waiter in "free style dining"... we do.. In real estate it's "location,location, locatin".. in cruising for us it's "itinerary, itinerary, itinerary"...