What time is dinner?
Answer There are 2 ways to dine while cruising–traditional and freestyle. For traditional dining, you select either an early seating (around 5:30P), or late seating (around 7:00P) when booking your cruise. You eat at the same table with the same tablemates, and have the same wait staff throughout your cruise. Dress is dress-up, with 1-2 formal nights per cruise. You have the choice to eat at a buffet instead of the dining room if you would prefer. With Freestyle cruising, you eat anytime, anywhere. NCL pioneered this type of cruising, and other ships are beginning to use this model. Although you lose some of the intimacy of having the same wait staff, you gain total flexibility in your dining schedule.
What time would you like it to be? NCL’s exclusive Freestyle Cruising lets you choose. They offer open-seating dining in a variety of restaurants and cafés with individual menus, so it’s your choice. You can have lunch or dinner with friends in one of the elegantly appointed restaurants. Reserve a table for two in an intimate restaurant. Order an omelet prepared just the way you like it from the breakfast-buffet chef. Indulge yourself with delectable selections from the Chocoholic Buffet.™ There are special menus for youngsters and special entrées from Cooking Light®. There’s even a menu created by Henry Haller, former White House Executive Chef under five U.S. presidents. Special meals are available including low-calorie, vegetarian, no MSG, low/no sodium and low/no cholesterol meals, as well as sugar-free and fat-free desserts. All of the restaurants are non-smoking. Most specialty restaurants require a per person cover charge or offer a` la carte pricing. Reservations are required a
