Hmm, free booze isn't my idea of all-inclusive. I want inclusive internet, specialty coffee and specialty dining too. As it stands, that just sounds like a huge booze cruise.
On NCL a parent or guardian(read: NOT a friend, cousin, etc.) can sign a form allowing their 18-20 yro to be served wine and beer. It's not exactly an underage drinking free-for-all. ((FYI-DCL offers a similar option for European sailings....not to mention that both my son & niece were offered cocktails at the Captain's Reception on the Fantasy at 16/17 yrs old)) "Great! Said no one ever!" Not true. Great! <--I said that. My sons said that, too. Yet another thing to be super excited about for our b2b NCL Escape cruises in May.
Agree. You can get married, vote, and join the military but you're not old enough to enjoy alcohol. It doesn't make sense.
Well, also there's the fact that an 18-20 yro cannot be booked at all in a room that doesn't have a person 21 yrs old booked with them. Totally irritating when booking our 18 & 20 yro sons in an inside stateroom near our balcony room.
I wasn't there when your son and niece were offered cocktails but I do know that they have NON alcoholic options that they offer at the Captain's Gala. Maybe that is what they were offered but they were unaware that there were nonalcoholic varieties? Maybe...maybe not. As I said I wasn't there. But I do know that they have nonalcoholic drinks at the Captain's Gala, so *I* would not assume they were offered alcohol. Disney is pretty careful about that stuff.On NCL a parent or guardian(read: NOT a friend, cousin, etc.) can sign a form allowing their 18-20 yro to be served wine and beer. It's not exactly an underage drinking free-for-all. ((FYI-DCL offers a similar option for European sailings....not to mention that both my son & niece were offered cocktails at the Captain's Reception on the Fantasy at 16/17 yrs old)) "Great! Said no one ever!" Not true. Great! <--I said that. My sons said that, too. Yet another thing to be super excited about for our b2b NCL Escape cruises in May.
Nope. I was standing with them along with my husband & brother. We asked what was there and all accepted drinks. Only drinks on the tray were the leaded variety. The server moved the tray in front of them waiting for them to take one or decline. They declined. We found it pretty surprising. And funny.
absolutely true about the upcharge restaurants, but I've actually sailed on NCL and that ship (Jade) is about the same size as the Magic and Wonder and had 13 upcharge restaurants. And you had to use those because that was the only place on the ship that they had this thing call "SERVICE". It was non existent EVERYWHERE else on the ship unless you were pay NCL more money. And it's true that the price of the base cruise is way less than DCL - and you get what you don't pay for!!
The ONLY person we could make eye contact with on the 14 nights on NCL was the Cruise Director. Everyone else would advert their eyes and would do their best NOT to talk to any of us ( and IMHO - we're not that bad looking, and we brush our teeth at least twice a day, and wear clean, laundered cloths). The hostesses on NCL at the MDR's would take the 3 of us (one of is 6 foot 6 inches - and is hard to miss unless he turns sideways - skinny kid!) and tell us to stand an wait in the middle of the room and just leave us and never come back. 5 minutes later someone would ask us what we were doing there in their way (how dare us!) and then lead us to a table where 20 - 30 minutes later we MIGHT get some bread and/or water. Service = Nope and the food wasn't that good (DCL's MDR's is much better) those two things drove us to the upcharge restaurants.
Agreed - but I did notice that NOT ONE Chair, Couch or bench that I sat on during my NCL cruise was comfortable. And it appears to me that DCL actually has more Yellow Jumpsuit guys (and other colors) the Scrape, Paint and Varnish people working. Same for the Maintenance team: more on DCL and friendlier.
Not for us. I would have loved to cruise the Hawaiian Islands with them but they were so bad that I don't think that we will be back
WOW I didn't think that I could give NCL enough money to bring the experience up to what I get on DCL (and I am getting disappointed in DCL on many fronts, but not enough to go back to NCL).
On NCL a parent or guardian(read: NOT a friend, cousin, etc.) can sign a form allowing their 18-20 yro to be served wine and beer. It's not exactly an underage drinking free-for-all. ((FYI-DCL offers a similar option for European sailings....not to mention that both my son & niece were offered cocktails at the Captain's Reception on the Fantasy at 16/17 yrs old)) "Great! Said no one ever!" Not true. Great! <--I said that. My sons said that, too. Yet another thing to be super excited about for our b2b NCL Escape cruises in May.
Maybe an alternative for Disney would be allowing parents to buy drinks and give them to their young adults. That way parents/guardians are present.That is ok as long as the 18-20 year old only drinks while with a parent or guardian but you don't see many wanting to hang around with their parents.
My daughter was asked for ID on the Magic in August...............she is 29!
Yep. We live in Texas.
It's true. I got married when I was 19 yrs old. A veeeeeeeeery long time ago.......
Even then, my husband who was 21 could serve me alcohol in bars & restaurants as long as I was with him. The servers could not. He had to give the drinks to me. We had margaritas or beer with dinner a few times before I was 21. Never really did bars. We have ordered and served our sons a few times at dinner. Some places really frown upon it and it is their right to discourage it. But, at home when we cook out or on special occasions our sons are allowed some drinks if they want it. My youngest rarely asks. Either way, they're supervised and learning to conduct themselves responsibly.
It's true. I got married when I was 19 yrs old. A veeeeeeeeery long time ago.......
It's my understanding from lifelong resident relatives that it's a state thing but establishments are free to ask guests not to. I've lived in Harris & Galveston counties, both were fine. We recently discussed with some friends who are TX DPS (troopers) that currently live in the Austin area and they didn't say it wasn't so up there. I think it's a state thing. Pretty sure. I'll look it up.
