My husband and I had never sailed on NCL before, so we were quite excited to try "Freestyle".

Simply put, NCL lets you dine wherever, whenever and with whomever you wish. Sounds great, right? For this privilege, you give up quality and quantity of food in the main dining rooms. Our dinner meals were poor to inedible in both Magenta and Grand Pacific main dining rooms. Because of the poor food, you feel you are forced to make reservations in their specialty restaurants for an extra up charge of $15-20 per person. We ate at Cagney's, Tequila, and Le Bistro. Even within Cagney's Steakhouse, you are charged an extra $10 per person for ordering the Surf 'n Turf dinner.

Cagney's was a big disappointment. The filet mignon was a perfectly round, vacuumed- packed piece of tasteless meat, and the lobster was sub-par; overcooked and chewy. Tequila restaurant was quite good. The lobster tacos were great, along with the tequitos and salsa with chips we had as appetizers. The margaritas were perfect! Read more