I've just had a flash sale email and this looks a bargain price for a Northern Lights Cruise, a good itinerary on an adults only ship too. Works out less than £50pp a night. Tipping is, as with any cruise, additional cost.
Normally these cruises are very expensive, definitely a bargain price.
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trivium
22 Sep 17#1
amazing
mikecml
22 Sep 17#2
Is there a cruise line where everything is actually included rather than paying extra for this that and the other including tips
coerce86 to mikecml
22 Sep 17#7
Norwegian is like that right now
WillieGophar to mikecml
22 Sep 17#10
As coerce86 said, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) have started to push their all-inclusive cruises. I may be wrong, but I believe these don't sail from the UK (Tilbury, Southampton, etc.) so flights to and from a European port are required (but are included in the price).
rachelandgromit
22 Sep 17#3
Thomson sometimes do All Inclusive packages and include tips, and sometimes it's just looking for any special offers. You can normally upgrade onboard or in advance or buy drink packages.
mikecml
22 Sep 17#4
I think I found out why it's great price, a recent review
We recently went on the Rock the Boat cruise aboard the Magellan. The music was great, too much to listen to. However, the ship was appalling. There was a permanent smell of sewage which was very prominant on deck 4, but could be smelt all over the ship at times. When this was reported to staff they just said sorry and carried on. Nothing was done about it at all. If you were sat in the Waldorf Restuarant amidships you had a waft of dead fish from the gallery.unpleasant to say the least. The food was mediocre at best and the buffets.....if you didnt want plastic reformed ham, lettuce and plastic cheese, then forget it. It would appear that the Magellan is due a complete refit in November which may explain the smells but not why we had to put up with it.
Skymonkey
22 Sep 17#5
Heat - primarily because the OP always goes to a lot of time and effort posting travel deals. This isn't for me though. Some others may however appreciate it.
AnimalMagic81
22 Sep 17#6
Yep just been on Thomsons and they make a point of telling you tips are included. You can purchase many different types of drink packages onboard of before you head out.
centurion
22 Sep 17#8
You can ask not to pay tips on most cruises. Just go to reception and they cancel it off your bill. We just tip who we want to tip.
Suin to centurion
22 Sep 17#9
We paid Thompson tips to discover the staff are employed by an agency. Wonder who gets the tips?
christopherwhiteis1
23 Sep 17#11
I just got off this ship today, it is probably the most luxurious and best week of my life. The food was so good, we paid the £17 extra a day for all inclusive drinks. We were half the average age but had such an amazing trip to Norway. It wasn't this route but I can't recommend this enough.
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Normally these cruises are very expensive, definitely a bargain price.
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I may be wrong, but I believe these don't sail from the UK (Tilbury, Southampton, etc.) so flights to and from a European port are required (but are included in the price).
We recently went on the Rock the Boat cruise aboard the Magellan. The music was great, too much to listen to. However, the ship was appalling. There was a permanent smell of sewage which was very prominant on deck 4, but could be smelt all over the ship at times. When this was reported to staff they just said sorry and carried on. Nothing was done about it at all. If you were sat in the Waldorf Restuarant amidships you had a waft of dead fish from the gallery.unpleasant to say the least. The food was mediocre at best and the buffets.....if you didnt want plastic reformed ham, lettuce and plastic cheese, then forget it. It would appear that the Magellan is due a complete refit in November which may explain the smells but not why we had to put up with it.
We paid Thompson tips to discover the staff are employed by an agency. Wonder who gets the tips?