News item: Norwegian to charge up to $7.95 (per order, not per person) for room service, while providing an enhanced menu on two ships.
Hmm.
Is this a glass half-empty or half-full? Will passengers feel it’s another example of being nickeled-and-dimed, or will they happily pay for the convenience of having freshly cooked eggs for breakfast?
Since it’s only on the Breakaway ($7.95) and the Getaway ($4.95) is Norwegian testing the market before adding the charge to its entire fleet? Or is it an attempt to make room 
service expensive enough that it can be removed entirely?
If room service becomes a thing of the past, does that cut jobs at Norwegian? How many? One per ship? Two? Given the potential for backlash, is it worthwhile?
Since Norwegian has been charging $3.95 for room service between midnight and 5 a.m., is it customer feedback (or lack of) that has triggered this experiment? Will other cruise lines follow this precedent, as they often do when Norwegian comes up with a novel idea not widely practiced elsewhere?
Does anybody else think it’s strange that any member of an industry doing so well financially, as cruising is, would dare to appear to be nickeling-and-diming the people responsible for its success?
And finally…what do you think?
Today at portsandbows.com: A look at Uniworld's Maria Theresa
Norwegian Sky
4 nights
April 27, 2015
Miami (return): Grand Bahama Island, Nassau, Great Stirrup Cay
Inside: $199
Cost per day: $49
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