The Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) vessel Norwegian Dawn has freestyle cruises from Boston to Bermuda, Canada to New England, Manhattan to Bermuda and Miami to the Caribbean at different times of the year. The ship has 14 restaurants offering buffet style meals as well as snacks and fine dining options, enabling guests to eat 24 hours a day.
The dress code is the guests choice and includes both casual and formal options. Travelers can book a selection of accommodation types including inside rooms, deck rooms suites as well as three bedroom luxury suites. The Norwegian Dawn has an auditorium and cinema as well as club casino, fitness center, jogging track, lap pool and jacuzzi, spa, shops and facilities for kids.
The NCL's Norwegian Pearl freestyle cruise ship takes passengers on cruises to the Caribbean and Alaska, all year round. The Norwegian Pearl has more restaurant options than the Norwegian Dawn, with 16 restaurants for guests to dine in, including a 24-hour buffet style food court. The types of cuisine served upon the Pearl include Southern, European and Asian.
This freestyle family cruise ship provides the Aqua Kids Club for young children, where they play with arts and crafts as well as watch movies, play on a computers and bounce around in the soft creche. Meanwhile parents relax by one of the ships pools and rejuvenate in the spa.
Princess Cruises started offering freestyle cruises in 2008 but instead of calling the cruise a freestyle cruise, Princess have called it "personal choice cruising." The Crown Princess cruises to destinations in Europe and the Caribbean and has everything one would expect to find on a cruise including stylish restaurants, and top notch facilities.
The Crown Princess is even has car auctions aboard. She boasts spacious decks and reef swimming pools, has formal dining as well as personal choice in the Da Vinci and Michelangelo dining rooms. Later cruisers enjoy many of the ship's hot spots including the outdoor theater and Skywalkers nightclub.