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Article: Free on the sea: 'Freestyle cruising' loosens up floating vacations
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- January 27, 2002
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WHEN Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Star sailed out of Honolulu
on Dec. 16, it marked more than the beginning of a new series of
weekly cruises in Hawaii.
NCL has inaugurated a whole new style of cruising. The line calls
it "freestyle cruising," and it has already shaken up seagoing
traditions and prompted other lines to rethink how they serve their
passengers.
The line has been introducing freestyle cruising into its fleet
one by one since about a year ago, but its two newest ships - the
Norwegian Sun and the Norwegian Star, both christened in Miami in
December - are the first specially designed for the concept.
Freestyle cruising does away with set restaurant seating hours and
cash ...