i’m on my first cruise, and especially if you book last-minute, it is a great value. My ticket, including an inside stateroom(queen bed, end tables, work desk, private shower/bathroom, closet, mini fridge, tv), unlimited dining at a buffet and four restaurants, daily housekeeping, dance parties, live music, theater productions and musicals, a basketball court, jogging track, rope course, pool, hot tubs, board games, free jewelry, the travel itself to a few countries, and quite a few other events , is $65 dollars per night with Norwegian Cruise Lines, or $455 total for 7 nights

normal price is $185-$220 per night, so I’m easily saving a thousand bucks by booking a week before sail date. Everything I get are the same benefits that everybody who pays full price or more gets up until you’re paynig $700-$2000 per night, then you get a bigger room and an extra sun deck...they can keep it.

the discount, as far as I understand because you can find these prices and cheaper right now at the site I linked, occur 1 week before launch. So far the cheapest price I’ve seen is $47 per night, I believe on MSC, another cruise line.

cruiseplum includes all taxes, fees and extra bonuses in the search results, it’s a pretty amazing search engine for cruises now that I know it’s for real. I got some free internet and $150 in shore excursions, so discounted tours by the cruise(not using ‘em).