My last cruise was with NCL ( http://www.norwegian-cruise-lines.net ). Can you still buy liquor by the bottle and take it to your stateroom?
We recently experienced the ridiculous new RCCL policy on the Vision Of the Seas and

can't believe that grown mature adults, that pay for a balcony, can't buy a bottle and have it at our

leisure. Its their reaction to the lawsuits involving intoxicated passengers and we think its absolutely

silly. We aren't hardcore drinkers but it would be nice to have a drink in our room when we want one,

without having to pay "by the drink" for room service. With all of the choices in cruise lines now, I think

that policy will come back to haunt them. If NCL still "trusts" its passengers to drink responsibly, I'll go

back to them.
Any feedback or information will be appreciated.

On Regents Seven Seas Cruise line you can bring all you want on board. They don't care.
Effective 01/01/2007 you won't need to worry about it since there will be no charge for drinks on board .ALL INCLUSIVE! Unless you have something very special and expensive. Then they might charge you.
We did Norwegian Dream cruise out of NOLA 02/22/04.
We have a group of 8 couples that go together. 6 couples did the Paul Gauguin 02/15/03 and it was discussed that everyone was wondering if we could find a less expensive cruise line and yet have quality. I had a sister & B.I.L. living in New Orleans at the time so we thought we would try this cruise. What a terrible mistake it was. Started with the barg accident at the mouth of Mississippi and it was down hill from there.
50,000 ton ship and 1,880 passengers.
Now compare that with Regents Voyager or Mariner.
50,000 tons and maximum 700 passengers.
What a big difference it makes.
We are now loyal RSSC cruisers and have learned our lesson the hard way.
If we can't afford to go. WAIT until we can.

03/22/80 Commodore MS Caribe Eastern Caribbean
02/15/03 Radisson (Regent) Paul Gauguin (Tahiti)
02/22/04 Norwegian Dream (ick)(Western Caribbean)
11/12/04 Radisson (Regent)Mariner (Mexican Riviera)
02/15/05 Radisson (Regent) Diamond (Southern Caribbean)
12/27/05 Radisson (Regent) Voyager (Panama Canal)
01/09/2007 Regent Mariner (Segment #1 Amazon River)

We sailed on Norwegian's Pride of Aloha last year with five other couples and even though we knew it wouldn't be up to RSSC's standards we were still VERY disappointed. Their Hawaiian itinerary is great, but the cruise is not inexpensive and not worth the money. The service was deplorable. I am glad to be back on Regent this fall!

I think if you did an apples to apples comparison you'd find that after all the nickel and diming on NCL a cruise on Regent would be just a bit higher in price than on NCL.