The cruise line has an added fee that can get quite expensive and some passengers like it while others want it to go away.

Italian shipmaker Fincantieri locked up its largest ever order for cruise liners, agreeing to build four new vessels for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. for about €9 billion ($9.4 billion).

Norwegian Cruise Line had already announced it was planning to compete with Royal Caribbean in the big-ship game, but details on just how big its new Pinnacle class would be were revealed Wednesday. In a press release from Italian shipyard company Finacantieri,

Norwegian Line Holdings (NCL) and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri said on Wednesday they had agreed a deal for four new cruise liners, which a source close to the matter said was worth around 9 billion euros ($9.

The long-term fleet expansion plan includes new classes of ships for each of its three brands — Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Eight next-generation vessels will be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for delivery over a ten-year period,

Fincantieri said Wednesday that it has landed an order to built four massive cruise ships for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH). The State-controlled Italian shipbuilder defined it as a "very important" agreement,