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I ordered a PB & J drink - a shot of Skrewball along with a shot of Chambord. Get it on the rocks and it's actually quite good! Sweet...and you can really only have one but it was still worth it! Wine - was able to get Decoy which is quite good. DW also was able to get Iniskillin Ice Wine that she enjoyed thoroughly.

Veuve was only available at Le Bistro. I also had a bottle of Pommery in The Manhattan Room one night as well. We didn't try getting chamagne at any bars though so don't know what was avail elsewhere. With that said though we did have Iniskillin Vidal ice wine by the glass as well - it was avail at The Cellars, Observation Lounge and Atrium bars.

Just had P+ on the Joy from July 1-9 (it was a great sailing!!) and Grey Goose was readily available at Spice and really any bar we went to. Vibe will always have the higher end bottles avail so you'll be fine. We were a bit disappointed though that BioSteel wasn't available anywhere. The only sub they had was Red Bull....which didn't quite meet the hydration needs (especially the next morning lol).

Yeah I can confirm that unfortunately Makers Mark wasn't available. I did have a Woodford Reserve old fashioned though that was pretty good?

We always buy the extra 2 specialty dining pre-cruise. It's cheaper than on board and definitely cheaper than paying a la carte, which seems the majority of NCLs specialty restaurants now. It does make laugh and semi feel good though to see the extra value signing off the zeroed out bill of what the price would've been. You'll have no probs getting your beer and wine fix in! We splurged for Premium Plus and it was well worth it especially for the bottles of wine we were able to order each dinner.

We are fresh off the Joy (July 1-9 sailing) and previously was on the Escape on 3 separate occasions as our fave ship out there! Overall we were very pleasantly surprised with the Joy! Really the 2 ships have the same look and feel, just some differences that you and the other posters have indicated. I'd say that Spice H20 might be something to think about, and which water feature you prefer. Escape has the grotto which is great for when it's hot, whereas Joy has the large hot tub, which might be better for the itinerary and/or your personal choice. With that said when the hot tub was busy it was loud and packed - but just before dinner the crowds always thin out and before you knew it we were the only ones in the giant hot tub! We were also concerned about missing Moderno - but surprisingly found that Q was a great replacement for it! The Pitmasters Platter will still give you the meat sweats like at Modernos....just the meat is smoked instead (so maybe smoked meat sweats instead? Lol). We also thought the use of the Q space was better utilized vs the sparsely used Dinner Club on the Escape. You could also go to the Q bar anytime to watch entertainment which was a nice plus. But there's no real replacement for Pinchos as another poster already mentioned. Also, we lovvveeeed eating at Le Bistro on the Waterfront. There's something about the wait staff removing the cloches to reveal your dinner with the sea breeze on your face that's hard to beat or replicate. But we love the look of Le Bistro on the Escape and missed that extra buzz of activity when going by 678. The only thing I could really feel different was that the Joy was more cut up with venues separated differently. For example poor Maltings Whiskey bar was all on its own in this separated room off the atrium on deck 6. We definitely much preferred the Tobacco Road location up on deck 8 on the Escape. However with that said, the cigarette smoke from the casino was better controlled on the Joy, and you didn't smell it anytime at 678. Sometimes on the Escape the smoke wouldn't find any escape. IMO, I think that the Joy is more of a 'fun different things to do' kind of ship with the race track, laser tag and galaxy pavilion. Whereas the Escape is more of a 'chill and relax in the sun' kind of ship with the extra deck space (for all), amazing spa, and the Guy Harvey channel (which we we actually missed on the Joy! Lol). Lastly, oddly enough we also actually prefered The Local vs O'Sheehans. The Local has more of a lighter white/cream colour scheme throughout vs the darker woodsy pub feel of O'Sheehans. We just thought the Local looked better for its location despite it being nearly identically laid out. Unfortunately the wings are still the disappointing oven baked type and not properly fried on either ship. But at least the rest of the food options are amazing! All this to say, you're really not going to go wrong on either ship. DW and I still felt like we were at home on the Joy - just found it to be a little different. But, we've agreed and realized that the Breakaway Plus class is our preferred ship class out there in any fleet. It just checks so many boxes for us (Waterfront, dining variety, overall ship layout, Spice H20, deck parties, District Brewhouse, The Cellars, waterslides, etc etc) that we'd be thrilled to find ourselves on either again (or the Bliss or Encore)! Cheers and have fun choosing 🙂