Nitra

I have been thinking on this and I wonder about something. If you are in a suite, and I would assume they do it for other cabins too, you can have a cocktail party, they will do a bar setup for you, yes you have to pay for it. So I wonder if you can do this just so you have drinks in your cabin? I have not done it but know others that have.

I have bought bottles of wine in the bar and taken them back to my cabin. I wonder if you can still do this. I found the prices in the bar to be less than ordering it via room service. Not sure this is still the case but just some thoughts I had...

Sorry, I didn't mean it to sound like I was doubting you, just the person who gave you that explanation. All too often people get creative when they try to explain situations and I think that the store employee was one of those people. My point was that RCI would have made sure when it contracted out the liquor store operation to include language in the agreement that allowed them to retain all or a portion of that fee.:)

hey I agree with you! You would think they could work something out. There is always more to the story than we know.. For those that like to have a cocktail in their cabin it is a raw deal. For myself, no big deal, but I do understand.

Maybe they will come up with a compromise one day and start selling the packages for in cabin set up or something.

Somehow I doubt that this is the case or the reason. I believe that the liquor operation, just like the shops, casino and spas have been outside contractors for years, and, even if not, RCI could easily write conditions into the contract that would give it a portion of all the revenues generated by the sale of liquor including any fees that might be charged to allow guests to bring bottles back to their rooms. Liability concerns are the more likely reason and RCI wants to be able to say that they have taken all reasonable measures to restrict and control the consumption of alcohol. onboard.

Hey I am just telling you what was told to me by a guy that I have seen in that shop for years. I have been cruising on the Rhapsody for awhile. Ill be on there again in a couple weeks, if I get down there, Ill ask again. I dont always get in that store while on board.

Well, if they have outsourced the liquor store, IMO, they are idiots.

 

YMMV. :D :D :D

Yep they are! Maybe the liability issue was more than they wanted or something. Who knows what the suits think or how they come up with things. Sometimes they are so out of touch..

You are right!

I was told by one of the people working in the store on board Rhapsody the reason they did away with the fee was because the cruiseline now contracts out the stores, like the spa, and thus it no longer makes money on those fees, it would go to the company that owns them. Before the line owned and operated the stores so they made the money on the fee. Not sure how much is true but I just had to ask him why they did away with this option.

I might just have to ask again and see if I get the same answer.. LOL I just have to ask these things sometimes. Drive my supervisor nuts when I ask questions all the time.. LOL I can tell cause she stops returning my emails and calls.. LOL

See, people, this is the problem. You are all too cheap. You want something for nothing.

 

Look at Shelley's prices. She marks up liquor store prices more than many of you say that you are willing to pay - but you are willing to use JBOY.

 

If it's not worth RC's while to do this again, they have no incentive.

 

Seriously reconsider your position.

 

If you really wouldn't pay AT LEAST $20 on top of the DUTY FREE CHEAP PRICES in the onboard store, you don't deserve to have the privilege restored!

But you see for me it is not worth it. I really dont care enough to pay much. My whole tab for the week, including the tips for all folks, dining room, cabin etc, on board purchases in the gift shop, etc, total on average a whopping max 200 dollars but on average about 150-175. I am a cheap drunk.. LOL Even when I have smuggled, I end up not drinking but a little of it while getting ready for dinner. I just dont care if I have drinks in my cabin, if I want one, Ill walk my butt to a bar and order a drink, take it back and sit back and relax while I enjoy it.

I opted for 15, especially if they had that first night special where you only pay one fee for all the bottles you want, I would stock up that night!

What about under my bed? Will that be allowed?

It varies from line to line and ship to ship. My hubby worked on the Explorer of the Seas and Rhapsody of the Seas, and then for NCLA on Pride of America and now Pride of Hawaii. On his current ship he said the cabins are very small, they have minimum 3 to a cabin and a lot of time 4 to the cabin. He said they have a locker size closet for putting their things away. He said his cabin on POA was a bit bigger and they usually only had 2 in the cabin and on RCCL it was better, they had 2 in the cabin and it was bigger than his is now. On RCCL he was a bar waiter and on NCLA he is now a dining waiter, working in either the main dining room or specialty dining depending on where they need him. So always crew quarters. Crew and staff are very different.

Also on NCLA they are responsible for keeping their own cabin cleaned, on RCCL they could pay a steward to do it if they wanted.