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10 minutes ago, Nvr2old2cruise said:

Hope this helps. I know I don’t have all bars and all drinks. I only listed the drinks from menus where the ingredients were listed. I didnt include well drinks or any other drink I can get at home. I am going to check each off on my next cruise. We have Cheers this time 👍

 

BTW, I would love additions, corrections, or links to other menus. 

Where do you have this file? Any chance you could send it to me?

We used AARP cards for just about everything. Its a great deal.

And thanks to everyone's advice we signed up for Cheers!

Thanks for all the help

I'm pretty sure we're going to get Cheers.  

I have a question for all of you who've done this.  Quite often when we are out, I'll typically go up to the bar and get her drinks. Will bartenders let me use her S&S card to get her drinks and my S&S card to buy mine, or do they need her to be at the bar with her card?

Not that big of a deal, I'm just curious

4 hours ago, xostacylee said:

 

Depending on the spreadsheet you're using, there's a formula that auto adds the grats. This is the one I use!

1505515654_CarnivalBeveragePackageEvaluator.xls

 

Edited to say: I did not make this, I found it on this forum so thank you to whoever created it!

I don't think the prices are quite accurate on the spreadsheet.

I'm not 100% sure that we will drink quite enough alcohol to make it worth it, but the fact that all the other non-alcoholic drinks are included, and the peace of mind that it's all paid for and I don't have to be concerned about my drinks is probably what is pushing it over the top for me

36 minutes ago, JaxsMama said:

It's true.  You pay 18% grat per drink if ordering a la carte or 18% of cost of cheers if doing cheers.   You pay grats either way. 

I always tip- I probably "OverTip". I just needed the info for comparison shopping.

I'm pretty nerdy, and I was trying to do a spreadsheet to determine how many drinks a day would compare.

I was comparing the individual drink prices to the cost of the package.  However, I compared the individual drinks before the gratuity to the package after the gratuity.  It makes a difference...

Thank you

On 2/18/2019 at 12:08 PM, cruisegus said:

Don't forget to add your 18% automatic gratuity to the price of each drink listed on those menus, so your $9.00 list price drink is actually billed at $10.62

Can someone confirm this for me?  I’ve been on the fence about the Cheera program, but it looks like it might actually be a fair deal for my wife and I

Just bought one.

I was able to pay for most of my cruise using these cards.

21 hours ago, Aplmac said:

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What a rip-off! ^

Alcohol as a recreational drug simply isn't worth that!

But there are those who enjoy the Man versus Liver game

so don't let me stop you ordering a Kiss on The Lips!

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Hey- Someone has to beat that liver into submission...

Thank you

Has anyone done this Zipline excursion?

I know this may be a dumb question, but what kind of shoes have you worn for this? I hate overpacking, and I was hoping to avoid packing a pair of regular shoes for this trip.  I've posted elsewhere that I like to avoid wearing socks on vacation, and I usually wear sandals or flip flops the whole time (I have to wear heavy workboots at work, so I try to let my feet take a vacation also)

I've never ziplined before, so I have no idea what is really safe, also, my wife will be waiting at the bar or the beach at the end, and then we were planning on a beach day.  It seems a little much to have second pair of shoes...

Thank you.

I'm not much of a gambler. I doubt I'll hit the free drink threshold. Interesting though.  I'll have to pay attention to it 

How much would you say you've played before you get free drinks?

We booked the cave tubing for next month. I know there's a bit of a hike. We were thinking of buying some water shoes, but I'm wondering what we should get.  Does anyone have any recommendations? 

I don't know how much use they will get elsewhere.  We booked the beach break in Cozumel and a beach break at Mahogany Bay

i Saw a recent video review that made it look like the Serenity pool was closed.  Is this true? 

I am on the Miracle at the end of March. I don't plan on swimming laps- not that you could, but it would be nice to cool off from time to time

3 hours ago, xDisconnections said:

Oh look, another topic originally posted on Cruise Critic was later used as material by Heald today.

 

Seriously though, it's Carnival. Wear whatever you will like.

I saw that. Which makes me wonder who “Kathleen ••••” is. Haha

We will be going on our first cruise in March, and we're wondering about the dress code in the MDR.  I've read the FAQ's on the website, and we don't want to be "those people" who show up wearing the wrong thing.

I see that it says "no flip flops". I'm curious what everyone's experience is.  I typically have a "no socks rule" when I go on vacation, and I normally wear nice leather flip flops- which as I write it, I know I said flip flop.

What kind of shoes have you seen men wearing in the MDR?

Also, I know that a lot of women casual shoes are more like flip flops.  So, we're also curious about women's shoes in the MDR.

Thanks so much

25 minutes ago, coevan said:

The Hub App can only activated once on board.

They recently updated the app on iOS, and you can do quite a bit with it now

Taking our first cruise this March on the Miracle.  The Mardi Gras may be our second.  

Has anyone been on a new ship? How long does it typically take for them to work out the initial issues they are likely to have with a new ship?

I just got my Target Redcard bill, and it said that you can get 5% off on gift cards using the Redcard

Thank you.

I was mostly concerned about my Debit card being a Discover.  All of my CC's are Visa or MC, but the ones I was planning to use have lower limits, and I've been debating my approach. I don't expect to go crazy on my spending, but Wife and I, plus our 18 y/o son will be cruising for the first time< so I don't really know what to expect.

I may put him on one of our cards for the S&S and Wife and I on another. I plan on using cash in the ports.

Our friends had some issues with AMEX, and my wife thought that we could only use Visa for the S&S account

We are going on our first cruise in March, and I'm trying to get all of my details in order.

One of our friends said that she had a problem using a certain brand of credit card onboard.  (I think it was American Express)

Could anyone help me out with this?

I have Visa and MC cards, and my Debit card is a Discover (I know- weird right?). I just want to be sure that I will be able to access any money that I have.  We have no idea how much we will or won't spend.

Thank you

Interested in this also.

It would be great if CC had one, but if not- anyone know of one somewhere else?