Soda card for kids on Holland America

[sargeswife]

Getting very mixed info from the boards, is there a fountain soda card or is it 10 soda's for $20.00 plus gatuity? I have 7 teens on an upcoming cruise and they are all used to having an unlimited soda card with Princess and Carnival.

Thanks for all your help.

[ourfamilylovescruising]

That was our only complaint was that the soda card is per drink I thought it was more than just 10 drinks but maybe some one else will know for sure. we did bring soda on the ship to help off set the soda card. we had teenagers with us too who always had the unlimited soda we told them we would buy them one card and when it was gone they could buy one for them selfs or drink juice needless to say they bought another card. our son who at the time was 16 love the teen room said it was the best he had been on so that was good news.

[iamaqt2]

To clarify on the HAL soda card... it is good for 20 glasses of soda... each glass of soda is worth about a 1/2 can of soda. So you are basically getting 10 cans worth of soda from 1 card.

 

Since a can of soda is around 2.00 a can, there is not a whole lot of savings involved with the card.

 

However, HAL lets you bring on unlimited amounts of soda, so with 7 teens, my suggestion would be to get a duffle bag and fill it with 20 oz plastic bottles of pop. Just drop it with the porters with a luggage tag on it, and they'll deliver it to your stateroom.

 

Also you could get a rolling carry-on and fill it with a few 12 packs of pop. Either way, you come out ahead.