Soda card?

[LDVinNC]

Do we have to purchase a card for each of us, or can we use it to get drinks for both of us until the $50 value is used up? Thanks.

[AmyinCT]

LDV - the Holland America beverage cards (soda and alcohol) can be used by everyone in your party until the value is exhausted. You do not need to purchase a card for each passenger.

 

Amy

[LDVinNC]

Thanks, Amy! That's what I had hoped...

[KirkNC]

Yea the soda card is the best deal going as long as you and your party will drink 22 sodas (which I will).

[AmyinCT]

And, worst case, it's a break-even deal.

 

They deduct the full value for each of the first 11 sodas you drink ($1.95 + 15% gratuity = $2.24).

 

If you drink 11 or fewer sodas, they will give you the remaining value, up to the $25 you paid, back on your final bill.

 

Anything you drink after soda #11 is essentially "free".

 

They also refund any leftover balance, up to what you actually paid, on the alcoholic beverage cards. In November, I had a $ .36 refund on my final bill from my card. I didn't get the value of the discount, but I didn't lose anything.

[NicksPhilly]

And, worst case, it's a break-even deal.

 

They deduct the full value for each of the first 11 sodas you drink ($1.95 + 15% gratuity = $2.24).

 

If you drink 11 or fewer sodas, they will give you the remaining value, up to the $25 you paid, back on your final bill.

 

Anything you drink after soda #11 is essentially "free".

 

They also refund any leftover balance, up to what you actually paid, on the alcoholic beverage cards. In November, I had a $ .36 refund on my final bill from my card. I didn't get the value of the discount, but I didn't lose anything.

 

 

 

On our last cruise on ms Eurodam,on the last night the bartender asked us if we wanted to take the remaining balance on our card home with us instead of losing the 5 cans left,we said "sure".

[Doh15]

And, worst case, it's a break-even deal.

 

They deduct the full value for each of the first 11 sodas you drink ($1.95 + 15% gratuity = $2.24).

 

If you drink 11 or fewer sodas, they will give you the remaining value, up to the $25 you paid, back on your final bill.

 

Anything you drink after soda #11 is essentially "free".

 

They also refund any leftover balance, up to what you actually paid, on the alcoholic beverage cards. In November, I had a $ .36 refund on my final bill from my card. I didn't get the value of the discount, but I didn't lose anything.

 

Thanks for explaining that-- that's a very nice system.

[efoote01]

Is it an actual card or a sticker that goes on your room key?

 

Trying to figure out if I need to get one for me & one for DH if we are in different places.

 

TY

[linanm]

Does the soda card include lemonaide? i usually drink ice tea and lemonaide mixed (Arnold Palmer). Trying to decide if I should bring drinks onto ship myself or get the card.

Also, are the drinks in cans, or out of a fountain? Thanks, Linda

[Alberta Quilter]

Is it an actual card or a sticker that goes on your room key?

 

Trying to figure out if I need to get one for me & one for DH if we are in different places.

 

TY

 

It's an actual card.

[catl331]

Does the soda card include lemonaide?

Lemonade (and tea) are free in the Lido. I don't know if you would pay for lemonade elsewhere.

[Alberta Quilter]

Does the soda card include lemonaide? i usually drink ice tea and lemonaide mixed (Arnold Palmer). Trying to decide if I should bring drinks onto ship myself or get the card.

Also, are the drinks in cans, or out of a fountain? Thanks, Linda

 

Ice tea and lemonade are free. I think the soda/pop is in cans but I could be wrong about that.

[jtl513]

Also, are the drinks in cans, or out of a fountain?

cans

[linanm]

Thank you for the information, looks like I am covered, now for DH!

[eyoreblu]

Can you use to purchase bottled water?

[Tarpeian Rock]

cans

 

 

 

On our last cruise on Eurodam, we discovered that a glass of soda was one punch, a can 2 punches, which turned out to be worth it because a can got me more soda when 2 glasses worth of ice were factored out. Is this still the way it works (glass = 1, can = 2), or has this changed?

[maxsmamma]

cans

 

Last time we had a card we got so much grief about it from the staff, and we'd get these juice glasses full of ice. If they had cans, we would consider it.

 

We have been bringing our own pop, this would be a nice change!

[PathfinderEss]

I was on a 30 day cruise and I saw no employee giving passenger a bad time about using those soda card.

[RuthC]

On our last cruise on Eurodam, we discovered that a glass of soda was one punch, a can 2 punches, which turned out to be worth it because a can got me more soda when 2 glasses worth of ice were factored out. Is this still the way it works (glass = 1, can = 2), or has this changed?

 

Last time we had a card we got so much grief about it from the staff, and we'd get these juice glasses full of ice. If they had cans, we would consider it.

The soda card has changed. It's no longer a punch card, good for 20 glasses of soda.

Now the card costs $25, but it's good for $50 worth of cans of soda. If you don't spend the $25 you paid, you get the balance of what you didn't use, but there's no benefit that way.

In other words, the first $25 worth of soda is full price, but the second $25 worth of soda is free with the card.

[lazydayz]

Ruth is right, of course. There were three of us and we still got money back on DGD's card. Of all the cards we had, the soda card was the only one that didn't have issues.