2boyzmom Posted January 27, 2013 #176 Share Posted January 27, 2013 hi all i spoke to ncl last friday regarding paying for my wife for the drinks package, my wife is unable to drink alcohol due to meds i was told that if we have a letter from doctor stating this my wife wont have to pay and i can get the package for myself, a huge saving on a 9 night cruise. I will let you know how it goes when back from cruise tho not until 30th march. clive Sorry but the drink program is not available March 30th- Spring break :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
che5904 Posted January 27, 2013 #177 Share Posted January 27, 2013 hi all i spoke to ncl last friday regarding paying for my wife for the drinks package, my wife is unable to drink alcohol due to meds i was told that if we have a letter from doctor stating this my wife wont have to pay and i can get the package for myself, a huge saving on a 9 night cruise. I will let you know how it goes when back from cruise tho not until 30th march. clive I bet you that decision will cost NCL more than they bargained for. There are a lot of people where only one person can drink in the stateroom for various reasons. I think they may have just opened up a can of worms. Glad it worked out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted January 28, 2013 #178 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I cannot wait until passengers start getting this package on the Breakaway so I can see what is really included on those sailings. If it works out, I'll have to do some rearranging of family members in cabins just on paper but want to make sure it will be worth it before I start moving kids around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtaylor Posted January 28, 2013 #179 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I don't think that I've seen mentioned if the 'unlimited' drinks are available in the Casinos. Do we have any reports here? gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kato92 Posted February 2, 2013 #180 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Any recent cruisers find a different list? Leaving wednesday...need to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2cruise1 Posted February 3, 2013 #181 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Any recent cruisers find a different list?Leaving wednesday...need to know On the Sun right now the list at the top of this thread are valid. You can get the drink of the day (no souvenir cup), martinis even with Ketel, frozen drinks with well pour etc and yes it works at the casino bar as well. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2cruise1 Posted February 3, 2013 #182 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) A couple of other things to share for those looking to save money. Some of the options posted will not work. 2 for 1 martinis any kind are now 2 for $15. Buckets of beer at 2 for one happy hour are but 3 get 6 BUT they have to open all beers on the 2 for 1 special. Now ordering a couple of buckets to stock up unless you like flat beer is not an option :( Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - Jim Edited February 3, 2013 by time2cruise1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toola99709 Posted February 4, 2013 #183 Share Posted February 4, 2013 We leave 2/24 and I'd lost hope that we could have blended and drinks of the day. I really appreciate your report from onboard.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weltek Posted February 4, 2013 #184 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Someone said the soda package should include other "healthier" choices. I believe milk is always free (a friend got this for dinner every night) and on the Star last month there was a "juice enhancer" option with the package. Can't remember how much it was, but it was basically any juice for an extra few bucks a day added on to the basic soda package rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted March 5, 2013 #185 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Can anyone please answer my questions and let me know if I am correct or not: The Drink Package must be purchased by everyone in the cabin, 21 and over. Anyone in the cabin not 21 needs to get the soda package. Do all cabins on the same credit card need to purchase the package? We have four cabins for my family and my mother is taking my sister's familiy and my family so her credit card will be on file. Does every cabin need to purchase if the same credit card will be used for all OB purchases? If so, I will have more questions on how I can go about this, for instance, could she purchase OBC for each of our cabins and we use our sign/sail card to purchase, thus using the OBC? I would also like to move another child into my mother's room (my dd is in there and she is 19) on paper since she will not need to purchase the alcohol package. Does this all make sense? I am trying to figure out how my dh, my sister/her dh and I can purchase without my mother and dd (and perhaps one of the kids) since my ds will be with me and my sister has 3 children. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2tcdx2 Posted March 5, 2013 #186 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I don't believe all using the same card need to purchase. It just seemed to indicate all within the same cabin had to purchase a drink package. If it will include mixed drinks up to a certain cost, I am thinking I may go ahead and purchase just so I really don't have to think about it. Our sailing is all sea days anyway so no stops for me to buy drinks off the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conderost Posted March 6, 2013 #187 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Any Wheat Beer on the Star,,,shocktop or blue moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70SS350 Posted March 6, 2013 #188 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hi everyone new here. First time sailing NCL, on the GEM in July. Anyone know if mojitos are included in the UBP? Thanks in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kato92 Posted March 6, 2013 #189 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hi everyone new here. First time sailing NCL, on the GEM in July. Anyone know if mojitos are included in the UBP? Thanks in advance for any help. mojitos ARE included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70SS350 Posted March 6, 2013 #190 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thank you Kato! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted March 7, 2013 #191 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I don't believe all using the same card need to purchase. It just seemed to indicate all within the same cabin had to purchase a drink package. If it will include mixed drinks up to a certain cost, I am thinking I may go ahead and purchase just so I really don't have to think about it. Our sailing is all sea days anyway so no stops for me to buy drinks off the ship. Thank you. So I think the best thing I need to do is move another person into my mother's room on paper since her cabin will not be purchasing the drink package (alcohol or soda). I just wasn't sure if we are all under the same credit card if we all had to purchase. I guess my question would be what is considered "folio"? Also, how does the person signing you up know who is in your cabin? Do they do this by swiping your card? It's too bad this can't be purchased prior to boarding. Thank you all very much for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2cruise1 Posted March 7, 2013 #192 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Thank you.So I think the best thing I need to do is move another person into my mother's room on paper since her cabin will not be purchasing the drink package (alcohol or soda). I just wasn't sure if we are all under the same credit card if we all had to purchase. I guess my question would be what is considered "folio"? Also, how does the person signing you up know who is in your cabin? Do they do this by swiping your card? It's too bad this can't be purchased prior to boarding. Thank you all very much for your help! Same folio means same account. If you are going to roll all charges onto your card and account everyone will have to buy a Package. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted March 7, 2013 #193 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Same folio means same account. If you are going to roll all charges onto your card and account everyone will have to buy a Package. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - Jim Thank you. So, when the bar person swipes my card not only will they know who is in my cabin, they will know how many people and whom will be using the same credit card? Please confirm since this will make a difference to me. I everyone on the SAME CREDIT CARD must purchase the package, perhaps it would be best for all cabins to use a different credit card but have my mother give us OBC for each cabin for the Drink Package plus whatever else she would like to do. Then, we purchase our drink package on our sign/sail card and the cost will be taken from our OBC. Would this work? If we do this then my mother would not have to purchase the drink package and 2-3 kids would not have to purchase the soda cards. Please let me know above my post. Thanks so much everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw_1970 Posted March 9, 2013 Author #194 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I don't think that I've seen mentioned if the 'unlimited' drinks are available in the Casinos. Do we have any reports here? gary Yes you can use UBP in casino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw_1970 Posted March 9, 2013 Author #195 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I'm not sure how long that Costa has had their package. But the one thing you may want to consider is NCL's is just on a trial. It could go up, it could go down, it could disappear altogether. No it's not on trial It is now fleet wide apart from POA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzmered Posted March 10, 2013 #196 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Well, I am not a happy camper. Just booked the 3/4/13 Gem and was hoping to get the UBP. Now, they say they won't offer it between 3/1 and sometime in April cuz its 'spring break". Since when is the first week of March spring break???? If it was spring break I wouldn't be going on this cruise!!!:cool: Now, I am forced to bring my Rum Runners out of retirement!!! We went the 1st week of March last year and it most certainly was Spring Break and we had 200+ college age kids on the ship with us :eek: I thought the same thing as you that it is not spring break yet so we will be safe ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetocruise2020 Posted March 10, 2013 #197 Share Posted March 10, 2013 so good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishywood Posted March 10, 2013 #198 Share Posted March 10, 2013 We went the 1st week of March last year and it most certainly was Spring Break and we had 200+ college age kids on the ship with us :eek: I thought the same thing as you that it is not spring break yet so we will be safe ;) Spring Break for the state colleges and universties here in Florida that use the trimester calendar (which is pretty much all of them) was this past week of March 3. My (30-something) friend and her boyfriend just returned from a weekend cruise with a bar bill of over $800--which she claims was small potatoes compared to the younger guys on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo44 Posted May 1, 2013 #199 Share Posted May 1, 2013 We did a short 4 day cruise from Barcelona on the Epic last year with some friends who'd never cruised before. They are BIG red wine drinkers and spent over $1000 between them over those 4 days with no excursions bought. This cost put them off cruising due to the expense. This $49 a day each package would suit them down to the ground (and probably put NCL out of business!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdvmd Posted May 1, 2013 #200 Share Posted May 1, 2013 We did a short 4 day cruise from Barcelona on the Epic last year with some friends who'd never cruised before. They are BIG red wine drinkers and spent over $1000 between them over those 4 days with no excursions bought. This cost put them off cruising due to the expense. This $49 a day each package would suit them down to the ground (and probably put NCL out of business!) I am assuming they bought some really expensive bottles on board. They should have just brought their own and paid the $15 USD per 750-ml bottle corkage fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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