Are drinks watered down????

[lemons]

Nezer had a probberlemm wiff my dinks ossofer!! (hic)(burp):D:D

[SusieV]

In my experience on Summit in October, I certainly thought my frozen drinks were watered down. I didn't mind, since I was playing poker in the casino and it works to my advantage to look like I'm getting inebriated when I'm not, but I was surprised.

 

There were several nights I had 6-7 mudslides after dinner (calories on vacation don't count, right?) and didn't feel tipsy at all. Now, I am not a lightweight, but that's after three glasses of wine at dinner, too.

[Cruising5650]

Q: If you pour two oz of vodka into a shaker filled with chipped ice and then shake it to make a martini served up, how many oz of drink do you pour out of the shaker?

 

The suspense is killing me ... what is the answer?

[NLH Arizona]

The suspense is killing me ... what is the answer?

I'll guess 4 or 5 ounces.

[ghstudio]

I'll guess 4 or 5 ounces.

 

You're right. Similarly, if you fill a glass with chipped or crushed ice and then add a couple of ounces of scotch, you'll dilute the scotch by about 1/2 by the time you drink it.

 

My experience is that they don't water down the alcohol, but the ice dilutes the drinks.

[gimletgal]

I have never experienced diluted drinks on Celebrity, and I do know my drinks! :D

[BosoxI]

Q: If you pour two oz of vodka into a shaker filled with chipped ice and then shake it to make a martini served up, how many oz of drink do you pour out of the shaker?

 

A: try it...you'll be surprised by the answer

 

I don't know the answer, but I do know the bartenders' trick of over shaking a drink to make the ice melt. That's more common nowadays as restaurants and bars are looking to cut costs anyway they can

[Cruising89143]

No not watered down at all.

[robtulipe]

At a cost of 50 cents or less a shot, why would they water down the alcohol. Watering down the ice would be profitable.

I agree and ship's duty free alcohol is way less than $0.50 a shot. I've bought duty free alcohol in liter or 35 fl.oz. which equals 28 one and a quarter ounce shots bottles in the Caribbean for as low as $2.50 for rum and vodka. Whiskey and other types were not much more and the stores are making a profit selling at these prices. Even onboard our last cruise we bought Crown Royal Cdn whiskey for $17 a liter and the rum and vodka was selling at about half of that and the ship is making a huge profit on these sales. Likely the mix for fancy or fruity drinks costs the ship more than the alcohol.

In fact DW has had it happen a few times on a duty free islands like St. Martin, Tortola or St. Thomas where one drink has almost floored her because it was mostly alcohol because the mix was the expensive part. :eek:

All the drinks we've had onboard have been fine, even the free ones at X Elite and RC Diamond social hours.:)

Edited January 4, 2014 by robtulipe

[middlehaitch]

Oh I wish, just topping a mighty 100lb I spend the whole cruise being told be careful or you won't last 'til dinner. Watered down drinks would be good for me. I have been adopted a couple of times by the bar staff on the sunset bar and they think it is nice to give me a bit extra!

I just can't win... That isn't a complaint.

 

Cheers, h.

 

 

Sent from my little machine that knows way too much about me.

[Chicago Boy]

Hi Everyone,

 

We've sailed on Celebrity many times. In full disclosure, I'm not a drinker. However, I usually sail with family members who enjoy alcoholic beverages. Not 1 single time have they ever complained of a watered down drink. If anything, I've heard of drinks being too strong !

 

Additionally, I tend to hear many complaints while onboard, as folks seek me out to talk, as if I can do something about it - which of course, I cannot. While I've heard virtually every complaint known to man (lol), I've never heard one person mention watered down drinks. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I highly doubt that Celebrity is going out of their way to do so.

 

To the OP : I'm sorry you felt this was the case. Perhaps it's simply a matter of one's tastes ?

 

 

We are just off a crossing from Barcelona to Fort Lauderdale. Each evening before dinner we enjoyed our cocktails and after dinner our night caps. We have sailed on Celebrity a couple of time a year for the last 10 years and have never felt that we were short changed in the bars or anywhere else on the ship for that matter. Just sayin.

[20pluscruises]

The suspense is killing me ... what is the answer?

 

Enough to fill a large martini glass right to the rim

[miched]

I ordered a beer thru the classic package. The BT opened the bottle, pour some out and then added some water to the bottle. I asked him what he was doing and he said that because I had the classic he had to water it down. :D

 

 

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