Royal Princess and coffee card

[ChiefBoats]

I have a coffee card with punches left on it, but it has been marked with my last cruise. Can I still use it on my next cruise? Thanks

Yes you can. However it will be punched for both specialty coffees and brewed coffee. I have some that I'm still using. If you are luck the staff working at the IC coffee bar will get to know you and they will sometimes not punch for the brewed coffee.:rolleyes: I drink mostly brewed coffee and when I pull out the card they will just refill my coffee cup.

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[floridalover5623]

Yes you can. However it will be punched for both specialty coffees and brewed coffee. I have some that I'm still using. If you are luck the staff working at the IC coffee bar will get to know you and they will sometimes not punch for the brewed coffee.:rolleyes: I drink mostly brewed coffee and when I pull out the card they will just refill my coffee cup.

 

Especially if you sweeten their tip box when ordering. :)

[UpcountryTravelers]

That's what I've found also.

Some baristas can be nasty when advising that where you did not purchase the punch card on this voyage, you cannot get brewed coffee.

 

Correct. Or ANY coffee.

[UpcountryTravelers]

I promised a reply. I was able to get a coffee at the IC on our last (Royal Princess) cruise. And we were able to get gelato on the card on the same ship. Which was different from a prior cruise. So I am able to state with personal experience: The coffee card will get you coffee on some ships other that the original one, but not all. ("You pays your money and you takes your chances.")

Edited February 11, 2016 by UpcountryTravelers

[JF - retired RRT]

I promised a reply. I was able to get a coffee at the IC on our last (Royal Princess) cruise. And we were able to get gelato on the card on the same ship. Which was different from a prior cruise. So I am able to state with personal experience: The coffee card will get you coffee on some ships other that the original one, but not all. ("You pays your money and you takes your chances.")

If a barista refuses to let you use your punches on a different ship than the one you purchases the card on...ask for his supervisor.

It says on the card that you can use it.

I had a card that I bought 3 years ago, just recently used the last punch on the 4th ship after my original purchase.

Your barista was misinformed.

[tampacruiser]

So on the question regarding sharing the card for brewed coffee. If I purchase one card and my spouse and I share the punches, on the occasion we want brewed coffee cant I order a coffee, walk to the table hand it to my wife, go back and order another. If I am entitled to unlimited brewed coffee then they really cant stop that can they. I would think that if you approach the barista with a smile and throw something in the tip jar then sharing should not be an issue.

[Tripper10]

So on the question regarding sharing the card for brewed coffee. If I purchase one card and my spouse and I share the punches, on the occasion we want brewed coffee cant I order a coffee, walk to the table hand it to my wife, go back and order another. If I am entitled to unlimited brewed coffee then they really cant stop that can they. I would think that if you approach the barista with a smile and throw something in the tip jar then sharing should not be an issue.

 

We buy one coffee card at a time as well and there are usually a few punches left on a card when we start a cruise. My wife and I share a card and have never, ever been given any trouble for brewed coffee from a bar tender. Also, you can leave a punch or 2 on a older card and buy a new one so you both have a coffee card to use for brewed coffee if you use the card for that a lot.

Edited February 11, 2016 by Tripper10

[pablo222]

That's true unless you have a real good Assistant Waiter on the Royal who runs out with an empty coffee pot and comes back with a pot of fresh brewed coffee! Not too difficult as the Cafe was right outside the dining room.

 

I had the opposite on Royal -- after dinner cappucino was served in

...

 

A PAPER CUP.

 

There are almost no head waiters in the dining room. They use 2 doors

to each midship dining room, so most of the head waiters are hosts at

the door. ... so no one to complain to.

 

I did bring it up to one of the head waiters at the door. He said it

was because the junior was taking a short cut.

 

He wrote something down on a little pad of paper -- I thought he

was going to speak to the waiter / junior, but it happened on 2 more

evenings.

 

After that Mrs. Pablo started insisting on a ceramic cup at the time

she ordered.

 

Princess fine dining -- where have you gone?

[mamaboss]

Do they punch the card more than once depending on what you order at Gelato?

[GweninTX]

Do they punch the card more than once depending on what you order at Gelato?

 

 

- no - one punch for all specialty creations! Think grand sundaes and banana splits!

[mamaboss]

- no - one punch for all specialty creations! Think grand sundaes and banana splits!

 

Hmmmmm, exactly what I was thinking 😉

[cruzsnooze]

I got off the Crown yesterday and they changed to coffee cards to a new pattern.

[CruisinFinsUp]

I had the opposite on Royal -- after dinner cappucino was served in

...

 

A PAPER CUP.

 

There are almost no head waiters in the dining room. They use 2 doors

to each midship dining room, so most of the head waiters are hosts at

the door. ... so no one to complain to.

 

I did bring it up to one of the head waiters at the door. He said it

was because the junior was taking a short cut.

 

He wrote something down on a little pad of paper -- I thought he

was going to speak to the waiter / junior, but it happened on 2 more

evenings.

 

After that Mrs. Pablo started insisting on a ceramic cup at the time

she ordered.

 

Princess fine dining -- where have you gone?

 

Is it possible that they were "allowing" you to take your coffee "togo"?

Perhaps they had a lot of tables to turn over and were hinting that it was time to go? I don't agree with that, just a thought.

[pablo222]

Is it possible that they were "allowing" you to take your coffee "togo"?

Perhaps they had a lot of tables to turn over and were hinting that it was time to go? I don't agree with that, just a thought.

 

You mean, after it took 30 minutes after we were seated,

to get rolls, butter and water on the table?

 

Yeah, it was we stayed too long, and was not bad service;

you must be right.

Edited February 14, 2016 by pablo222