Clarea Posted August 12, 2014 #26 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That's a really good point, I hadn't considered that. Fortunately I'm a diet coke drinker - I'd think it would be fairly available at the bars and restaurants. And of course, if it's too soon to refill my soda, I may be forced to drink a margarita while I wait. :D Any idea how big the special glasses are? Diet Coke is one of the varieties usually available at the bar/restaurant fountains. Just a guesstimate, but I'd say the special cup is something like 20oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted August 12, 2014 #27 Share Posted August 12, 2014 List of Available Beverages Coca-Cola (Classic) Coca-Cola Cherry Coke Raspberry Coke Coke with Lime Vanilla Coke Orange Coke Diet Coke Diet Coke Diet Cherry Coke Raspberry Diet Coke Orange Diet Coke Diet Coke with Lime Diet Vanilla Coke Coca-Cola Zero Coca-Cola Zero Cherry Coke Zero Vanilla Coke Zero Caffeine-Free Diet Coke Caffeine-free Diet Coke Caffeine-free Diet Cherry Coke Caffeine-free Diet Raspberry Coke Caffeine-free Diet Vanilla Coke Caffeine-free Diet Coke with Lime Caffeine-free Diet Coke with Orange Sprite Sprite Sprite with Cherry Sprite with Raspberry Sprite with Strawberry Sprite with Grape Sprite with Peach Sprite Zero Sprite Zero Sprite Zero with Cherry Sprite Zero with Raspberry Sprite Zero with Grape Sprite Zero with Peach Sprite Zero with Strawberry Vault Vault Vault Red Blitz Orange Vault Peach Vault Grape Vault Barq's (Root Beer) Barq's Diet Barq's Pibb Pibb Xtra (Regular) Pibb Zero Dasani Dasani with Cherry Dasani with Grape Dasani with Lemon Dasani with Peach Dasani with Raspberry Dasani with Lime Dasani with Orange Dasani with Strawberry Dasani Sensations (Diet) Dasani Sensations - Cherry Dasani Sensations - Grape Dasani Sensations - Orange Dasani Sensations - Peach Dasani Sensations - Lemon Dasani Sensations - Lime Dasani Sensations - Raspberry Dasani Sensations - Strawberry Fanta Fanta Cherry Fanta Lime Fanta Orange Fanta Fruit Punch Fanta Grape Fanta Peach Fanta Raspberry Fanta Strawberry Fanta Zero Fanta Zero Cherry Fanta Zero Fruit Punch Fanta Zero Grape Fanta Zero Raspberry Fanta Zero Strawberry Fanta Zero Lime Fanta Zero Orange Fanta Zero Peach Hi-C Hi-C Orange Hi-C Raspberry Hi-C Strawberry Hi-C Cherry Hi-C Fruit Punch Hi-C Grape Minute Maid Minute Maid Cherry Lemonade Minute Maid Lemonade Minute Maid Light Cherry Lemonade Minute Maid Light Lemonade Minute Maid Orange Lemonade Minute Maid Raspberry Lemonade Minute Maid Strawberry Lemonade Minute Maid Light Orange Lemonade Minute Maid Light Raspberry Lemonade Minute Maid Light Strawberry Lemonade Powerade Powerade Fruit Punch Powerade Grape Powerade Orange Powerade Raspberry Powerade Lemon Powerade Lime Powerade Cherry Powerade Strawberry Powerade Zero Powerade Zero Cherry Powerade Zero Fruit Punch Powerade Zero Raspberry Powerade Zero Strawberry Powerade Zero Grape Powerade Zero Lemon Powerade Zero Lime Powerade Zero Orange While this is a great list, it may not be complete and it may vary from ship to ship at times. I very specifically remember seeing Seagram's Ginger-ale on Allure. It caught me by surprise to see the Seagram's logo on a Soft drink machine as I didn't know they made a ginger ale, but I did find it to be very good. (there might have been one or two variations on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollybax Posted August 12, 2014 #28 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Does the Liberty of the a Seas from the Freedom Class have the drink machines or only the ship Freedom? Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted August 12, 2014 #29 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Where are the freestyle machines located on each ship? (specifically JW and AD...but interested in all) How many ,machines does each ship have? Jewel as of last May had only 2 in the back of the Windjammer. I think Majesty had more, but I don't remember. Allure had 7 around the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 12, 2014 #30 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Does the Liberty of the a Seas from the Freedom Class have the drink machines or only the ship Freedom? No Freestyle on Liberty. Freestyle is only on Explorer, Grandeur, Freedom, Enchantment, Oasis, Allure, Majesty, and Jewel. Edited August 12, 2014 by clarea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted August 12, 2014 #31 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Any idea how big the special glasses are? I have one at work next to me now, the current one I got off Jewel 2 months ago. 7" high, 3.5" OD at the screw top narrowing to about 2 3/4" at the base, typical classic coke style shape. I would guess it holds about 16-20 ozs without ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
websiteauthor Posted August 12, 2014 #32 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I have one at work next to me now, the current one I got off Jewel 2 months ago. 7" high, 3.5" OD at the screw top narrowing to about 2 3/4" at the base, typical classic coke style shape. I would guess it holds about 16-20 ozs without ice. oooooooh that's tiny. Well, my wife has the drink package too . . . I can fill both our cups at the same time and combine them if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBD1516 Posted August 12, 2014 #33 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Does anyone know why some ships have the machines and some don't? I heard somewhere (??) that only ships staying mostly in the USA will have the free style machines due to lack of service (maintenance, refills) Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted August 12, 2014 #34 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Does anyone know why some ships have the machines and some don't? I heard somewhere (??) that only ships staying mostly in the USA will have the free style machines due to lack of service (maintenance, refills) Sent from my iPad using Forums That seems like a reasonable assumption at least for now. The machines just started showing up here in land restaurants about 2 years ago. Are they in Europe or Asia yet? I watched a guy service them and I have seen what the cartridges look like and some of the work they require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deptacon Posted August 12, 2014 #35 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know why some ships have the machines and some don't? I heard somewhere (??) that only ships staying mostly in the USA will have the free style machines due to lack of service (maintenance, refills) Sent from my iPad using Forums Might be based on Drydock schedule.... The machines have been around since 2009 on land...All over the place now, especially in Coke Country (Southeast in around near Atlanta) The refills are simple concentrate boxes that look like large injet printer cartridges. The systems on land work that when it gets low, the machine automatically orders a new carthridge for itself and it is fedex'd...arrives next day. plugs in like a ink cartridge in a printer... so at sea they must keep a supply of the refills... but yeah, doubtful a non-US origin cruise would have easy access to the freestyle refills as I believe they are US only right now.... I have a buddy who works for coke, he explained it to me. Now servicing these things on ship if they break...I bet thats a different story. I would bet they keep a spare...and swap it out...and when they back at port of origin the busted one is swapped out with coke for a good one. Edited August 12, 2014 by Deptacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelCMTX Posted August 12, 2014 #36 Share Posted August 12, 2014 List of Available Beverages... This didn't include Seagrams Ginger Ale and I know for a fact I saw a Freestyle with both regular and diet Seagrams Ginger Ale on Sunday at Wendy's, before the power went out. Not sure if there's a major modification needed to existing machines to add this or it's just a little software update. Probably not an issue as I don't foresee bumping into an RCL Freestyle until next November :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mil76 Posted August 12, 2014 #37 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Might be based on Drydock schedule.... Just because the ship goes into drydock doesn't mean it gets the Freestyle machines. I thought for sure that the Navigator was going to have them after it came out of drydock, but sure enough it didn't in April. And Navigator is sailing out of the US year-round, so it blows that theory as well. Maybe it's due to the machines having Mr. Pibb instead of Dr. Pepper, although I have seen Dr. Pepper in some of the land-based machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deptacon Posted August 12, 2014 #38 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Just because the ship goes into drydock doesn't mean it gets the Freestyle machines. I thought for sure that the Navigator was going to have them after it came out of drydock, but sure enough it didn't in April. And Navigator is sailing out of the US year-round, so it blows that theory as well. Maybe it's due to the machines having Mr. Pibb instead of Dr. Pepper, although I have seen Dr. Pepper in some of the land-based machines. MR pibb is coke only... dr pepper is owned by snapple but bottled by both coke and pepsi depending on where in the country you are.... Who knows... Maybe they are still "testing" freestyle? Or, more likely, who ever sold the contract to RCL was a FL based bottler.. And not Mother Coke... That would explain the FL/SE based sailings Sent from my iPhone using Forums Edited August 12, 2014 by Deptacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folk Singer Posted August 13, 2014 #39 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Really like the New Cole Machines.:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted August 13, 2014 #40 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Really like the New Cole Machines.:):) I was worried about them at first because I've been behind people who didn't know how to use them at land restaurants, or behind kids putting a little of 64 different variations in their one cup. I've now used the machines on 3 different cruises - Allure, Majesty, and Jewel, and the problems of those people have been few and far in between, enough for me to get a laugh at a few people. Being that football season is coming, I love to relate about the guy on Allure who put his cup up and it said REFILLS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 4 minutes and 30 seconds. He pulled the cup back and kept trying for the full time till it let him get a refill. He was wearing a Michigan shirt, so I considered the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 13, 2014 #41 Share Posted August 13, 2014 ... He was wearing a Michigan shirt, so I considered the source. Very good!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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