Price increases

[thistledoo]

I pre-paid $AUD37.40 prior to our cruise on the Diamond in October. Bought a second coffee card on board for $AUD36.00.

 

Pre-paying was supposed to be cheaper!

[Ron the Rev]

Wow. That means my leftover coffee cards are providing me a rate of return larger than my retirement portfolio right now.

Shush keep it quiet otherwise Princess might change the card design and invalidate the old ones which still have punches left on them. Ah well ! what price coffee when I run them out of top end wine. :)

[Croptop]

Its $48 Canadian:eek:

 

Yup. That's what I'm seeing as well. But given the current US-CDN exchange rate, that works out to right around US$35.

[JF - retired RRT]

Maybe the increase is to cover the new gratuity??

[skynight]

On line in the U.S. in US$

Coffee Card from $33.00 to $35.65 an 8% increase

Soda Sticker is no longer shown on line, only the Soda & More sticker @ $8.05/day. No increase for the Soda & More sticker, but if they eliminated the soda sticker which was $5.18/day that would be a 55% increase for passengers that were not interested in purchasing the Soda & More package. AIBP - No increase.

[Mrs.Gosse]

I have 2 coffee cards I need to finish. I guess I got really lucky. I had four punches left on my card from the golden and when we cruised on the Emerald last spring I gave that one to my daughter. She never remembered to take it with her so she paid for her coffee the whole trip. The people working in the International cafe on the Emerald we're not nearly as skilled at making coffee as on the golden so I found myself using hardly any of my punches. This should get me through our January cruise. I dread to see how much the card will be when we go to Alaska the summer of 2017.

[rob2102]

Supply and demand. Finding a price the market will bear. Remember, they are in the business to make a profit.

Oh snap that profit thing again is rearing its ugly head. Funny people don't get so offended when they get ripped of by stat buck's on a daily basis.

 

Got to remember traveling is not cheap

[rob2102]

Supply and demand. Finding a price the market will bear. Remember, they are in the business to make a profit.

 

Darn their that profit thing rearing its ugly head again. But most people don't mind getting ripped off on a daily basis at star bucks. go figure !!! hey its vacation time... time to pull your wallet out.

[azdmelani]

Wow. That means my leftover coffee cards are providing me a rate of return larger than my retirement portfolio right now.

 

Ha! thanks for the chuckle Jeannie!

[beg3yrs]

Maybe the increase is to cover the new gratuity??

 

If you're referring to the recent increase in the daily gratuity charge, no, absolutely no, they are not related. The 15% gratuity on drinks has not changed.

[D&D_Tx]

No they are 14days in January and 24 days in May but I can't see that make any difference, the cars are for 15 coffees.

 

The cards are for 15 coffees and all you can order regular brewed coffee for the length of the cruise. The 24 days has 10 more days of brewed coffee.

[shredie]

Princess IT. [emoji17]

[ALDOCRUISES]

An email from a crew member onboard the Sun Princess last night explains a lot. The reason why the coffee card on board the Sun is $45 as compared to other ships at $39.60 is to cover the cost of the pastries, sandwiches etc that are available in the international cafe on deck five.

[iceleven]

I imagine it must be the AUD /USD flucuations.

 

Include with that the Canadian dollar.

[iceleven]

An email from a crew member onboard the Sun Princess last night explains a lot. The reason why the coffee card on board the Sun is $45 as compared to other ships at $39.60 is to cover the cost of the pastries, sandwiches etc that are available in the international cafe on deck five.

 

That doesn't make sense. All the other ships have the pastries and sandwiches free in the International Cafe without a price increase.

[pablo222]

On line in the U.S. in US$

Coffee Card from $33.00 to $35.65 an 8% increase

Soda Sticker is no longer shown on line, only the Soda & More sticker @ $8.05/day.

 

 

You are absolutely right. Soda sticker is gone.

I purchased it not more than 2 weeks ago!

 

I also noticed that there is a bottled water package.

I wonder if this foreshadow's a carnival like policy

banning bringing aboard liquids...

[ALDOCRUISES]

That doesn't make sense. All the other ships have the pastries and sandwiches free in the International Cafe without a price increase.

 

Pretty sure the Sun is the only ship that sails out of Australia that has an International Cafe. The others are the Dawn, the Sea, the Golden and occasionally the Diamond. I think those ships have a very simple coffee shop on deck five.

[MicCanberra]

You are absolutely right. Soda sticker is gone.

I purchased it not more than 2 weeks ago!

 

I also noticed that there is a bottled water package.

I wonder if this foreshadow's a carnival like policy

banning bringing aboard liquids...

 

I hope not.:D

[GUT2407]

Soda and more was $7 a day in October on Diamond

[MicCanberra]

Soda and more was $7 a day in October on Diamond

 

It was $8.05 USD on the Caribbean Princess in October for my cruise.

[GUT2407]

It was $8.05 USD on the Caribbean Princess in October for my cruise.

 

 

Wow so I got a deal then, AUS$7 must be about US$5.

 

it was $231 for the full cruise.

[MicCanberra]

Wow so I got a deal then, AUS$7 must be about US$5.

 

it was $231 for the full cruise.

 

Not bad at all then.:D

[Bazandgiz]

Pretty sure the Sun is the only ship that sails out of Australia that has an International Cafe. The others are the Dawn, the Sea, the Golden and occasionally the Diamond. I think those ships have a very simple coffee shop on deck five.

 

The Golden has an international cafe too.

 

I just checked our cruise personaliser - the soda package is gone, soda and more is $7.65 AUD per day, coffee card is $39.60 and bottled water is $7.59 for 12 bottles. It's a bugger, I always go for the soda package, but a couple of bucks a day isn't the end of the world.

[moki'smommy]

Soda alone was $5 something on 11/29 Caribbean Princess.

 

Soda and more was $7 something + gratuity = $8.05

[ALDOCRUISES]

The Golden has an international cafe too.

 

I just checked our cruise personaliser - the soda package is gone, soda and more is $7.65 AUD per day, coffee card is $39.60 and bottled water is $7.59 for 12 bottles. It's a bugger, I always go for the soda package, but a couple of bucks a day isn't the end of the world.

 

On the Sun Princess in May the soda and more is $8.69. coffee card is$45 and 12 bottles of water will cost $8.63. The soda and the water cost increase is marginal but the Coffee Card increase is crazy.