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Why do they have to make so hard to have a couple of beers on your balcony?

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davekathy

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I can't speak about RC. I am taking my first cruise with them April 2019, but on Carnival last June, when I got a Miller Lite, they would just twist the top of the aluminum bottle. I wanted to stock some for the room incase I hit my 15 drink limit later in the week on sea days. So I just took several a day and screwed the top back on and put in my mini fridge in the room.

No daily drink limit on RC.

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Point of the thread is that it is a pain to have some beers on your own balcony and that is so true. It really is a big negative for this style of vacation.

 

I love beach weekends or weeks in Fl with our cooler right next to us on the beach or on our balcony.

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Walk all the way to the nearest bar & all the way back to the cabin? How dare they make a person do all that work. They should have dial a bar service. Then we could have posts complaining about them charging to bring you a beer.

 

They are apparently developing a fleet-wide app that will allow you to mobile order your beverage and have it brought to you. I know I read that somewhere.

 

Also - I've never had the deluxe beverage package on Royal, but I've gotten several buckets of beer with NCL. Unopened, chilled beers in a bucket. The bartender would use 2-3 cards for the transaction. Can't Royal do this?

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Agree, and I did, another thing we came up with is getting the Fosters 22oz cans. But some bartenders on Vision insisted they had to open the bottles/cans at the bar, even after extra tips.

 

 

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you can thank the cheaters and the idiots who supply alcohol to minors for the bartenders insisting on all bottles/cans being opened.

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nealstuber

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They are apparently developing a fleet-wide app that will allow you to mobile order your beverage and have it brought to you. I know I read that somewhere.

 

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I’ve read that too, but had the impression that the mobile app would be for delivery in public venues, not rooms. But even that would be a huge improvement as there were very few roaming servers on the Vision, especially in the casino. Mercifully, the bars themselves were well staffed with guys who really hustled.

 

 

 

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pinkrosesdeb

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This is exactly what I haver planned to do in about 2.5 weeks! As long as you are willing to put the time in, beer can be enjoyed on the balcony! So what is this about an ice bucket and bottle opener the room attendant can leave?

Suites have bottle openers so I am sure you can ask for one and all cabins have an ice bucket but you need to request ice

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grouchomarx

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You must not get out much. Pretty much every land based bar has the same policy to a) prevent people from obtaining drinks for others, who may potentially be underage and b) prevent people from taking beers "to go" which may be illegal depending on local laws (not applicable on the ship, of course)

 

 

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I do get out plenty, thanks for your assumption. There is no way to prevent me from buying a glass of wine or a cocktail at any bar and walking off with it to supply an underage person or someone without a drink package in my cabin (or elsewhere). My reasoning is that you could do it with any drink why treat the beers this way? It's a nuisance to the passenger. Do not compare land based anything to a cruise. Apples and oranges in many cases. For example open container laws apply in most US cities. Not on a cruise, I can drink in all public venues. People aged 18 can drink beer and wine on a cruise, not land. Etc etc etc. And anyway why would anyone go to a bar and ask for a closed beer? It's not weird on a cruise, weird on land.

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I do get out plenty, thanks for your assumption. There is no way to prevent me from buying a glass of wine or a cocktail at any bar and walking off with it to supply an underage person or someone without a drink package in my cabin (or elsewhere). My reasoning is that you could do it with any drink why treat the beers this way? It's a nuisance to the passenger. Do not compare land based anything to a cruise. Apples and oranges in many cases. For example open container laws apply in most US cities. Not on a cruise, I can drink in all public venues. People aged 18 can drink beer and wine on a cruise, not land. Etc etc etc. And anyway why would anyone go to a bar and ask for a closed beer? It's not weird on a cruise, weird on land.

Unless the cruise is originating in Europe, people aged 18 most certainly cannot drink beer and wine.

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If you have a package, you can only get one drink every 15 minutes anyway correct? So if you are buying a bucket, or multiples, you are paying for them anyway, so the supplying a person without a package free alcohol excuse is out.

 

If you are supplying minors, them being opened isn't an issue either as they'd just drink them right away anyway.

 

If the reason is to keep you from overdrinking, then they shouldn't sell you multiples anyway. Open or not.

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Walk all the way to the nearest bar & all the way back to the cabin? How dare they make a person do all that work. They should have dial a bar service. Then we could have posts complaining about them charging to bring you a beer.

 

 

 

I’m not asking or expecting drink by drink service. Perfectly happy to pay to have the fridge filled up at the start of the cruise and when it’s empty.

 

 

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Agree, and I did, another thing we came up with is getting the Fosters 22oz cans. But some bartenders on Vision insisted they had to open the bottles/cans at the bar, even after extra tips.

 

 

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Oasis bartenders seem to have no problem giving us unopened brewskies. Maybe little ships aren't the cats meow after all.[emoji6]

 

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Never had an issue asking them to not open it. You could also get the aluminum cans and just screw the top back on. I accumulated a few during the day and took them back to the cabin. I either iced them or put them in the refrigerator, which the recent three trips kept them drinkable cold.

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If on Oasis, get a cabin on deck 8 mid. You can walk right outside to a bar to grab a drink and you'll be back in your cabin in no time.

 

 

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Exactly! That's why we booked deck 8 on the Allure - can't wait to send my hubby to get me another drink!

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Some cruise lines allow it with parental consent. NCL for sure. It is often discussed on CC.

Royal stopped allowing the parental waivers for underage alcohol consumption years ago.

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