Those Princess Drink Specials - Gone !

[MCC retired]

Been away from Princess cruising other cruise lines for long enough that our FCC's expired and $$ Returned .

Back on the Royal last week and noticed the lack of those reduced/free drinks onboard compared to all previous Princess Cruises (we are Platinum).

I believe it is due to the availability of Beverage Packages , both free with Sip & Sail and purchased.

Happy Hour = Gone

Platinum/Elite Lounge = No more BoGo .Now just a small selection of $7 Drinks

Champagne Waterfall night = Complementary champagne scarce

Captains Circle Party = Available drinks not what it once was.

 

Not that we are big drinkers ,the Beverage Packages are just too much booze for us (chose OBC option over Sip & Sail ), but it was noticeable after just a couple years away.

Other Princess positive features like dinning & service remain unchanged IMO.

[paul929207]

Happy Hour has been eliminated.

Platinum/Elite - I do not recall them ever having BoGo at this.

Champagne waterfall - My wife never has a problem finding a glass or two.

Captain's Circle - Drinks have been poor for years.

[floridalover5623]

With the every increasing prices in drinks & cutbacks at functions it just makes more & more people deciding to bring their own.

We are not big drinkers but it's evident that BYOB is the only way to go.

[IECalCruiser]

To reinforce paul929207’s post:

 

Happy Hour has been eliminated but it had only been offered for a couple of years

Platinum/Elite - Never seen a BoGo offered. The new reduced price $6 drinks menu is not an improvement in drink selection

Champagne waterfall - We don’t bother going anymore and the quality of the “champagne” was never that good

Captain's Circle - For many years, to get a “good” drink we have asked for wine

 

 

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[voljeep]

what other lines besides Princess allows that one person in a cabin can buy the PBP, and the other doesn't?

 

if/when that happens, it will be a definite deal killer for us to buy the PBP.:cool:

[reedprincess]

what other lines besides Princess allows that one person in a cabin can buy the PBP, and the other doesn't?

 

if/when that happens, it will be a definite deal killer for us to buy the PBP.:cool:

Celebrity. No requirement that both/all buy a package.

Exception is when it's part of a booking promo, just like on Princess. Since most of Celebrity's cruises incuded at least one perk, most choose a beverage package, thus both have it..

[MCC retired]

Happy Hour has been eliminated.

Platinum/Elite - I do not recall them ever having BoGo at this.

Champagne waterfall - My wife never has a problem finding a glass or two.

Captain's Circle - Drinks have been poor for years.

 

Platinum Elite Lounge .

Well maybe they were not BoGo but they certainly were less $$$ , perhaps Drink of the Day?

Can't recall ?

[4cats4me]

We were on the same cruise. Platinum Elite Lounge has never had a BOGO. The drinks were 6.50, not 7.00, and neither of us liked the new drinks either.

Plenty of free champagne.

BOGO has been offered for the last three years, but never before

No, there was no drink of the day offered.

In fact, all drink prices have increased since 2017.

However, drinks are still way cheaper than on Royal and X.

[paul929207]

Platinum Elite Lounge .

Well maybe they were not BoGo but they certainly were less $$$ , perhaps Drink of the Day?

Can't recall ?

I think they had a drink of the day at the Elite/Platinum lounge. It was about $5. Now they have different specials that are about $6.50 or so each. Maybe 10 different drinks available at this price. We didn't think much of either special so just get wine.

[caribill]

Platinum Elite Lounge .

Well maybe they were not BoGo but they certainly were less $$$ , perhaps Drink of the Day?

Can't recall ?

 

When the PES lounge started there was a drink of the day for $3.

Then $4

Then $5

Then.....