Princess Cruise Drinks Price Australia

[Stickman1990]

38 minutes ago, Elorac123 said:

although their sense of time leaves a lot to be desired so do it in the morning

That is definitely one port you don’t want to be left stranded in!

[Elorac123]

15 minutes ago, Stickman1990 said:

That is definitely one port you don’t want to be left stranded in!

No it’s very pretty but my margaritas would not have been so readily available.

Think it was there that I saw a plane land on a grass airstrip ,quite a sight to see.

Cheers Carole

[Stickman1990]

Just now, Elorac123 said:

Think it was there that I saw a plane land on a grass airstrip ,quite a sight to see

Yes there’s an operational airfield there - expensive charter flight to catch up with the ship though!

 

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

Thanks, Carole. I'm hoping we make it on shore there too. We missed out on one cruise as Cyclone Pam destroyed the wharf two weeks before our cruise.

 

I'm hoping to do some snorkeling there too.

[Hammer61]

Curious as to how buying the 5 for 4 beer works, aside from the obvious bit! Lets say I buy this in the afternoon by the pool and drink 2, do I then physically have to take the bucket with me when I leave, keep them in my room etc, or can I leave them at the bar for the following day, transfer them to another bar, say the crooners bar for drinking in the evening? And if not can I take my bucket to other bars around the ship, would just leave in fridge in room and fetch when we went somewhere else.

 

Very mixed on getting the beverage package, more from a consumption point of view, seems to make it worthwhile you really need to drink a lot or share, which I know you cant do, and anyway my wife doesn’t drink, so a 5 for 4 bucket a day would be enough for me, im not a big wine drinker so the 2 i can bring on board will be enough, same with coffee, 1 a day at breakfast is all I ever have, do like a cocktail but think I would need to be drinking at least 4 or 5 a day to make the package worthwhile and not sure I could do that for 14 days on the trot….

 

Do like a night cap, but more often than not im carrying that to the cabin and drink while reading as my wife gets ready for bed (why does it take woman so looooooooog??), so could pre order a 375ml bottle for the room and arrange ice in the fridge, prices are quite reasonable i thought. 

Edited December 13, 2019 by Hammer61

[OzKiwiJJ]

I can't give you a definitive answer, Hammer61, but I did notice a few things about the bucket deals when I was on Sea Princess. 

 

Firstly it appears the buckets are only welcome around the pool. On two occasions I noticed arguments in Crooners where people wanted to buy the bucket there and drink the beers in Crooners. The waiters said they could sell them the bucket but they would have to go elsewhere to drink the beers. 

 

I'm not sure if the pool bar would store the beers for you but certainly you would be able to take the bucket back to your cabin and store them in the fridge. You could probably take one bottle at a time to Crooners or one of the other inside bars, but not the bucket.

 

I doubt the drinks package would be good value for you. Buy a coffee card if you prefer speciality coffees rather than then American brewed coffee they serve as standard. 

 

As a guideline we tend to have a cocktail before dinner, share a bottle of wine during dinner, and have a after dinner cocktail or liqueur. DH will sometimes have a beer with lunch but I don't usually bother. We get coffee cards. DH has 2-3 coffees a day, and I have 1-2 (I drink tea with breakfast). On the 35 night cruise we averaged $55pp per day on drinks, and on the 8 night Ruby Princess cruise that finished yesterday we averaged $65pp per day - but we did indulge in a few $70+ European wines some nights, a rare treat for us.

 

Note - Princess has a special on at the moment allowing you to choose between a standard fare or a higher fare with a drinks package and unlimited internet included. Apparently the higher fare is good value if you were considering purchasing a drinks package.

 

BTW us ladies like to go to bed with clean, moisturised skin, clean teeth, and brushed hair. 

Edited December 14, 2019 by OzKiwiJJ

[Hammer61]

57 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Princess has a special on at the moment allowing you to choose between a standard fare or a higher fare with a drinks package and unlimited internet included. Apparently the higher fare is good value if you were considering purchasing a drinks package.

Yes  i saw this yesterday, bit late for us as the cruise we are on is only a little over a month away and sold out, but did look very good value, compared a few cruises and the differnce between the value fare and all inclusive for a 13 or 14 night cruise was around $400, that makes the beverage package about $30 a day, plus you get the internet as well. 

 

59 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

BTW us ladies like to go to bed with clean, moisturised skin, clean teeth, and brushed hair. 

Tell me about it! Its a nightly ritual for my wife, about 25 mins, compard to me who is undressed, in and out of the shower, teeth brushed and in bed in under 5 mins😁

[icat2000]

Watch out for the doubles prices. We got charged $26 for a double whiskey and coke. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

20 minutes ago, Hammer61 said:

Yes  i saw this yesterday, bit late for us as the cruise we are on is only a little over a month away and sold out, but did look very good value, compared a few cruises and the differnce between the value fare and all inclusive for a 13 or 14 night cruise was around $400, that makes the beverage package about $30 a day, plus you get the internet as well. 

I looked at it for an October Sea Princess cruise we have booked but it wasn't worth refaring. On that ship the unlimited internet is per cabin, not per passenger, and only one device can be connected to it at any one time. We have free internet minutes as Elites which usually suffices. On Medallion ships each person can connect a device at any time. Plus, having experienced the choice on the full wine list on two cruises I'm not going back to being restricted to wines by the glass, especially when three of those wines were out of stock on our recent Ruby cruise, and several others were not wines we like. Plus sometimes getting more than one glass of wine in the MDRs can be almost impossible, the waiters are overworked as it is. 

[NSWP]

8 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

Watch out for the doubles prices. We got charged $26 for a double whiskey and coke. 

OTT Sarah. I trust you enjoyed it, any extra charge for the ice cubes? 😍

Edited December 14, 2019 by NSWP

[icat2000]

Just now, NSWP said:

OTT Sarah. I trust you enjoyed it, any extra charge for the ice cubes? 😍

I forgot to check I was still in shock. It probably melted by the time I recovered from the shock. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

9 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

Watch out for the doubles prices. We got charged $26 for a double whiskey and coke. 

You actually got charged for a double whiskey - they throw the coke in for free according to a bartender on Sea Princess. 😋

[Russell21]

4 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

You actually got charged for a double whiskey - they throw the coke in for free according to a bartender on Sea Princess. 😋

Doubles are another thing I like about Carnival ships, doubles are usually only about $3.00 more.

[MicCanberra]

4 hours ago, Hammer61 said:

Tell me about it! Its a nightly ritual for my wife, about 25 mins, compard to me who is undressed, in and out of the shower, teeth brushed and in bed in under 5 mins😁

Sometimes the ladies prefer it when we take a little more time.😏

[icat2000]

On 12/14/2019 at 5:16 PM, Russell21 said:

Doubles are another thing I like about Carnival ships, doubles are usually only about $3.00 more.

Yeap. I said to Pete. Probably should cruise Carnival more rather than Princess because of 2 reasons. Cabin price cheaper. Drinks cheaper. Oh and Casino has better machines to take your money. The casino machines variety was really poor on Golden Princess. 

[NSWP]

2 hours ago, icat2000 said:

Yeap. I said to Pete. Probably should cruise Carnival more rather than Princess because of 2 reasons. Cabin price cheaper. Drinks cheaper. Oh and Casino has better machines to take your money. The casino machines variety was really poor on Golden Princess. 

Carnival = The Fun ships.   Only done 1 Carnival cruise on Carnival Spirit way back in 2006, 'Fire & Ice' -Hawaiian Islands to Vancouver to Inside Passage, Alaska.  Great times, dancing/singing waiters and all. But none of the water slide rubbish up top back then.  But they did have a topless sunbathing deck up top, I inadvertently wandered up there one day, I had to return to the cabin after making certain observations and pop another blood pressure pill.🤣

Edited December 15, 2019 by NSWP

[challis]

i am now drinking my own homemade margarita made from a 1 ltr bottle of

 

1800 reposado tequila bought from the ruby princess after my 8 nighter to the islands

 

last week,another  lovelly cruise on the ruby princess...

 

all for the grand price of $29,99..will make say 20 good sized margaRITAS

 

this particular tequila served on princess tastes smoother than a good scotch to my taste...

 

.buy 2 bottles and you get 10% off too... yummm

[claudio]

I prefer celebrity  or ncl packages much more generous than princess australia

Having said that am perplexed  why people pay 10 grand for asuite and then have a cry why they cant bring a slab of water or coke  onboard

[GUT2407]

38 minutes ago, claudio said:

I prefer celebrity  or ncl packages much more generous than princess australia

Having said that am perplexed  why people pay 10 grand for asuite and then have a cry why they cant bring a slab of water or coke  onboard

The only time I have paid $10K for any cruise it was 33 nights. I’d suggest mist people here are paying under 5 grand per cruise. 

 

On our 33 night cruise drink package for two would have added nearly 50% to the cruise cost.

Edited December 21, 2019 by GUT2407

[kowhairob]

On 9/12/2019 at 3:10 PM, OzKiwiJJ said:

We knew the prices would be high so budgeted for them. But they aren't much different from Sydney restaurant prices. We're enjoying the opportunity to try wines that we don't see in Australia. So far we haven't had the same wine twice and all have been excellent.

Are you able to update Princess Australian Drinks prices on your upcoming cruise this March ?

We normally cruise on Celebrity and I'm shocked at the Drink prices here in Australia..

[Aus Traveller]

29 minutes ago, kowhairob said:

Are you able to update Princess Australian Drinks prices on your upcoming cruise this March ?

We normally cruise on Celebrity and I'm shocked at the Drink prices here in Australia..

There are a couple of threads here with up-to-date prices. Unfortunately, Princess prices are high, but not as high as some other cruise lines. P&O Aust has lower prices. We cruise a fair bit on Princess, but we take our own wine and pay the $15 corkage.

[kowhairob]

Yes. Will be taking wine aboard in our carry on. What's the most you can take, happy to pay the $15 surcharge 

[joejoe 59]

42 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

There are a couple of threads here with up-to-date prices. Unfortunately, Princess prices are high, but not as high as some other cruise lines. P&O Aust has lower prices. We cruise a fair bit on Princess, but we take our own wine and pay the $15 corkage.

Is it still $15 corkage do you know? I will be going back to taking wine onboard as I'm not willing to pay the new price. 

[Aus Traveller]

43 minutes ago, kowhairob said:

Yes. Will be taking wine aboard in our carry on. What's the most you can take, happy to pay the $15 surcharge 

You can take as much wine as you can carry (or wheel on). The cost of corkage was still AUD$15 per bottle a couple of weeks ago. You are allowed one bottle per person without the corkage charge. When you pay the corkage they put a sticker on the bottle. You can then take them to the dining room where they are treated the same as if you bought them on board. 😁

 

I'm not game to try checking in a case of wine with the checked luggage because Princess' terms state that the wine has to be taken on in hand luggage.

 

I did check on our last cruise if we could take additional wine on at intermediate ports of calls. the answer was "Yes - one free but you have to pay corkage on any more than that".

Edited March 11, 2023 by Aus Traveller

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, kowhairob said:

Are you able to update Princess Australian Drinks prices on your upcoming cruise this March ?

We normally cruise on Celebrity and I'm shocked at the Drink prices here in Australia..

It's a bit tricky doing drinks other than cocktails as the bars don't always have drinks menus anymore and capturing and posting screen shots from the app takes a lot of time. I'll see what I can do though.