ptod Posted October 14, 2020 #26 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Cannavaro said: Its $49 pp for 12/12 Symphony Eastern for me... Comes out to $809.48 with gratuity. Wife barely drinks so that's a big yikes for me. I tried my last time to get my money's worth to cover the cost of us two and yea..... that was an ugly scene every morning so really not worth it to us............we do drink a lot of bottled water and coffee You can call Royal and buy the deluxe package for you and the refreshment package for your wife. She can then buy drinks a la carte if/when she would like something. Only pain is that if there is a price drop you have to call back to cancel/repurchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted October 14, 2020 #27 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just out of curiosity how much is the refreshment package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannavaro Posted October 14, 2020 #28 Share Posted October 14, 2020 28 minutes ago, ptod said: You can call Royal and buy the deluxe package for you and the refreshment package for your wife. She can then buy drinks a la carte if/when she would like something. Only pain is that if there is a price drop you have to call back to cancel/repurchase. UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, you just may have made my day! Thank you!! I may still wait for the black friday deal all things considered right now and Royal may be making an announcement this week or next regarding the future of cruises yet again. 27 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said: Just out of curiosity how much is the refreshment package? Refreshment is $19.99 Clasic Soda is $7.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted October 15, 2020 #29 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Cannavaro said: UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, you just may have made my day! Thank you!! I may still wait for the black friday deal all things considered right now and Royal may be making an announcement this week or next regarding the future of cruises yet again. Refreshment is $19.99 Clasic Soda is $7.49 I paid $18 for the refreshment package, $49 for the deluxe plus $10 for surf and stream during black Friday 2018. I did have to call in order to buy one of each. This was for a 9 day cruise in 2019. I honestly think all things considered that they are offering you a good deal now. They might just be baiting people at these prices to get a cash flow. Once cruising starts up I would expect that the prices might go up as well. During my booking over a year out, I watched prices several times a day and the Deluxe package pretty much fluctuated a dollar or two but the refreshment package went from $28 to $18. At $18 it didn't pay for me to get 2 deluxe packages. I drink mostly sparkling water and specialty coffees and fresh OJ in the morning. OJ was $8.75 a glass. I paid for the occasional cocktail in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted October 15, 2020 #30 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, ptod said: You can call Royal and buy the deluxe package for you and the refreshment package for your wife. She can then buy drinks a la carte if/when she would like something. Only pain is that if there is a price drop you have to call back to cancel/repurchase. You should not have to call. You should be able to do both the cancellation and the new purchase in your Cruise Planner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannavaro Posted October 15, 2020 #31 Share Posted October 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said: You should not have to call. You should be able to do both the cancellation and the new purchase in your Cruise Planner. Tried that. Unfortunately, the deluxe beverage package automatically includes both when purchasing online. Every other package I am allowed to select individually. I'm sure the cancellations I can do on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted October 15, 2020 #32 Share Posted October 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Cannavaro said: Tried that. Unfortunately, the deluxe beverage package automatically includes both when purchasing online. Every other package I am allowed to select individually. I'm sure the cancellations I can do on my own. Ah. You are trying to circumvent the "every adult must purchase" rule. Yes, you would have to call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBlackDress Posted October 15, 2020 #33 Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Cannavaro said: Does anyone have recent drink menus available they can post by any chance to add some insight? I created a list from several lists, online menus and a few I took pics of while on board. There might be a couple of duplicates. A lot of them can be made with or without alcohol 1 Alexander Cocktail 2 ALMOND JOY 3 AMAZON PUNCH 4 AMERICAN DREAM 5 Anchors Away 6 APEROL SPRITZ 7 APPLETINI / APPLE MARTINI 8 AROMATIC SANGRIA 9 B-52 10 Bahama Mama 11 BAHAMA PAPA 12 BAILEYS BUTTERBALL 13 BAILEYS CHOCOLATE CAFE 14 BBC 15 BELLINI 16 BELLINI SUNSET 17 BERRI ACAI MARTINI 18 BERRY BANANA COLADA 19 Black Russian 20 BLOOD ORANGE NEGRONI 21 BLOODY CAESAR 22 BLOODY MARIA 23 Blue Caribbean 24 BLUE HAWAIIAN 25 BLUE LAGOON 26 Bob Marley 27 BOG FOG 28 BORA BORA BREW 29 BOSTON ICED TEA PARTY 30 BRITISH PIMM'S CUP 31 Buttery nipple 32 CALIFORNIA COOLER 33 CAPTAIN'S CAIPIRINHA 34 CARIBBEAN COOLER with Rum 35 CARIBBEAN COOLER with Vodka 36 CARIBBEAN SIDECAR 37 Caribbean Tea 38 Carmel Apple martinis 39 Central park martini 40 CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL 41 CHAMPAGNE MARGARITA 42 CHILL OUT 43 CHIVAS REGAL ROB ROY 44 CHIVAS SIDECAR 45 CHOCOLATE MARTINI 46 CHOCOLATE MINT 47 CITRUS COSMO 48 CITRUS PINK JIN LEMONADE 49 COCO BULL 50 COCO CABANA 51 Coco Loco 52 COCONUT BLAST 53 COCONUT MANGO DAIQUIRI 54 COCO-NUTS 55 CROWN ROYAL OLD FASHIONED 56 Cucumber Martini 57 DARK AND STORMY 58 DESSERT PEAR MARTINI 59 Dirty Shirley 60 DOMINIS MOJITO 61 Dry Lemonade 62 ELDERFLOWER LEMONADE 63 ELDERPHIRE 64 Espresso Martini 65 FLIRTINI 66 Florida Iced Tea 67 FRENCH VANILLA MARTINI 68 FRIAR TUCK 69 FROZEN BAHAMA MAMA 70 FROZEN LEMONADE 71 Frozen Lemonade drink w/ fresh strawberries & Rum 72 FROZEN MAI TAI 73 FROZEN MOJITO 74 FROZEN MUDSLIDE 75 FROZEN RUM RUNNER 76 Funky Monkey 77 GENTLEMAN"S SIDECAR 78 GIN FIZZ 79 GINGER RYE 80 GODIVA CHOCOLATE MARTINI 81 GOOMBAY SMASH 82 GRAND HEART 83 GRAPEFRUIT CAIPIROSKA 84 Green Goddess 85 GREYHOUND 86 GUAVA 'RITA 87 Havana Special 88 HENDRICK'S GIBSON 89 HENDRICK'S GILMET 90 HENNESSY BLACK BULL 91 Hurricane 92 Irish Trash Can 93 ITALIAN TEA 94 JAMAICAN BREEZE 95 JAMES BOND MARTINI 96 JAPANESE COLLINS 97 KENTUCKY BURGUNDY 98 KETEL ONE COOLER 99 KEY LIME PIE MARTINI 100 KIR ROYALE 101 Kiss on the Lips 102 KNOB CREEK MANHATTAN 103 Kracken Lava Flow 104 KRAKEN COLADA 105 Labadoozie 106 LAVA FLOW 107 Lavender Daiquiri 108 LEMON DROP 109 Let's Get Fizzical 110 LEVEL BLOODY MARY 111 LIBERTY THYME 112 LONDON LEMONADE 113 LONG BEACH ICED TEA 114 LONG ISLAND ICED TEA 115 LONG PIRATE ICED TEA 116 Love Connection 117 LUXURY MARTINI 118 LUXURY MARTINI 119 LYNCHBURG LEMONADE 120 MAI TIKI 121 Mango Cooler 122 Mango Daiquiris 123 MANGO LAVA FLOW 124 MANGO MAI TAI 125 MANGO MARTINI 126 MANGO SUNRISE 127 Mango Tango 128 MANHATTAN 129 MasterCard 130 Mayan Mango Margarita 131 Med-Mary Martini 132 Melon ball 133 Mexican Sangrita 134 Miami Vice 135 MIDORI LEMONADE 136 Mojito 137 MOSCOW GINGER MULE 138 Mudslide 139 Napoleon 140 NUTTY SCOTSMAN 141 OCEAN 'RITA 142 OREO COOKIE 143 Pain Killer 144 PAPAYA LAVA FLOW 145 Papaya Passion 146 PARADISE PUNCH 147 PASSION GUAVA LAVA 148 PASSION MANGO RITA 149 PASSION PAPAYA CRUSH 150 PATRON PERFECT MARGARITA 151 Peach Coladas 152 PEACH GIN SPRITZ 153 PEACH MARGARITA 154 PEAR MELON MARTINI 155 Pineapple Orange Margarita 156 Pineapple Upside-down Cake 157 PIRATE'S HURRICANE 158 PLANTERS PUNCH 159 POMEGRANATE COSMO 160 POMEGRANATE GIN FIZZ 161 POMEGRANATE MARGARITA 162 POMEGRANATE SPRITZ 163 PornStar Martini 164 PURE COOLER 165 Purple Haze 166 PYRAT RUM RUNNER 167 PYRAT'S HURRICANE 168 QUEEN MARY 169 RASPBERRY COLLINS 170 Raspberry Ricky 171 RAZZLE DAZZLE 172 RED SANGRIA 173 Red Velvet Cake 174 Red Velvet Martini 175 RHAPSODY RHUM SWIZZLE 176 ROB ROY 177 ROCK STAR 178 ROYAL CITRUS RITATINI 179 ROYAL FIZZ 180 ROYAL GOLD RITA 181 ROYAL ICED TEA 182 ROYAL RED APPLETINI 183 ROYAL SINGAPORE SLING 184 RUBY RED MARTINI 185 RUSTY NAIL 186 SAPPHIRE COLLINS 187 Caribbean Sling 188 SEVENTH AVENUE 189 Sex On The Beach 190 SEXY OCEAN 191 SHANGHAI SMASH * 192 SMOKEY RITA 193 SPARKLING MOJITO 194 SPARKLING PEACH MARTINI 195 SPARKLING SOMBRERO 196 SPICED RUM RUNNER 197 Strawberry Cheesecake Martini 198 Strawberry Hill Mojito 199 Strawberry Lava Flow 200 STRAWBERRY LEMONADE 201 STRAWBERRY MARGARITA 202 STRAWBERRY MEZCAL PEPPERITA 203 SUMMER BREEZE 204 SUNBURST SPLASH 205 TEQMO 206 Tequila Sunrise 207 THE GOLDENEYE 208 THE GRAND MARGARITA 209 THE METROPOLITAN 210 The pitch 211 THE TEN GRAND 212 TOASTED ALMOND 213 TORCHED CHERRY SANGRIA 214 Tribute 215 TRINIDAD PUNCH 216 Tropical Lemonade 217 TROPICAL MARTINI 218 TROPICAL SUNSET 219 Tropical Sunset 220 TWISTED SCREWDRIVER 221 ULTIMATE COSMOPOLITAN 222 ULTIMATE MAI TAI 223 ULTIMATE PINA COLADA 224 ULTIMATE STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI 225 Ultimate Strawberry Lemonade 226 UNION JACK LAVA FLOW 227 VANILLA WHITE RUSSIAN 228 WASHINGTON APPLE 229 What's Krackin 230 White Russian 231 WHITE SANGRIA 232 WILD BLOSSOM 233 WILDBERRY LAVA FLOW 234 WILDBERRY MARGARITA 235 WILDBERRY PEACH BELLINI 236 Woo Woo 237 ZACAPA DREAM Coffee Drinks ~ Spirited Coffee Cocktails 1 Icy Bourbon Mint Mocha 2 Cold White Satin 3 Royal Delight 4 Irish Coffee 5 Captain's Call SABOR (Mexican restaurant) Cocktails (May or May Not be made at other bars) "Sweet and Spicy Margarita" "Avocado Margarita" "Jalapeno Cucumber Margarita" "Simply Perfect Margarita" "Aztec Martini" "Sabor Grand Margarita" Cosmopolitan Royal Paloma Garibaldi I did have the drinks from Wonderland on the list but I guess it didn't get saved... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSSpence Posted October 16, 2020 Author #34 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks everyone! We went ahead and purchased the beverage packages, figuring that we can cancel and re-book if the price drops even more. We recently benefitted from a price drop in our fare of more than the beverage package costs, so I'm thinking of this as a "free beverage package" type benefit. Now to focus on excursions and crossing our fingers that we can sail June 2021 as planned (if not, we'll be going through all of this again for 2022). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwich Cruiser Posted October 16, 2020 #35 Share Posted October 16, 2020 9 hours ago, JSSpence said: Thanks everyone! We went ahead and purchased the beverage packages, figuring that we can cancel and re-book if the price drops even more. We recently benefitted from a price drop in our fare of more than the beverage package costs, so I'm thinking of this as a "free beverage package" type benefit. Now to focus on excursions and crossing our fingers that we can sail June 2021 as planned (if not, we'll be going through all of this again for 2022). Good decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted October 17, 2020 #36 Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 3:12 PM, drsel said: On Carnival, I have seen some folks with the unlimited alcoholic drinks package remain on ship at every port and enjoy cocktails by the poolside. They have a lot of drinks throughout the day and make sure that they exploit the package to the fullest extent. Is this specific to Carnival? m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted October 17, 2020 #37 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Is this specific to Carnival? Not exactly, but I haven't noticed this on Celebrity or Costa. I think that Carnival has imposed a limit of 13 or 15 alcoholic beverages per person per day and there are many who reach the limit. I met a young couple on Celebrity in Singapore, who said that they together have 30 to 40 glasses of beer everyday on the package, in hot tropical countries. Surprisingly, they were quite fit.While a crew member told me that they get beer for 50 cents a pint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted October 17, 2020 #38 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I think the alcohol package is a good deal if a couple together can consume 105 drinks on a typical 7 night Cruise @ 15 alcoholic drinks per day.Usually the man can manage 6 to 10 daily, but the lady may not have even 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted October 17, 2020 #39 Share Posted October 17, 2020 the problem is that in a port intensive itinerary, you have to rush early morning for your tour and come back late evening after the tour (and after shopping in the local markets). Then you will find hardly any time to have more than three to four drinks per person, especially if you have to get up early next morning for another tour in the next port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted October 17, 2020 #40 Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 3:12 PM, drsel said: On Carnival, I have seen some folks with the unlimited alcoholic drinks package remain on ship at every port and enjoy cocktails by the poolside. They have a lot of drinks throughout the day and make sure that they exploit the package to the fullest extent. Just an FYI, Carnival doesn’t have an unlimited alcohol package. Their drink package, called Cheers, only allows 15 alcohol drinks per day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted October 17, 2020 #41 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Just an FYI, Carnival doesn’t have an unlimited alcohol package. Their drink package, called Cheers, only allows 15 alcohol drinks per day. Exactly what I mentioned earlier in post number 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted October 17, 2020 #42 Share Posted October 17, 2020 1 minute ago, drsel said: 27 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said: Just an FYI, Carnival doesn’t have an unlimited alcohol package. Their drink package, called Cheers, only allows 15 alcohol drinks per day. Exactly what I mentioned earlier in post number 37 Your post says “I think” and “13 or 15” drinks, so not exactly what I said. I KNOW Cheers limits you to FIFTEEN alcohol drinks per day on Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted October 17, 2020 #43 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Yes of course you are right sir. In any case 30 alcoholic drinks per couple per day is quite a lot and more than enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted October 17, 2020 #44 Share Posted October 17, 2020 3 hours ago, drsel said: Yes of course you are right sir. In any case 30 alcoholic drinks per couple per day is quite a lot and more than enough I definitely agree with you here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denatravels Posted October 18, 2020 #45 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Refreshment is $19.99 Clasic Soda is $7.49On my cruise, refreshment has alternated between $26 and $34 and soda is $11. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted October 18, 2020 #46 Share Posted October 18, 2020 16 hours ago, drsel said: I think the alcohol package is a good deal if a couple together can consume 105 drinks on a typical 7 night Cruise @ 15 alcoholic drinks per day. Usually the man can manage 6 to 10 daily, but the lady may not have even 5 You can benefit from the package without drinking 15 glasses of alcohol because the individual prices are so high and will probably be higher once sailing starts. 3 glasses of wine alone will cost $30. add a water and specialty coffee at $4.00 each and a glass of fresh squeezed OJ at $8.75 and you are at $46.75 for the day before tips are added in. That's only 6 drinks. $55 is my break even point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted October 18, 2020 #47 Share Posted October 18, 2020 21 hours ago, drsel said: Yes of course you are right sir. In any case 30 alcoholic drinks per couple per day is quite a lot and more than enough At the price of individual drink prices, that would be $240-$360 a day without the package. Based on drinks $8-$12 each. M8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misslottie Posted October 18, 2020 #48 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I made this drink price list last year after we came back from Jewel of the Seas: The price in brackets is before the gratuity they add to every drink on board - Cocktail - ($12/$13) $14.16/$15.34 Coffee large ($4.75) $5.60 Coffee small ($4) $4.72 Cider ($7.25) $8.55 Bottled water 500ml - ($3.50) $4.13 Fresh juice - ($4) $4.72 Spa smoothie - ($6.25) $7.37 Alcohol coffee - ($8.95) $10.56 Soda - ($3.50) $4.13 For us, as long as we can get the drink package at around $39pp (so about $46 after gratuity added) then we are fine. I easily have 2 or 3 bottles of water a day, a juice and a large coffee near breakfast, a soda or juice at lunch, another coffee late morning, a soda or a cocktail in the afternoon and then 2 cocktails in the evening. The drink package is definitely worth it for us! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted October 18, 2020 #49 Share Posted October 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, misslottie said: I made this drink price list last year after we came back from Jewel of the Seas: The price in brackets is before the gratuity they add to every drink on board - Cocktail - ($12/$13) $14.16/$15.34 Coffee large ($4.75) $5.60 Coffee small ($4) $4.72 Cider ($7.25) $8.55 Bottled water 500ml - ($3.50) $4.13 Fresh juice - ($4) $4.72 Spa smoothie - ($6.25) $7.37 Alcohol coffee - ($8.95) $10.56 Soda - ($3.50) $4.13 For us, as long as we can get the drink package at around $39pp (so about $46 after gratuity added) then we are fine. I easily have 2 or 3 bottles of water a day, a juice and a large coffee near breakfast, a soda or juice at lunch, another coffee late morning, a soda or a cocktail in the afternoon and then 2 cocktails in the evening. The drink package is definitely worth it for us! We always get the deluxe package. M8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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