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linbobky

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13 minutes ago, kelkel2 said:

Not if you’re in the same cabin. Carnival is very strict about it and people on CC have reported very little to no luck even with doctors notes etc. 

That is because anybody can write a doctors note.

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jiggs

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based on OPs user name alone, I will add that people have been successful buying cheers for one person if the other person in the cabin had DOU Everywhere from the casino.  Essentially you're both getting Cheers, just the players club is paying for one of them.

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mdsgu

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23 minutes ago, crewsweeper said:

Curious as to which other cruise lines allow single purchases of drink packages.  I know on Royal it has to be both.

We have been successful on RC getting drink package for 1 guest only (with a doctor's note).

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1025cruise

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3 hours ago, mdsgu said:

We have been successful on RC getting drink package for 1 guest only (with a doctor's note).

Usually this requires the other person to get the refreshment package that Royal offers. Plus it requires a phone call.

Carnival, however, does not allow for any exceptions to the rule.

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crewsweeper "Live from...." Rare

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It should not be that difficult for any cruise line to set up ship cards for a single drink package.  Already limit you to 15 drinks a day and you have to wait 5 minutes before ordering another.  Honestly think they would make more $ off drink packages by allowing 1 person in a cabin to buy as that throws oout many who would otherwise participate. 

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3 minutes ago, crewsweeper said:

It should not be that difficult for any cruise line to set up ship cards for a single drink package.  Already limit you to 15 drinks a day and you have to wait 5 minutes before ordering another.  Honestly think they would make more $ off drink packages by allowing 1 person in a cabin to buy as that throws oout many who would otherwise participate. 

Programming is the easy part, just a couple key strokes and it can happen. However the profit margin instantly disappears. Each package is priced based on an average amount of product consumed by the passenger. The company I am sure has this tracked very close and it is probably nowhere close to 15 drinks per passenger per day. If they allowed passengers to share the package which is what would happen if only passenger per cabin had to purchase that average would shoot up to the 15 drinks per day in my opinion. Add to that all the extra bottles of water, energy drinks, and coffee the cost would have to go way up to bring in the profits the company needs to maintain. Also one other aspect to remember is the gratuities, one package being sold one set of gratuities but twice the product sales essentially cutting the gratuities in half for the crew. 

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markkw07

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Or the other people/person assigned to your stateroom are under 21. Then you could get the cheers for 1.  Again, there are ways to do this, assuming you book it the correct way, and you have the appropriate

amount of people under 21 and the amount of staterooms booked. 

 

As everyone has stated, if everyone in your group is  21 and over, then it doesn't matter, everyone assigned to your stateroom must purchase Cheers, unless as someone stated above, they have the drinks on us comp from the casino.

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kdr69

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6 hours ago, crewsweeper said:

Curious as to which other cruise lines allow single purchases of drink packages.  I know on Royal it has to be both.

I believe on Royal it can be a combination of Beverage and/or Alcohol package though  whereas Cheers is both need Alcohol package.

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ALWAYS CRUZIN

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On 7/8/2022 at 9:00 AM, crewsweeper said:

Curious as to which other cruise lines allow single purchases of drink packages.  I know on Royal it has to be both.

I know of no cruise line that lets you purchase for only one. What cruiseline  allow purchasing the drink package for only one in the cabin. Maybe if one is under age and the other is an adult? Not sure about that either.

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On 7/25/2022 at 10:25 PM, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

I know of no cruise line that lets you purchase for only one. What cruiseline  allow purchasing the drink package for only one in the cabin. Maybe if one is under age and the other is an adult? Not sure about that either.

Royal allows one alcohol package if the other adult buys the much cheaper refreshment package. No note needed, just have to call 

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happy cruzer

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On 7/25/2022 at 9:25 PM, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

I know of no cruise line that lets you purchase for only one. What cruiseline  allow purchasing the drink package for only one in the cabin. Maybe if one is under age and the other is an adult? Not sure about that either.

Princess which is part of the same corp at CCL.

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CruizinSusan70

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On 7/8/2022 at 9:00 AM, crewsweeper said:

Curious as to which other cruise lines allow single purchases of drink packages.  I know on Royal it has to be both.

On Royal, one can get the alcohol package while the other gets the refreshment package.  This is only done via phone with a CSR.

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1 hour ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

On Royal, one can get the alcohol package while the other gets the refreshment package.  This is only done via phone with a CSR.

That's also offered once on board, but unless the one who doesn't drink alcohol uses enough of the non-alcoholic offerings to justify that purchase, may not be the best choice.

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