Straws

[Tree_skier]

9 minutes ago, DirtyDawg said:

Drink faster. 🧉

Problem solved. 😁

This is the only legitimate alternative suggested so far... Thank you Dawg.

[PolicromaSol]

10 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

I'm boarding Ovation this week and was wondering what kind of straws are currently being used on board.  I despise those paper straws but was sure that I had read somewhere here on CC that they had changed to some sort biodegradable plastic straw that didn't disintegrate in your mouth before you could finish your drink.  

 

Should I bring straws or will I be fine.

 

 

The kind of straws they're talking about are plastic, but have a different texture and are more translucent than transparent.

 

There's a coffee shop a block from me that favors them.

[ladysail2]

I’m from Canada, if that makes a difference.  My most favourite drink is Strawberry Frutopia which I buy at McDonalds. They supply a paper straw, and I do buy the large sized drink. That straw is as good at the end as it was at the beginning. I might go into the restaurant and pick up a few extra for my upcoming cruise, wink wink.  You might want to check them out as a comparison.

[time4u2go]

2 hours ago, zap99 said:

Straws to drink with?. I remember them from when I was a child. No thanks.

Lol same here.

[foxgoodrich]

The straws are no big deal to me.  What I do miss are the plastic swizzle sticks!  It's a good thing I still have a bunch of them...I can still make more earrings...

[sellwingri]

The new straws are great!  They’ve been available on my last few recent cruises on Anthem, Vision, and Harmony.

[Lady Hudson]

Last 3 ships I have been on recently — Anthem, Oasis, and Enchantment — all had the new biodegradable straws.  They were great.  True story — my first trip back on Oasis I met up with a passenger with whom I had sailed on Grandeur.  His first words — I remember you and your sister bringing your own straws! 🍹🥤

[sellwingri]

13 minutes ago, foxgoodrich said:

The straws are no big deal to me.  What I do miss are the plastic swizzle sticks!  It's a good thing I still have a bunch of them...I can still make more earrings...

Someone gave us these earrings (without the pearls) during a Cruise Critic Meet and Mingle a few years ago.  I wear them on every cruise and get so many comments.

[Ret MP]

42 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

Please post a video of you drinking a Frappe without a straw.  I need a little morning entertainment.  🙂

If a straw doesn't work, a spoon does.  

I'm one that never uses a straw.  Well, I use one to stir in my sweetener into my ice tea as most restaurants don't provide those long tea spoons anymore.  

[foxgoodrich]

12 minutes ago, sellwingri said:

Someone gave us these earrings (without the pearls) during a Cruise Critic Meet and Mingle a few years ago.  I wear them on every cruise and get so many comments.

We are in the pearl business, so I always make them with pearls, and always took a pair for an M&M door prize back in the old days.  I also used them to tip the bar staff (with wives/girlfriends) in the DL, thus guaranteeing me a good supply of swizzle sticks - haha!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

3 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Paper on Ovation July 8 to 15. Yes...they are terrible. 

Same for me on the Ovation cruise directly following.

[John&LaLa]

 

 

[molly361]

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

Yes, frozen drinks for sure...

 

That shade is too pink for me.  I prefer a darker, more ruby shade.

[Tree_skier]

6 minutes ago, molly361 said:

I could go with that... It's bold but I'm nothing if not adventurous.  

Edited August 23, 2022 by Tree_skier

[loman]

My juice boxes come with a straw 😂

[loman]

Allow Kramer to demonstrate 

 

[jk04]

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

I could go with that... It's bold but I'm nothing if not adventurous.

Too red?

 

[Ashland]

The new brand of biodegradable straws onboard are "StrawFish" and they work great. I always prefer a straw and had no trouble getting this new brand recently onboard that last few ships I've been on even including Jewel out of Amsterdam.

[sherylc]

Just off the Harmony. Had a combination of the biodegradable plastic straws (nice) and paper straws - not so nice when that bar or restaurant didn't have the plastic ones. 

[Jimbo]

Here are some nice straws, even comes with a cleaning brush.

 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Set-of-Stainless-Steel-Metal-Reusable-Straws-Silicone-Tips-Cleaning-Brush-10-5/855154725

 

[mek]

5 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

For some us old enough to remember, are they like Paper Straws that we'd get in Kindergarten? Three sucks on them in our Milk Cartons and Soaked/Flattened  

But then we used to chew on them - LOL.

[Jimbo]

@Tree_skier Dave you could also bring a hotdog as a straw with you.

 

 

 

[cruiselvr04]

Liberty had the new straws a couple of weeks ago.  Not paper, not sure what they were but they held up over 2 hours in a drink.  ( No my drinks don’t usually last that long.  Lol.) Much better then those awful paper ones.  

[Wineaux007]

Be careful of those metal straws -- they could kill you:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/07/09/metal-drinking-straw-fatally-impales-woman-england/1684768001/

[DirtyDawg]

14 minutes ago, Wineaux007 said:

Be careful of those metal straws -- they could kill you:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/07/09/metal-drinking-straw-fatally-impales-woman-england/1684768001/

Or perhaps it was the 10 vodka tonics she had in her mason-jar style drinking glass that was the real culprit. Folks, don't mix! 😉