Beer on the ship vs. Coco Cay

[Mum2Mercury]

Just an observation:  Beer rings up for a dollar more on the island.  Yes, same brand, same size ... was a can on the island, bottle on the ship.  

[not-enough-cruising]

15 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said:

Just an observation:  Beer rings up for a dollar more on the island.  Yes, same brand, same size ... was a can on the island, bottle on the ship.  

Bahamas charges a VAT for everything on the island

[LGW59]

1 hour ago, Mum2Mercury said:

Just an observation:  Beer rings up for a dollar more on the island.  Yes, same brand, same size ... was a can on the island, bottle on the ship.  

$1.00?

[Magicat]

You have reminded me of something.  Several years back DW and I noticed that beer prices were different around the ship.  We found the cheapest beer at Johnny Rocket.  Not sure if this is still the case, however, on our next cruise we will investigate if this is still the case.

[Ret MP]

1 hour ago, Magicat said:

You have reminded me of something.  Several years back DW and I noticed that beer prices were different around the ship.  We found the cheapest beer at Johnny Rocket.  Not sure if this is still the case, however, on our next cruise we will investigate if this is still the case.

Playmakers:

On my last cruise on the Independence a couple months ago, the only place, I found, that served a picture of draft beer was in Playmakers.  I drank a few of those per seating while my wife was in the casino.  I love draft and my wife loves slots, win win.  I did the math and the picture of beer came out to the equivalent of getting one beer for free and none of the servers bothered me as long as I had beer in the picture.  Well, one guy came by a few times to see if I wanted something off the menu.  After about the third time, I told him that when I was ready for something off the menu, I'd get his attention, nicely of course.

[shellunderwater]

56 minutes ago, Ret MP said:

Playmakers:

On my last cruise on the Independence a couple months ago, the only place, I found, that served a picture of draft beer was in Playmakers.  I drank a few of those per seating while my wife was in the casino.  I love draft and my wife loves slots, win win.  I did the math and the picture of beer came out to the equivalent of getting one beer for free and none of the servers bothered me as long as I had beer in the picture.  Well, one guy came by a few times to see if I wanted something off the menu.  After about the third time, I told him that when I was ready for something off the menu, I'd get his attention, nicely of course.

Pitcher.

 

Pictures don't taste as good.

[Ret MP]

1 minute ago, shellunderwater said:

Pitcher.

 

Pictures don't taste as good.

LOL, you are correct.  The paper is nasty.

[Mum2Mercury]

2 hours ago, Magicat said:

You have reminded me of something.  Several years back DW and I noticed that beer prices were different around the ship.  We found the cheapest beer at Johnny Rocket.  Not sure if this is still the case, however, on our next cruise we will investigate if this is still the case.

Yes, we found that true years ago -- and now that we're "back to cruising", we've been on two cruises in four months and haven't checked on this.  I'd like to know the answer!  

22 minutes ago, shellunderwater said:

Pitcher.

 

Pictures don't taste as good.

I was genuinely confused for a moment and wondered why Ret MP was paying for photographs.  

What does a Playmaker's pitcher cost?

Edited December 12, 2022 by Mum2Mercury

[billslowsky]

4 hours ago, LGW59 said:

$1.00?

The Bahamas VAT is 10%, used to be 12%, so yes, it could have been a dollar difference.

[Mum2Mercury]

16 minutes ago, billslowsky said:

The Bahamas VAT is 10%, used to be 12%, so yes, it could have been a dollar difference.

I won't swear it was exactly a dollar, but it was close. 

[Merion_Mom]

Yes, it's the VAT.  I don't know about your cruise, but on ours, this is printed in the Cruise Compass that day.

[SnorkelBoy]

I think the moral to this story is buy a pitcher of beer on board, pour it into a rum runner and sneak it onto the island to avoid the VAT.

[Mum2Mercury]

3 minutes ago, SnorkelBoy said:

I think the moral to this story is buy a pitcher of beer on board, pour it into a rum runner and sneak it onto the island to avoid the VAT.

No need to sneak it -- buy a couple beers on the ship and carry them off.  

[Ret MP]

On 12/11/2022 at 8:45 PM, Mum2Mercury said:

I was genuinely confused for a moment and wondered why Ret MP was paying for photographs.  

What does a Playmaker's pitcher cost?

LOL, ESL or FFTM.

 

Can't remember for sure.  I think it was somewhere around $18.00.  

Edited December 14, 2022 by Ret MP

[mac66]

15 hours ago, Ret MP said:

LOL, ESL or FFTM.

 

Can't remember for sure.  I think it was somewhere around $18.00.  

If you are drinking several pitchers of beer at one sitting it's no wonder you don't remember.  😆

[mattg43]

I assume the VAT tax is not covered by the drink package, but added to the seapass account?

[Ret MP]

1 hour ago, mac66 said:

If you are drinking several pitchers of beer at one sitting it's no wonder you don't remember.  😆

Yep, and the very great side benefit is that the more I drank, the less I cared about how much it was.

 

[DirtyDawg]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:26 PM, Ret MP said:

LOL, you are correct.  The paper is nasty.

I almost spat out my coffee all over my keyboard when I read this one. 

 

You win today's Groucho award! 🏆 🤣