Royal Caribbean Cocktail Recipes

[PG_Cruiser]

Hi all!  I've been making cocktails from Royal Caribbean's drink menus and I wanted to share them here.  They're from the new/revised menus that came out in April 2021.  The recipes are the ones bartenders use on the ships, including the brands, quantities, garnish, and glasses used. Some may vary based on the ship's supplies.  I'll make a note on any substitutions that I make.  Please note that I am not a mixologist or bartender by any stretch of the imagination, just a copycat who enjoys recreating the Royal Caribbean experience at home.  My presentation style is like jotting down the recipe on the menus themselves.

Let's all have fun making (and drinking) these cocktails.

[PG_Cruiser]

GOOMBAY SMASH

 

 

Substitution:

Orange wedge garnish for Pineapple Wedge

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by PG_Cruiser

[PG_Cruiser]

STRAWBERRY BLONDE

 

 

Substitution:

 

Fresh Fruit for packaged fruit mixes and juices.
Cosmopolitan glass for Highball. (Royal uses pint glasses for highball glasses)

[mets123]

That's a great idea, but the bartenders don't follow the recipes. I was on the Oasis three weeks ago and ordered mai tais from 10 different bars, and each was different. I questioned two bartenders and they said it's up to the bartender how they make it, that recipes are a suggestion.

[PG_Cruiser]

PAPA JAC

 

[PG_Cruiser]

RUM OLD FASHIONED

 

 

Substitution:

Zacapa No 23 for Bacardi Reserva Ocho
Sugar-free Coconut Syrup for regular

[SailorMarg]

7 hours ago, PG_Cruiser said:

Hi all!  I've been making cocktails from Royal Caribbean's drink menus and I wanted to share them here.  They're from the new/revised menus that came out in April 2021.  The recipes are the ones bartenders use on the ships, including the brands, quantities, garnish, and glasses used. Some may vary based on the ship's supplies.  I'll make a note on any substitutions that I make.  Please note that I am not a mixologist or bartender by any stretch of the imagination, just a copycat who enjoys recreating the Royal Caribbean experience at home.  My presentation style is like jotting down the recipe on the menus themselves.

Let's all have fun making (and drinking) these cocktails.

I’ve tried to make my all time favorite, the Passion Spritz, but have failed miserably in recreating anything even close to the original.  Guess I’ll have to just keep on cruising to get my fix.

 

[PG_Cruiser]

Just now, SailorMarg said:

I’ve tried to make my all time favorite, the Passion Spritz, but have failed miserably in recreating anything even close to the original.  Guess I’ll have to just keep on cruising to get my fix.

 

 

Did you come up with your own recipe?

[SailorMarg]

1 hour ago, PG_Cruiser said:

 

Did you come up with your own recipe?

Used this recipe found online, https://attractionsmagazine.com/interview-royal-caribbean-director-of-beverage-operations-plus-drink-recipe-to-make-at-home/

[PG_Cruiser]

51 minutes ago, SailorMarg said:

Used this recipe found online, https://attractionsmagazine.com/interview-royal-caribbean-director-of-beverage-operations-plus-drink-recipe-to-make-at-home/

That’s the recipe I have too.

[SailorMarg]

11 minutes ago, PG_Cruiser said:

That’s the recipe I have too.

I did use a sugar free Passion Fruit syrup, that’s probably the problem.  I’m gonna try again with the real stuff.  Just ordered on Amazon.  Headed to the President’s Cruise in a few weeks.  Wanna pregame. 🙂  

[FPP777]

3 hours ago, SailorMarg said:

I did use a sugar free Passion Fruit syrup, that’s probably the problem.  I’m gonna try again with the real stuff.  Just ordered on Amazon.  Headed to the President’s Cruise in a few weeks.  Wanna pregame. 🙂  

Same for me, Presidents Cruise. I will be pregaming with the Kentucky Summer. 

[lovesthebeach2]

Thanks for this thread! I’m looking forward to the recipes!

[PG_Cruiser]

CURAÇAO COSMO

 

 

 

[PG_Cruiser]

PRETTY N PINK

 

 

Substitution:
Reàl Guava Purée for Guava Syrup

[ShillyShally]

These are great!  Do you find most bars on board have the real guava puree?  I have no sweet tooth but can handle most fruit juices if done sparingly so these recipes help me know what to tweak if I want to veer off my go-to of vodka/water 🙂

[PG_Cruiser]

2 hours ago, ShillyShally said:

Do you find most bars on board have the real guava puree?

 

I think they use Island Oasis/Sunsational for the fruit mixes and Monin for the syrups.

[ShillyShally]

Just now, PG_Cruiser said:

 

I think they use Island Oasis/Sunsational for the fruit mixes and Monin for the syrups.

Thank you!

[simon.hed]

7 hours ago, PG_Cruiser said:

CURAÇAO COSMO

 

 

 

I got pretty close to that one for my wife, who is fairly picky about drinks.  Its a good one.

[PG_Cruiser]

On 6/25/2023 at 10:27 AM, mets123 said:

That's a great idea, but the bartenders don't follow the recipes. I was on the Oasis three weeks ago and ordered mai tais from 10 different bars, and each was different. I questioned two bartenders and they said it's up to the bartender how they make it, that recipes are a suggestion.

 

Unless the guest wants to tweak the recipe, I wouldn't want the bartender to change things up in preparing the drinks on the menus. There has to be consistency in the preparation and presentation of the menu items.

 

[mets123]

I fully agree. I actually called out a casino bartender who put coconut rum in it. Her supervisor got involved, tasted it, and said she was wrong.

[PG_Cruiser]

DARK 'N STORMY

 

 

Substitution:
Zacapa No 23 for Gosling Black Seal rum.

Gosling Brothers of Bermuda owns the trademark for this cocktail. It can only be made (legally) with their own products, Goslings Black Seal rum and Goslings ginger beer. Since I used Zacapa 23 on this one, it's not so dark 'n stormy. (Sorry, Gosling, you didn't have your rum in miniature size)

[SailorMarg]

On 6/25/2023 at 4:28 PM, PG_Cruiser said:

That’s the recipe I have too.

Just got the full sugar Passionfruit Syrup and made a Passion Spritz.  Nailed it!!!!!  It is so so good.

[PG_Cruiser]

7 minutes ago, SailorMarg said:

Just got the full sugar Passionfruit Syrup and made a Passion Spritz.  Nailed it!!!!!  It is so so good.

I should be trying the Passion Spritz recipe soon.

[PG_Cruiser]

SCARLETT'S TROPICAL SANGRIA

 

 

Substitutions:

 

Sutter Home Pinot Noir for Castle Rock

REÀL Purées for Monin syrups

 

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by PG_Cruiser