Can anyone tell me what the drinks cost at the bar?

[kelbell]

We do have on board credit, just wondering if we should buy the cheers

package. Not big drinkers I enjoy frozen drinks, that being said not sure

it's worth spending all OBC, drink package will be $424.90 for 3 days

SO if anyone knows any prices that will help with the decision

Thank you.

[Elaine5715]

LMGTFY https://profcruise.com/carnival-bar-menus-and-drink-prices-2023/

[kelbell]

Thank you

[Frank12]

If you are not big drinkers it is probably not worth it for you.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

I am not a big drinker. But 5.5 mixed drinks and you are at least even. You throw in a few bottles of water, soda's, and specialty coffees, and you are ahead for the day.

[mdin]

My wife and I average 4-6 drinks on sea days and 2-4 on ports. We added up our bar tab the last 2 cruises and in both cases the drink package would not have been worth it. That said, we don't drink coffees or sodas and we purchased a couple of 12 packs of bottled water.

[wemjam]

6 hours ago, Gamecock_Cruiser said:

I am not a big drinker. But 5.5 mixed drinks and you are at least even. You throw in a few bottles of water, soda's, and specialty coffees, and you are ahead for the day.

Don't forget the Milkshakes and Energy Drinks too.  Those are included.

 

We only ever got it once because we got a REALLY special deal (in 50 cruises).  We never would spend this much on drinks even including everything you can get.

 

Figure about $15 for a mixed drink now though... if that helps!

[Elaine5715]

https://cruisespotlight.com/drink-package-calculator/

[steveknj]

19 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

https://cruisespotlight.com/drink-package-calculator/

 

This is awesome!!   We decided not to take the drink package this go round and I used it to figure out what I usually drink on any given cruise, and turns out it's definitely not worth it for us.

[wemjam]

1 hour ago, steveknj said:

 

This is awesome!!   We decided not to take the drink package this go round and I used it to figure out what I usually drink on any given cruise, and turns out it's definitely not worth it for us.

I just looked at the link, and it looks like the per drink prices might be a little light (probably not a big difference for you), but I would add about $1 - $1.50 a drink from what I can see.  When we cruised just about 60 days ago drink prices had gone up again.

Edited July 18, 2023 by wemjam

[steveknj]

26 minutes ago, wemjam said:

I just looked at the link, and it looks like the per drink prices might be a little light (probably not a big difference for you), but I would add about $1 - $1.50 a drink from what I can see.  When we cruised just about 60 days ago drink prices had gone up again.

When I used it for my calculations, I actually added an extra drink or two just to see how close I would come to the break even point, even with an extra drink or two, I still was about $100 short of making it worth getting the drink package.

[wemjam]

1 hour ago, steveknj said:

When I used it for my calculations, I actually added an extra drink or two just to see how close I would come to the break even point, even with an extra drink or two, I still was about $100 short of making it worth getting the drink package.

Ya in my experience you have to be a decent drinker to make it pan out.  

 

We don't do coffees or energy drinks and I have maybe 1 milkshake a cruise.  I am lucky to average 1 alcoholic drink a day, and other than that is it is water.  My husband gets the bottomless bubbles though and he gets his money out of that one.  

[Joebucks]

Carnival has very affordable cocktails. 

 

It you don't drink a lot, you'll know it. Don't be fooled by the people that say both people in your party will want 5.5+ cocktails everyday if you won't want them. 

[RD64]

But if Carnival was offering free drinks, you would be surprised at the number of people that don’t drink can suddenly consume more than 5.5 drinks. Does anybody remember the older days - maybe ten years ago - when Carnival used to have the Captain’s reception? You would see people with a table full of free drinks. 

[splash_in_the_water]

On 7/17/2023 at 7:17 AM, Gamecock_Cruiser said:

I am not a big drinker. But 5.5 mixed drinks and you are at least even. You throw in a few bottles of water, soda's, and specialty coffees, and you are ahead for the day.

pretty much this. just this last 3 day i managed 10-12 drinks/day (all day) with a couple coffees everyday so it was worth it. I can put 'em back too but 15 was hard to do everyday.

 

otherwise beers were about 8-9.50 and mixed drinks were about 10-12.50 avg.

Edited July 18, 2023 by splash_in_the_water

[steveknj]

18 hours ago, RD64 said:

But if Carnival was offering free drinks, you would be surprised at the number of people that don’t drink can suddenly consume more than 5.5 drinks. Does anybody remember the older days - maybe ten years ago - when Carnival used to have the Captain’s reception? You would see people with a table full of free drinks. 

 

People of course want to get their money's worth.  Of course now you suddenly have a bunch of moderate drinkers who are drinking WAY more than they should.  Wonder why so many fights start on these cruises?  Exhibit number one.   I've had the drinks package for "free" (cost just the service charge) on NCL for a few cruises.  I know myself and there's no way I could ever drink enough to justify paying for a drink package because even with the "free" drink package, I didn't come close to 5.5 drinks.  But others manage to do it easily.

[Elaine5715]

28 minutes ago, steveknj said:

 

People of course want to get their money's worth.  Of course now you suddenly have a bunch of moderate drinkers who are drinking WAY more than they should.  Wonder why so many fights start on these cruises?  Exhibit number one.   I've had the drinks package for "free" (cost just the service charge) on NCL for a few cruises.  I know myself and there's no way I could ever drink enough to justify paying for a drink package because even with the "free" drink package, I didn't come close to 5.5 drinks.  But others manage to do it easily.

I manage and I have never been in a fight.  Most of the fights are families and they are going to fight whenever they are vacationing.  

[dallasdan]

19 hours ago, RD64 said:

But if Carnival was offering free drinks, you would be surprised at the number of people that don’t drink can suddenly consume more than 5.5 drinks. Does anybody remember the older days - maybe ten years ago - when Carnival used to have the Captain’s reception? You would see people with a table full of free drinks. 

I am not a drinker.  I had free drinks everywhere from the casino on our 14 day Hawaii cruise in Feb.  I only had 5 or 6 drinks the entire cruise.  I did get coffee almost every day and lots of bottled water.

[aborgman]

Drink package is $70 with gratuity.

 

You can get 6, 16oz beers for about $56 including gratuity.

 

You can get the equivalent of ~10 twelve ounce beers for that $70.

[kelbell]

On 7/17/2023 at 3:07 PM, Elaine5715 said:

https://cruisespotlight.com/drink-package-calculator/

Thank you for adding this website, I have never used it before.

Very helpful.

[john91498]

When I'm at home and have certain obligations, I sometimes won't drink for weeks or even months. But, when I'm on vacation, 15 drinks a day is easily doable for me. So, we always get the drink package. Heck, I'm making money on it....😆

[steveknj]

3 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

I manage and I have never been in a fight.  Most of the fights are families and they are going to fight whenever they are vacationing.  

Hooray for you!    If we all reacted the same way to alcohol it would be much easier to control it.  The idea of giving unlimited access to folks who are not used to drinking that much alcohol, in my opinion is a recipe for trouble.   But there are people who can have 10 drinks in an hour and be perfectly fine, and there are others who are drunk after one drink.   And once you are drunk, the "drink in moderation" goes out the window unless someone is there to stop you.  And there are some who are "fun drunks" and some who are "nasty drunks".  Just because you had someone a loaded gun doesn't mean they are going to shoot someone, but it certainly increases the odds.  

[Elaine5715]

4 hours ago, steveknj said:

Hooray for you!    If we all reacted the same way to alcohol it would be much easier to control it.  The idea of giving unlimited access to folks who are not used to drinking that much alcohol, in my opinion is a recipe for trouble.   But there are people who can have 10 drinks in an hour and be perfectly fine, and there are others who are drunk after one drink.   And once you are drunk, the "drink in moderation" goes out the window unless someone is there to stop you.  And there are some who are "fun drunks" and some who are "nasty drunks".  Just because you had someone a loaded gun doesn't mean they are going to shoot someone, but it certainly increases the odds.  

More importantly, I don't travel with family.