Hitting 15 drinks a day ?

[crystalspin]

22 minutes ago, IAcruising said:

That would be me! So, what's the answer? 😆

Midnight of any day that has a night on board. Except I believe I got a latte on disembarcation day...

[Blackduck59]

4 minutes ago, crystalspin said:

Midnight of any day that has a night on board. Except I believe I got a latte on disembarcation day...

Did that show up on your account after the cruise? Apparently that can be a stressful overcharge 😉😇

Edited January 12 by Blackduck59

[IAcruising]

2 minutes ago, crystalspin said:

Midnight of any day that has a night on board. Except I believe I got a latte on disembarcation day...

 

My drinking hours are essentially 2:00 - 11:00 pm, at most, so I guess whether it starts/ends at midnight or 6:00 am doesn't really matter.

 

[nannygoatjunction]

Aussie here - challenge accepted! 

We are on holiday and as thus champagne (or sparkling wine whatev's) every morning for brekkie to start the day.  Every day is a gift and a celebration and treated as amazing 🙂 We have always gone by this code.

We purchased the HIA as a way of not having to be bothered by a bill at the end without looking too much at it but when we did think about it, by the time we work our way thru coffee's, cocktails, and lunch/dinner/after dinner drinks, I feel fairly sure it will be quite the value package for us - yay!

[ECCruise]

Since we don't drink any more alcohol on a cruise than we do at home, plus one cappuccino mid morning, we never get close.

[Sir PMP]

I don't know, after 15 drinks:

[pmjnh]

4 hours ago, ECCruise said:

Since we don't drink any more alcohol on a cruise than we do at home, plus one cappuccino mid morning, we never get close.

Same. Our drinking habits on the ship are exactly the same at home. We are not on vacation..we just change location. But to each his own. 

[ECCruise]

9 minutes ago, pmjnh said:

Same. Our drinking habits on the ship are exactly the same at home. We are not on vacation..we just change location. But to each his own. 

I like that.  People always say "How was your vacation?"  and we think (but don't say) it's not a vacation, it's just a different place to explore. 

[albingirl]

We loved some long cruises without the drink package. Of course, there is so much wonderful and inexpensive wines in Europe, we didn't find it necessary. But the 15 drink package in the Caribbean is fun. Too bad, after one beer at 1 pm and I am asleep with a book in hand, hopefully not drooling.

[Seasick Sailor]

4 hours ago, Sir PMP said:

I don't know, after 15 drinks:

 

Where did you find my picture????

[Sir PMP]

1 minute ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

Where did you find my picture????

I got it from the bartender in the Ocean Bar.

[Prada Cowboy]

I am actually scared of 15 alcoholic drinks a day only (on vacation) I do normally start with Champagne or a ScrewDriver my mornings and from that point it goes downhill until the wee hours of the morning. A friend told me one gets cut off after consuming 15 drinks, but I think one can just purchase afterwards for the regular bar price.

[sunviking90]

Gosh, this is truly not a thread I ever thought I’d see on the HAL board. Recently off the Koningsdam though, I saw a few who seemed to have this goal. A pretty stark contrast to our recent Volendam cruise.

Edited January 15 by sunviking90

[albingirl]

30 minutes ago, Prada Cowboy said:

I am actually scared of 15 alcoholic drinks a day only (on vacation) I do normally start with Champagne or a ScrewDriver my mornings and from that point it goes downhill until the wee hours of the morning. A friend told me one gets cut off after consuming 15 drinks, but I think one can just purchase afterwards for the regular bar price.

Somebody's hero.  Hard core.

[Petronillus]

On 1/12/2024 at 1:51 AM, nannygoatjunction said:

Aussie here - challenge accepted! 

We are on holiday and as thus champagne (or sparkling wine whatev's) every morning for brekkie to start the day.  Every day is a gift and a celebration and treated as amazing 🙂 We have always gone by this code.

We purchased the HIA as a way of not having to be bothered by a bill at the end without looking too much at it but when we did think about it, by the time we work our way thru coffee's, cocktails, and lunch/dinner/after dinner drinks, I feel fairly sure it will be quite the value package for us - yay!

Our daughter came home from a wonder-filled semester in Australia, New Zealand, and the Great Barrier Reef. I think she wanted to adopt the Australian way of life -- talking about having a "cuppa" and drinking "bee-ah" (in lieu of another hour of work). She was practically speaking Strine!

[nannygoatjunction]

4 hours ago, Petronillus said:

Our daughter came home from a wonder-filled semester in Australia, New Zealand, and the Great Barrier Reef. I think she wanted to adopt the Australian way of life -- talking about having a "cuppa" and drinking "bee-ah" (in lieu of another hour of work). She was practically speaking Strine!

I bet she had the time of her life ❤️ 

[Hlitner]

Getting back to the OP's theme, we find it somewhat laughable.  In our experience the typical HAL cruiser has one or two drinks and goes to sleep by 9pm :).  On longer HAL cruises (which has been our experience) there are very few souls who would even think about 15 drinks.  That being said, we have found it interesting that HAL includes non-alcohol drinks in the 15 drink total when other cruise lines with a similar 15 drink rule (i.e. Princess) only counts alcohol.  I imagine that HAL is worrying about the extra cost of Coke or Coffee :).

 

Hank

[lyndarra]

5 hours ago, Petronillus said:

Our daughter came home from a wonder-filled semester in Australia, New Zealand, and the Great Barrier Reef. I think she wanted to adopt the Australian way of life -- talking about having a "cuppa" and drinking "bee-ah" (in lieu of another hour of work). She was practically speaking Strine!

Oh no! She's picked up the horrid, added, "ah" after words like beer, near, fear and, most commonly year, which becomes year -ah (not to be confused with yee-hah😉).

As an Aussie, it makes me cringe.

Time now for my afternoon cuppa.🥱

[LabMom57]

On 1/11/2024 at 3:19 PM, FLCruiser97 said:

And is bottled water included in the 15 drink limit.

Yup. We regularly get 5 -6 cans of water per day -- more if we can depending on how much wine we drink that day. Obviously, we consume more on the ship on sea days than port days.

[kazu]

17 hours ago, Hlitner said:

Getting back to the OP's theme, we find it somewhat laughable.  In our experience the typical HAL cruiser has one or two drinks and goes to sleep by 9pm :).  On longer HAL cruises (which has been our experience) there are very few souls who would even think about 15 drinks.

 

 

Wow - you have definitely been on different cruises than I.  Not saying everyone had 15 drinks but people were certainly enjoying more than 1 or 2 and definitely up in the evenings.  if I fall asleep at 9 PM, it will be at the dining room table.  😂 

[*Miss G*]

17 minutes ago, kazu said:

 

Wow - you have definitely been on different cruises than I.  Not saying everyone had 15 drinks but people were certainly enjoying more than 1 or 2 and definitely up in the evenings.  if I fall asleep at 9 PM, it will be at the dining room table.  😂 

 

You said exactly what I was thinking!  😂

[Hlitner]

1 hour ago, kazu said:

 

Wow - you have definitely been on different cruises than I.  Not saying everyone had 15 drinks but people were certainly enjoying more than 1 or 2 and definitely up in the evenings.  if I fall asleep at 9 PM, it will be at the dining room table.  😂 

Our last was 42 days on the Westy around Japan and over to Seattle.  Trust me that there was not a lot of action after 9 and we never had to wait in line to get in the MDR after 7:30.  Like you, we are generally at the dining room (until well after 9) where it is a pretty lonely place.  On our voyage, the dining demand was 5:30 (or before).

 

Hank

[kazu]

7 minutes ago, Hlitner said:

Our last was 42 days on the Westy around Japan and over to Seattle.  Trust me that there was not a lot of action after 9 and we never had to wait in line to get in the MDR after 7:30.  Like you, we are generally at the dining room (until well after 9) where it is a pretty lonely place.  On our voyage, the dining demand was 5:30 (or before).

 

Hank

 

Understand on your experience - it just hasn’t been mine.  My longest cruise has only bee 37 days though.  On the now gone Prinsendam, there was many a night a ton of us shut down the Piano Bar in the Crow’s Nest.

 

On the Rotterdam I often found CC friends in different locations throughout the ship around 10:30 PM.

 

Interesting on how our experiences vary.  Maybe it’s because we enjoy those whom are up and having fun?  I have never seen the casino empty at 11 pm nor the Sea View Bar (I’ve been known to be at both 😉 

[Hlitner]

7 minutes ago, kazu said:

 

Understand on your experience - it just hasn’t been mine.  My longest cruise has only bee 37 days though.  On the now gone Prinsendam, there was many a night a ton of us shut down the Piano Bar in the Crow’s Nest.

 

On the Rotterdam I often found CC friends in different locations throughout the ship around 10:30 PM.

 

Interesting on how our experiences vary.  Maybe it’s because we enjoy those whom are up and having fun?  I have never seen the casino empty at 11 pm nor the Sea View Bar (I’to ve been known to be at both 😉 

Now you are talking my language (Prinsendam) which has always been our favorite HAL vessel.  We closed down the Crows Nest (back in the days when the Crows Nest was a true bar) many a night, often with Captain Gundersen buying the drinks (he did not drink but enjoyed the company of others at that bar).  The Beverage Manager on most of our Prinsendam cruises was Pedr Lindquister, who we have since cruised with on MSC (where he is now a 3 striper).  

 

But alas. the small ship HAL we adored has now become something entirely different and not to our taste.  Change is simply part of cruising (and traveling) and we have moved on to other cruise lines (Oceania, Seabourn and Silversea are our next 3 cruises) where we primarily focus on smaller ships (like the Prinsendam).  When we do venture on larger vessels it will now generally be Princess or MSC (but only in their Yacht Club).  The wonderful atmosphere we experienced in the P'Dam's Crows Nest is still to be found on other cruise lines.  In fact, Seabourn's Observation Bar reminds me a lot of that old Crows Nest.   It is unfortunate that HAL moved away from intimate bars, piano bars, etc. and small/medium size vessels.

 

Hank

[*Miss G*]

1 hour ago, kazu said:

Understand on your experience - it just hasn’t been mine.

 

I think the difference is… that was the first cruise where Japan had opened up after the pandemic and both Japan and HAL were severely restricted in pretty much everything.  I don’t think it can be fairly compared to the current situation, and it most certainly can’t be compared to a pinnacle-class sailing (which is my preference for entertainment value).  HAL has great small ships but they also have great larger ships.  I enjoy both for what they are.

 

Edited January 17 by *Miss G*
Sorry. Trying to make/serve dinner, do laundry, and fend off husband makes for poor clarity.