15 Drink Limit ?

[1BDNANA]

So yes, I just looked at my cruise contract and ALL passengers are limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day. I know that they have had many issues with passengers being rowdy and drinking too much but it almost feels like when I was a child, and one sibling broke a vase and all of us were punished for it. 

[sparks1093]

19 minutes ago, my kids mama said:

I have also had the experience that they could find my husbands folio number in the computer and charge his card, even if he wasn't with me.  We are listed as traveling companions in the computer, I guess. I haven't tried this with alcoholic drinks though.  That was just specialty coffee and water. 

 

Once, my husbands picture was in place of mine when we got back on the ship from being in port. They stopped us for a minute, but realized what happened and let us on with no problem. 

I didn't think to ask the server to do that. I'll have to keep it in mind.

[sparks1093]

10 minutes ago, 1BDNANA said:

So yes, I just looked at my cruise contract and ALL passengers are limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day. I know that they have had many issues with passengers being rowdy and drinking too much but it almost feels like when I was a child, and one sibling broke a vase and all of us were punished for it. 

When you think about it all rules and laws come about because of that someone. 

[Elaine5715]

12 minutes ago, 1BDNANA said:

So yes, I just looked at my cruise contract and ALL passengers are limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day. I know that they have had many issues with passengers being rowdy and drinking too much but it almost feels like when I was a child, and one sibling broke a vase and all of us were punished for it. 

Considering that it is more likely those guests were serving themselves with smuggled booze

[sparks1093]

I forgot to say that one needn't get drunk in order to enjoy the drink package. On a sea day I usually start drinking around noon and will typically have one drink an hour throughout the day, turning in around 11pm. That's 11 drinks right there and unless I group them closer together I don't even get a buzz from it. For most port days we are back onboard at least 2 hours before sail away, so if we get back at 3 that's still 8 hours or so. 

[my kids mama]

4 minutes ago, sparks1093 said:

I forgot to say that one needn't get drunk in order to enjoy the drink package. On a sea day I usually start drinking around noon and will typically have one drink an hour throughout the day, turning in around 11pm. That's 11 drinks right there and unless I group them closer together I don't even get a buzz from it. For most port days we are back onboard at least 2 hours before sail away, so if we get back at 3 that's still 8 hours or so. 

I sort of feel the same way.  Only one time did I hit my 15.  It was a sea day and I was in the casino most of the day.  I was drinking vodka/diet.  They were in such tiny glasses.  When we were at the comedy club after dinner, the bar tender told me that I was at 14.  I was shocked I didn't feel it.  

 

If I am drinking wine or if I am at the Alchemy bar, well that is a different story.  LOL

[StephPS79]

30 minutes ago, 1BDNANA said:

So yes, I just looked at my cruise contract and ALL passengers are limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day. I know that they have had many issues with passengers being rowdy and drinking too much but it almost feels like when I was a child, and one sibling broke a vase and all of us were punished for it. 

 

Sometimes I can have 15 drinks THROUGHOUT THE DAY and not even have a buzz (I mean, come on, some of those drinks are more frozen juice than anything) ane while a lot of people already gripe about the 15/day being too much, I do wish the limit might be a bit higher, but I see the purpose of the limit.  I honestly don't think it has much to do with the "rowdy" bunch, as let's be real, if you drink 10 drinks fast enough, you can get pretty tipsy.  And there are certainly ways around the 15 limit (that are legit).  But I think the limit helps prevent wastefulness.  On other lines where there is no limit, people are more likely to order something to "try" and take a sip and hate it and there it goes in the trash.  Those drink packages also tend to come with a higher price tag.  I feel like there is less wastefulness if you know those drinks are being counted!  The price is already high, so if it helps keep it down a little, I'm okay with it.

[Knights on the Beach]

3 hours ago, sparks1093 said:

I guess it depends on the server. On one of our recent sailings I tried to get two specialty coffees at once, both without alcohol, and the server said that I had to wait 5 minutes to get the second one. Probably only a matter of training, I don't know. If I had had DW's sail and sign with me she might have given me both at once, who knows. 

 

1 hour ago, my kids mama said:

I have also had the experience that they could find my husbands folio number in the computer and charge his card, even if he wasn't with me.  We are listed as traveling companions in the computer, I guess. I haven't tried this with alcoholic drinks though.  That was just specialty coffee and water. 

 

Once, my husbands picture was in place of mine when we got back on the ship from being in port. They stopped us for a minute, but realized what happened and let us on with no problem. 

 

We spent a good deal of time at Bar 820 in the mornings last month. We sat at the bar and my husband would have two or three specialty coffees while I had Pepsi Zeros. We saw a lot of the same people every morning - some getting coffee and some getting cocktails or shots. We recognized them and it was obvious the bartenders did as well. When someone didn't have their travel companion's card with them, the bartender looked it up in the system so they had no problem getting more than one coffee in that case. 

[Pyrate13]

15 hours ago, Purvis1231 said:

Is buying drinks for people you just met really a thing? 

Yes, it is. I will look for veterans (usually wearing a cap or tee shirt naming their branch) while on my cruise and buy them a drink and thank them for their service.

[Oceansaway17]

17 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

Most of the most viewed "roudyness" videos are family groups who don't need CHEERS to throw fists.  fists.  I really think desserts should be limited to 2 a day but no one asked me.  

Well so many desserts are borin on ships I have no problem keeping to one.

[Oceansaway17]

20 hours ago, stobe1 said:

Are All inclusive resorts are better where there is no time limit or drink limit?

 

Maybe going to Mormon Summer camp is better where the worst thing they serve is Ovaltine.

I hate ovaltine.

[Knights on the Beach]

19 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

I still don't see how Cheers pays for itself when you have a port heavy cruise. I can easily see how the drinks can add up on sea days.  Also, I don't consider myself a light weight, but I can only drink so much day after day.  Toast to those that can!  I can totally see myself take advantage of the coffee though.

 

To be fair, not everyone gets off the ship at every port. There are some ports we've been to so many times that we no longer feel like we're missing out if we decide to stay on the ship. And we're not the only ones either. 🙂

[stobe1]

28 minutes ago, Knights on the Beach said:

 

To be fair, not everyone gets off the ship at every port. There are some ports we've been to so many times that we no longer feel like we're missing out if we decide to stay on the ship. And we're not the only ones either. 🙂

 

Exactly. Nassau, Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, San Juan, and Cozumel (although sometimes we may go to Nachi Cocum) are just a few ports that we generally don't even bother getting off the ship and are able to enjoy a crowd-less ship. 

[Old Fart Cruisers]

19 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

I really think desserts should be limited to 2 a day but no one asked me.  

 

I could just imagine people trying to smuggle desserts on board and coming up with ways to sneak them past the dessert sniffing dogs🤣

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

I could just imagine people trying to smuggle desserts on board and coming up with ways to sneak them past the dessert sniffing dogs🤣

Can I put my pie inside a cake and have it count as one?  

[Butterbean1000]

4 hours ago, Knights on the Beach said:

 

To be fair, not everyone gets off the ship at every port. There are some ports we've been to so many times that we no longer feel like we're missing out if we decide to stay on the ship. And we're not the only ones either. 🙂

There are a couple of ports where we stay on the ship also.  Obviously the drink package isn't for everyone.   I know you don't have to drink 15 drinks to break even.  The 15 drink is a limit and not a goal.  But more power to you and cheers.

[Knights on the Beach]

57 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said:

There are a couple of ports where we stay on the ship also.  Obviously the drink package isn't for everyone.   I know you don't have to drink 15 drinks to break even.  The 15 drink is a limit and not a goal.  But more power to you and cheers.

 

I have no problem with the limit being 15 (and usually don't get anywhere near it), I was just trying to clarify that there is no 30 minute wait time between drinks. And you're right, Cheers isn't for everyone - especially people who don't drink much alcohol, sodas or specialty coffee. 😉 

[Butterbean1000]

5 hours ago, stobe1 said:

 

Exactly. Nassau, Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, San Juan, and Cozumel (although sometimes we may go to Nachi Cocum) are just a few ports that we generally don't even bother getting off the ship and are able to enjoy a crowd-less ship. 

I don't even book cruises with stops to Jamaica and Nassau. 

[Purvis1231]

21 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

no...giving them your "free" drinks...  yes  

Right, I have never bought Cheers but several people have offered to get me drinks on the Cheers so I knew but a few I just met on the cruise.  

[Purvis1231]

7 hours ago, Pyrate13 said:

Yes, it is. I will look for veterans (usually wearing a cap or tee shirt naming their branch) while on my cruise and buy them a drink and thank them for their service.

Okay, that is a good reason. 

[ishap]

On 1/15/2024 at 10:29 AM, sparks1093 said:

I forgot to say that one needn't get drunk in order to enjoy the drink package. On a sea day I usually start drinking around noon and will typically have one drink an hour throughout the day, turning in around 11pm. That's 11 drinks right there and unless I group them closer together I don't even get a buzz from it. For most port days we are back onboard at least 2 hours before sail away, so if we get back at 3 that's still 8 hours or so. 

 

I consider myself a decent drinker and can hold my booze rather well, but I have yet to hit the 15 limit.  I came close once with 14 but wasn't drunk.  But truthfully, if I was trying, it wouldn't be all that hard.  Start with a mimosa in the morning after coffee, then beers at 11am all the way to 11pm...yeah wouldn't be hard and still not be buzzed.

 

I really feel what happens is people drink when off the ship in port, then come back on board and then try to hit their 15 limit.  That can be bad.