Seapals

Tomorrow we will do a test and report back exactly what wines are available on the wine list to purchase by the glass. How many on plus and how many extra on premier. No doubt it will throw the waiter into confusion as no one asks for the wine list anymore! The cheapest bottle we saw last time they found a wine menu was £47.50 plus 18% service charge for a Chardonnay. It was an awful bottle of wine. You would be stuck with this by the glass on the plus package. Which is our main reason for not purchasing as we are more wine drinkers than cocktails. It will be interesting to find which wine they serve as a Chardonnay on the premier. 🤔. We have had the mini bar set up again (elite perk) which provides more than enough spirits and mixers to suit our taste. That plus the 50% off wifi package certainly makes a package poor value. For our 20 nights it would have cost an additional £2000 .. that’s a good deposit on the next cruise!

We didn’t take the package as we prefer wine by the bottle. However sailing at the present and the first wine we ordered we paid over $50 for a bottle of Chardonnay (supposedly the one they serve by the glass) it was very disappointing.. tasted more like a very light Sauvignon Blanc. I guess they could serve it as either! Hardly anybody in the dining room has a bottle of wine .. the package has virtually killed the wine menu .. just too expensive by the bottle now. Those drinking wine included in the package have no choice but to drink the generic wines by the glass. Not sure what you are offered if you go for premier. We are now buying our wine in port and taking it to the table by the glass something we could never have foreseen doing in the past. If you enjoy a nice wine .. the drinks package will disappoint. If you are a cocktail drinker you may do better. The complimentary sailaway bubbles were just awful and served by the half glass! Not sure if this is what is served as ‘Prosecco’. we are not wine connoisseurs! Just know a decent quality wine. A supermarket brand would put this wine onboard to shame!