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Before you get excited, this is USD! AUD is way more than US. So $10 will actually mean around $15 Australian

My parents bought me a cruise on the Princess Diamond from Japan for my 🙄50th. My dad shouted me my flight, cruise etc.

My brother and I have never been on a cruise before so when we sat down at s bar for a drink, we realised that there was only 700-900 passengers on board instead of 2,000!!

the Batman explained to us how much we’d save using the drink package. It was very new at the time and being Aussies, not Japs, we’d try any ways of being cheap..

the ship ppl certainly learned how we could circumvent the rules etc. I think we made too much of a test subject 😣.

3 hours ago, mnocket said:

As a fellow boomer, I have to agree that it's a bit funny hearing you refer to others as "old farts".  

Speak for yourself!! I don’t consider myself an old fart at 55. That’s middle age and the best age as you don’t have kids and can do what you like 😁

you better stay off this ship then as Richard says “young at heart and mind” not age 🤪

6 minutes ago, resstation said:

For everyone complaining about drink packages and not being able to relax and having to tally every drink. You can create YOUR OWN drink package. It can include ANYTHING you want with no limitations. How? Buy onboard credit in advance. You know your own drinking habits. Calculate how much you think you will drink, buy a little extra. If there is credit left over on the last day of your cruise, buy your ship souvenirs then or go on a binge. LOL It may not be perfect, but you don't have to worry about each and every drink. Some cruise lines have drink packages that are not unlimited, so you would still be counting drinks on those lines anyway. 

Yeah typical illiterate Gen X 🙄

I drink what I like, check account next day and have cash put aside (you know, SAVINGS) and pay cash before I leave or have savings account. Didn’t use package, drank what and when I wanted and saved $600 not using package 🙄

i didn’t care if I went over or what. Just an experiment that paid off well. 

Ok so what’s the joke?

Oh the poor gen X, the poor ‘what about me attitude’. Can’t work, read or spell 🙄

thank god it’s an ADULT ship 😁

and you cant drink in US when under 21 👌🏻

Us Aussies vote and drink at 18. 

On 3/11/2019 at 2:50 AM, Flafun888 said:

 

Gotta agree...neither my DH or I are boozers - we drink in moderation and don't get drunk or overdo anything. But for us, part of the pleasure of a Caribbean/warm weather cruise is the food and drink...the poolside relaxation, enjoying those creamy umbrella drinks, nice wines with dinner, a cocktail in the club or during a show.

 

But frankly, the biggest use of our drink package wasn't booze - it was numerous bottles of water and all the espressos and other specialty coffees we had in the am before gym workouts. In the pm after dinner.

 

It's the combo of both that made the pkg such a good value for us. LOVED being able to try so many new things, without worrying about per drink charges.

 

Neither of us drinks sodas or fruit juices or uses  the spa or internet during cruises, so for us, those things have zero value. Just like drinks pkg has no value for others. Hopefully, they'll give those that do want it a chance to buy it at a reasonable cost.

 

We tried our first ever drink package on Celebrity and I was hooked. I do want to try Virgin too...but think I'll wait a couple of years to see if they may soften their stance on packages.

I think they’ll harden their drink package stance!! Princess Cruise did snd now it’s way more expensive with a 15 drink limit. It used to be unlimited with a 15 min service wait. 

Hmmm it sounds exactly like the old warships that P&O used in the 80s. Like Fairstar, Fairsky etc.

that was purely a party ship, no drink package in those days )I was on Fairstar). All the youngies put their heads on the bar to have spirits poured in the mouth followed by a lemon or chaser.

drinks were so cheap and plentiful but lots of drunks including a sloppy few. Ship didn’t have stabilisers so you felt every move and that was fun when dancing. Everyone all moving left to right as a group 😂😂😂

so this could be an upscale party boat. The 3 cruises I’ve been on now has been too quiet, not even a band every night to dance to. It drove me nuts 😡 it’s either catered to old farts or kids. That’s it, nothing for us boomers.

not sure about 2 pools, others has 3-4!! And deck plans don’t show 2...

Btw, I just came off Princess Ruby cruise around Australia and the drink package is $86/day!!! AND only 15 drinks. Last time I was on Princess Diamond in 2014, it was around 40-50/ Day unlimited drinks.

i didn’t get package, drank what I wanted and saved $600!

what a boring shop that was!!! Cruise director had us partying night before port days and no party night before sea days. Never again! Mediocre food too. Water in pool was great and 4 pool with spas. 

Dont see spas on this new ship... or outside movies under the stars?? What do we do in our quiet times? 🤔