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19 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

The fact that they charged you got d bucket of beers was a mistake by the bartender.  The fact that you need to consume more than 15 beers over the course of a day is another matter...edit, if you have established a rapport with a server, they will space out the entering of the drinks in the system to include them with Cheers.  You paid your 60 + 18% for the package and another 59.21 for 5 or 6 beers.  If you need that many beers over the course of the day you would be better off sailing on another line that has an unlimited package.  

I got them specifically for the fridge in the room and drank them over the course of our sailing. lol It was nice to have a beer on the balcony without having to leave the room. Expensive? Yes. Can't argue with that. 

It was a first time cruise for us, and I just figured the pre purchased drinks you could get for the room would be available for the whole cruise. And they are, but at a much higher cost. Next time I'll just pre purchase the 4 pack of beer to the room for embarkation day, or I guess buy the bucket on day 1 when Cheers isn't activated yet to not have to find someone to do it once it's been activated. 

1 hour ago, mz-s said:

Why can't you just call for Room Service?

 You can but it was the same price for 4 beers vs 6 up on the deck, which is why I sought it out. Room service is pricey for alcohol, or at least it was on the breeze. 

1 hour ago, wemjam said:

You may have got away with it, but I would not expect to bank on this happening.  Cheers does not allow for bucket purchases.

 

 

Money talks. Additional tips work in your favor when it comes to bending the rules for the Cheers package. 

24 minutes ago, Theosprey247 said:

Yes. I do it on every cruise (note you can’t get buckets on the Cheers package). 

While that is indeed the rule, I got a pool deck server to get me a bucket of beer while out on the Lido deck on while having Cheers package on the Breeze a few weeks ago. Tipped him an additional $10 and took the bucket back to the room lol. So I would say there are some exceptions to the rule. Idk how they get around it at the register, but this server did.