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Booked on the 9 day British Isles cruise in June!

My all-time fave is the Caribbean Manhattan at the Alchemy Bar, although I’m not sure it’s even on the menu still.  It’s my go to pre-dinner drink EVERY night!  I especially LOVE the marinated cherries!

On 9/10/2023 at 7:40 AM, bguppies said:

DW and I will be cruising with the drink package for the first time in December.

We are not big drinkers, but enjoy a few every cruise. (I usually drink a few Miami Vice and she gets BBC's)

I doubt we will ever get close to the 15 drink limit any day, but we figured we could get out of our comfort zones and try some different drinks this trip.

 

Intrested to hear about everybody's favorite or go to drinks on Carnivalmy all-time fave is the Caribbean Manhattan at the Alchemy Bar, although I’m not sure it’s still on the menu, but it’s my nightly pre-dinner drink.  I especially love the 

On 2/19/2023 at 1:09 PM, Saint Greg said:

For future things like I said news on the rest of this year will wait until the football schedule comes out in May. 
 

Make sure you’re subscribed to this thread with notifications turned on for that news.

 

Next year I have three cruises in the first four months. That includes Jubilee, Spirit, and Horizon. All three ships are new to me. One new home port for me (Mobile) and four new ports for me (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Bimini). 

 

If anyone has tips or suggestions for any of those ports, feel free to leave those here because my planning hasn’t really begun for any of them. 

 

I can also say I have my first balcony room booked on a future cruise…but I won’t say which one until we get to it.

I think I read somewhere that you want to go to Flamingo Beach when you’re in Aruba and if you do I highly recommend you pack your water shoes!  The beach was lovely, but it was SO rocky in the water that it actually hurt my feet.  Also, they only had a certain number of tickets available to purchase online a few days before I got there.  I had to keep checking the website every day & scored tickets on cruise day (3 days before my arrival in Aruba) by going online 1st thing when they opened.  It was $125 for a day pass which included lunch & a drink when I went in March 2022, but totally worth it IMO. 

On 12/3/2022 at 9:43 PM, sid_9169 said:

Pretty expensive adventure here on my first official day on vacation... Between lunch, dinner, drinks, after dinner drinks, tips, and Ubers, I'm into it for well over four hundred bucks... That's almost as much as my entire Cheers beverage package for the week. What's the saying? "You can't take it with you"... In my case, most of it will end up in the sewer system by morning...

I repeat… YOLO YCTIWY

On 12/3/2022 at 8:04 PM, sid_9169 said:

It was great, but I could've eaten a lot more for a lot less elsewhere... But, you only live once...

My sister and I shout out YOLO YCTIWY (pronounced Yo-Lo Yick-tih-wee) whenever we want to justify spending extra money! 

Thanks for your replies!

I have to assume this question has been asked/answered but no matter what search terms I use I can’t find it!  If you have the Cheers package does it include your drinks on Half Moon Cay, or only on the ship?

On 5/18/2022 at 4:39 PM, Jamman54 said:

Now that’s done, here are today’s “Fun Times”…..

 

 

 

Next, we are going to drop off our carry-ons at our cabin. On our way we pass the Alchemy Bar…..

 

 

Looking down at Emeril’s Bistro……

 

 

We take the elevator up to Deck 11 and we find the usual sign on the big doors….

 

 

Platinum and Diamond members are allowed to drop off their bags in their cabin, but not to linger. Our cabin door is wide open, our sail and sign cards are not there, and it’s clear the room hasn’t even been started to be made up. Our room steward is nowhere in sight, so we leave him a note letting him know that we put our bags in the closet.

 

Feeling hungry, we grab an elevator and head up to Deck 16, and Shaq’s Big Chicken, which is on the port side aft. It is not busy at all.....

 

 

 

We get our food and sit at the Tides Bar which is on the starboard side aft. Patti had the chicken strips….

 

 

I had two Shaq Attacks. We both had the potato salad which we thought was really good…..

 

 

Here are our first drinks of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

Right across the way from the Tides Bar is Swirls, perfect for dessert…..

 

 

To be continued…..

That Alchemy Bar looks very small for such a big ship!

On 5/18/2022 at 4:39 PM, Jamman54 said:

Now that’s done, here are today’s “Fun Times”…..

 

 

 

Next, we are going to drop off our carry-ons at our cabin. On our way we pass the Alchemy Bar…..

 

 

Looking down at Emeril’s Bistro……

 

 

We take the elevator up to Deck 11 and we find the usual sign on the big doors….

 

 

Platinum and Diamond members are allowed to drop off their bags in their cabin, but not to linger. Our cabin door is wide open, our sail and sign cards are not there, and it’s clear the room hasn’t even been started to be made up. Our room steward is nowhere in sight, so we leave him a note letting him know that we put our bags in the closet.

 

Feeling hungry, we grab an elevator and head up to Deck 16, and Shaq’s Big Chicken, which is on the port side aft. It is not busy at all.....

 

 

 

We get our food and sit at the Tides Bar which is on the starboard side aft. Patti had the chicken strips….

 

 

I had two Shaq Attacks. We both had the potato salad which we thought was really good…..

 

 

Here are our first drinks of the cruise…..

 

 

 

 

Right across the way from the Tides Bar is Swirls, perfect for dessert…..

 

 

To be continued…..

On 5/2/2022 at 1:18 PM, TxTeach79 said:

 

 

I love the Alchemy Bar & used to always get a pre-dinner Caribbean Manhattan until my cruise on the Horizon in March where it was PACKED every night & I couldn’t get close enough to order my drink!  It should definitely be a bigger venue on the bigger ships. 

On 2/10/2022 at 3:44 PM, espmass said:

Went to Mumba Beach today.  $16 taxi per cab each way from cruise port to beach, $30 for two lounge chairs and an umbrella.  Beautiful beach in front of the Marriott high rise properties.  There is a restaurant and bar and clean rest rooms.  We usually go to Eagle or Palm and this was just as nice.  All beaches along the hotel strip are open to cruisers as far as we know.

So the total per person (for 2 people) was only $31?

I’d love to hear about the new masking policy and where you can be maskless inside the ship. Do you have to wear it at the Alchemy bar, inside the comedy club, piano bar, etc., or only while waiting in lines?  Have a great cruise!

I’m a non-patient facing healthcare worker & just received my 1st dose of the Moderna vaccine.  I’m so looking forward to the day when we can go back to cruising the way it was pre-COVID!  I live in Massachusetts where the numbers are not great & there is still a travel ban in effect, and even though I mostly work from home we are not in a lockdown.  

My last cruise just pre-COVID Feb 2020 was on the Pride out of Baltimore.  I hadn’t been on a Spirit-class ship since my very 1st cruise on the Carnival Miracle in 2009 & of course this time there were the 2.0 upgrades that I’ve come to love (ie: the Alchemy Bar, Guy’s Burgers & Blue Iguana Cantina).   We were perfectly happy with the ship & staff for the most part.  The casino bar area was often crowded with slow service (sometimes to the point of being ignored) & we had a not so great experience in the steakhouse restaurant; but overall we enjoyed our cruise & the ship.  
 

Carnival Pride out of Baltimore 2/23/20

On 10/4/2019 at 8:53 AM, elcuchio24 said:

We usually buy a bottle for the room from the funshops. Prices are either ok or extremely high based on what you drink. Still a great ROI per drink vs the bar though.

How many mLs do you get?  I can’t read it on the bottle & it doesn’t say in the description. 

187 days until Pride out of Baltimore to Bahamas!

On 10/30/2018 at 12:01 PM, CRUZN-IS-FUN said:

Just got off the Dream.  Went a bit overboard this time on the decorations, but did love them.  Really helped my aunt find our room every time we went out!

Love it!  My question is, how do you know what are flame retardant materials?

I’ve done the all-inclusive at Mr. Sancho’s twice and had a lot of fun both times!  I love Paradise Beach too. I think it’s a couple bucks to get in with the promise to spend a minimum of $10 on food/drink.  They have an awesome pool there!  We usually spend a few hours on the beach then end the day at the pool.  I’ve never been, but a lot of people rave about Nachi Cocom which is another all-inclusive for $55pp and a max limit of 100 people I believe.  You can get a taxi to/from any of these for less than $20 (one-way) & they’re 15-20 min away.... I think.  I haven’t been for a couple of years so prices may be different. 

84 days until Southern Caribbean out of San Juan!

help please, i can't seem to find it! thankyou

Click on “Find a Cruise,” find your cruise, then under the picture of the ship you’ll see “Get Price Alerts.”

Caribbean Manhattan!

Did you end up doing this excursion? It gets good reviews on Carnival’s website.

Carnival offers a Beach Hopping Excursion in Barbados. The description states that it includes unlimited drinks and about 1 1/2 hours at two different beaches on the south coast. Has anyone done this excursion? If so, what are the two beaches they take you to? Are the drinks really unlimited? About what time did you get back to the port?

 

Thanks!!

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