dag144 Posted July 23, 2010 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I am not new to cruising, but on Sept 27th I will be taking my first Celebrity cruise through the Panama Canal to San Juan. I am looking for to it. This will be my 39th cruise. The majority of my cruise experiences have been with HAL and Windstar, but I have also cruised with Princess and once with RCL. Since I enjoy a drink or three and wine with dinner, I think that I will get one of the beverage packages. I do have one comment/question. I generally drink a martini or gin and tonic and wine with ice at the bar. At dinner I generally buy a wine package. It appears to me that Celebrity's prices are somewhat more that what I have experienced. Do any of you feel the same. Thanks in advance and I have no doubt that my first Celebrity cruise will not be my last!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted July 23, 2010 #2 Share Posted July 23, 2010 After a lot of consideration and fence sitting - I have actually concluded that if you drink 5-6 drinks a day of value $8, then the Classioc drinks packages are a very good deal. With a G&T before dinner, several glasses of wine with dinner and a digestif afterwards, this is not an obscene amount of drink and very do-able IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joandian Posted July 23, 2010 #3 Share Posted July 23, 2010 My husband had the classic drink package and he enjoys a drink or four and he came out way on top, not to mention unlimited bottles of water. I would definitely buy this again. Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter99 Posted July 23, 2010 #4 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I am not new to cruising, but on Sept 27th I will be taking my first Celebrity cruise through the Panama Canal to San Juan. I am looking for to it. This will be my 39th cruise. The majority of my cruise experiences have been with HAL and Windstar, but I have also cruised with Princess and once with RCL. Since I enjoy a drink or three and wine with dinner, I think that I will get one of the beverage packages. I do have one comment/question. I generally drink a martini or gin and tonic and wine with ice at the bar. At dinner I generally buy a wine package. It appears to me that Celebrity's prices are somewhat more that what I have experienced. Do any of you feel the same. Thanks in advance and I have no doubt that my first Celebrity cruise will not be my last!:) I think it is a matter of where you are from and what you are used to paying. Wine prices on celebrity are less than what I would pay in a restaurant where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandj Posted July 23, 2010 #5 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Take a look at the price list and decide what is your break even point. We don't feel it a "deal" for ourselves. We often will have a couple cold drinks at the ports before returning to the ship and don't want to feel we should over drink onboard just to meet some " goal.";) After the first few days we slow down a bit on our drinking too. Guess we are "old folks" before our time.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinelyCruising Posted July 23, 2010 #6 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I'd also suggest trying to determine what a real loss would be versus the convenience and flexibility. The difference may be smaller than you think and not more than would be left at the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dag144 Posted July 23, 2010 Author #7 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I raise my glass to all of you. Nothing will come between me and my toddy, I promise!!:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equusvilla Posted July 23, 2010 #8 Share Posted July 23, 2010 After a lot of consideration and fence sitting - I have actually concluded that if you drink 5-6 drinks a day of value $8, then the Classioc drinks packages are a very good deal. With a G&T before dinner, several glasses of wine with dinner and a digestif afterwards, this is not an obscene amount of drink and very do-able IMHO. ...you liver might object.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinelyCruising Posted July 23, 2010 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2010 ...you liver might object.... We were all younger once and probably have some tales to tell. We made it far enough to take a vacation. With copious amounts of water we can make it though a few days of potential over indulgence. IMHO of course.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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