What is the Ultimate drink card ?

[umpire56]

Can someone tell me what the ultimate drink card is ? What is the difference from the soda card ? Can you purchase it prior to boarding your cruise. ? Sailing Ocober 29th 2011 on Caribean Princesess in a Mini- suite . thanx for any info....

[tennisobo]

Here's a copy from an old post. The cost may have gone up:

 

Yes the Ultimate Kid's Package or UKP is indeed available to all.

It includes:

Unlimited Soda Package and Tumbler (Coke, D.Coke, Sprite, Tonic Water, Club Soda, Ginger Ale - all from the gun available in all bar and dining locations but not through Room Service or at Princess Cays)

Unlimited Malt Shakes/Thick Shakes from the Ice Cream Bar on deck 15 by the Pizza Bar

Free Root Beer - Cans (available in all locations where Gun Soda is available)

Free Hot Chocolate

Free Fruit Juices

Complimentary Mocktails

One Whirley Straw

 

The cost is $63.00 plus a 15% gratuity for a 7 day cruise which works out as $9.00 (+15%) per day. You can purchase one from any Bar or Dining locations or from one of the dedicated tables on Deck 15 on Embarkation day.

 

Originally the UKP was only for those under 21 but there was such interest from all our passengers young and old that on two vessels Princess trialled marketing it to all (hence the 2-102 you have heard about). On these two ships during the trial period we found that people of all ages did indeed go for the UKP so as from last month it has been standardised across the fleet and is available as described to you on all our ships.

 

I would imagine that the trial period on the two vessels is the reason that some of the people you discussed this with had differing experiences but as I said it has been rolled out across the fleet now.

 

The package includes all non-alcoholic mixed drinks available from any bar or dining location of course including the classic Virgin Pina Coladas and Strawberry Daiquiris as well as the exclusive Princess Mocktails:

 

Berry Banana - Banana, raspberry, pineapple juice and OJ

Key West Cooler - Watermelon syrup, passion fruit, cranberry juice, lime topped with Sprite

Peninsula - OJ, raspberry, passion fruit, lime, topped with soda

Tropical Blend - Banana, passion fruit, OJ

[SJ27]

There were more mocktails than those on our recent Emerald cruise, including a no-jito (a virgin mojito, really yummy) and some chocolate-banana thing.

[phabric]

With the Ultimate drink card, you can get UNLIMITED any virgin cocktail, mocktails, Coke products from the soda gun, milkshakes, juice, canned root beer, hot chocolate, insulated Coke cup, plastic straw with an animal on it. You can have any drink offered on the bar menu as a virgin drink or a virgin drink of the day.

 

The Ultimate drink card is GOOD at Princess Cays for mocktails, juice only. There is no soda gun on the island.

 

With the Soda drink card, you can get UNLIMITED Coke products from the soda gun, insulated Coke cup, and straw.

 

The Soda drink card is NOT GOOD at Princess Cays.

 

A canned soda is about $1.50 + 15% tip.

 

The bar wait staff will be selling these drink cards on embarkment day. They will have tables by the elevators on the Lido deck (Horizon Court - buffet deck) & pushing a cart selling them through the Horizon Court or you can go to any bar and ask for it.

 

They put a different sticker depending on the drink card you buy on your cruise card. You just have to show the bar staff your card when ordering.

 

The cost of the card includes the 15% tip based on the number of days of your cruise. If you decide to buy the card 2-3 days into your cruise it is still based on the total number of days of the cruise.

[Steven_&_Daniel]

Here's another current thread about the same topic...

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1447912

[BroncoLvrs]

My husband and I had UKP on our Alaska cruise and LOVED it! My husband suffers fromf motion sickness and we had a ginger ale for lunch and dinner each day (that, the meclizine and ginger tablets worked perfect...our next cruise is 14 days). In addition we had several mocktails each day and a milkshake or two :D. Loved the UKP and plan to do it again. Enjoy your cruise!