DrD Posted December 6, 2013 #76 Share Posted December 6, 2013 [quote name='nealstuber']Our experience with the Old beer wine package last week was largely positive - great service ( except at the casino where they sucked for everyone equally). For us it was a good deal for sea days ( and we ended up with 4) but we also had drinks included in our shore excursions - so it ended up being a losing proposition on those days. It was nice to have wine with dinner every night and that made it a winner overall.[/QUOTE] I think the trick is not to leave the ship. The money you save on excursions would probably pay for the drink package. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnolan770 Posted December 6, 2013 #77 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I haven't seen an answer to this published anywhere. On a seven night cruise, how many "days" are you charged? Seven or eight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealstuber Posted December 6, 2013 #78 Share Posted December 6, 2013 [quote name='mnolan770']I haven't seen an answer to this published anywhere. On a seven night cruise, how many "days" are you charged? Seven or eight?[/QUOTE] 7 - have tried to order a drink on debark day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealstuber Posted December 6, 2013 #79 Share Posted December 6, 2013 [quote name='DrD']I think the trick is not to leave the ship. The money you save on excursions would probably pay for the drink package. ;)[/QUOTE] If we could do without the drinks, we could afford world class excursions! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimahri Posted December 6, 2013 #80 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Can someone give me an idea about what to order for non-alcoholic drinks? I only drink water and coke but I was thinking it would be fun to get the Royal Replenish package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 6, 2013 #81 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Can someone give me an idea about what to order for non-alcoholic drinks? I only drink water and coke but I was thinking it would be fun to get the Royal Replenish package. Virgin Mary. Virgin Pina Colada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted December 6, 2013 #82 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Can someone give me an idea about what to order for non-alcoholic drinks? I only drink water and coke but I was thinking it would be fun to get the Royal Replenish package. The Pineapple Blast is an official RCI drink that consists of pineapple juice mixed with regular or sugar free Red Bull. If you're not a Red Bull fan, pineapple juice mixed with Sprite Zero is quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimahri Posted December 7, 2013 #83 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks I figure this would be a good opportunity to try these drinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahannah Posted December 7, 2013 #84 Share Posted December 7, 2013 The Pineapple Blast is an official RCI drink that consists of pineapple juice mixed with regular or sugar free Red Bull. If you're not a Red Bull fan, pineapple juice mixed with Sprite Zero is quite good. The Pineapple with Sprite/Sprite Zero sounds really good. I am going to have to try that at home. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted December 28, 2013 #85 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Once onboard and after seeing drink prices, Can I pay the difference to upgrade from Select-package to the Premium-package? Has anybody done that? . Edited December 28, 2013 by Nami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangaline Posted December 28, 2013 #86 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Question: Are you required to purchase the packages for all days on the cruise or can you just purchase it for some days, such as sea says? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bchalker Posted December 28, 2013 #87 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Patron still excluded. As long as they had the wine and champagne at thar bar it was included. It just had to be in the package price point. Strange because the patron premium margarita is under $10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted December 28, 2013 #88 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Question: Are you required to purchase the packages for all days on the cruise or can you just purchase it for some days, such as sea says? The package must be purchased for the entire cruise length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 28, 2013 #89 Share Posted December 28, 2013 The package must be purchased for the entire cruise length. Not quite. You're correct in that you cannot pick and choose days. However, you can purchase for all remaining days of a cruise, as long as there are 4 or more days remaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted December 28, 2013 #90 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Not quite. You're correct in that you cannot pick and choose days. However, you can purchase for all remaining days of a cruise, as long as there are 4 or more days remaining. Thanks, I did'n know that :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted December 28, 2013 #91 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Thinking about getting the 55.00 package just so I can try a lot of different drinks We had a stop in labadee so that might make the package worth it But it's a lot of money to drop on it so still not sold on it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited December 28, 2013 by aubreyc1988 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangaline Posted December 29, 2013 #92 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Not quite. You're correct in that you cannot pick and choose days. However, you can purchase for all remaining days of a cruise, as long as there are 4 or more days remaining. Thanks for the info. Another question: The ship stops at CacoCay, Can you get drinks there as part of your package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 29, 2013 #93 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thanks for the info. Another question: The ship stops at CacoCay, Can you get drinks there as part of your package? Yes, the drink packages cover drinks at Coco Cay and Labadee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeling TravelingMom Posted December 29, 2013 #94 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Pretty much they pay attention to the customers. The servers/bartenders check your cards. Also they won't usually bring you a second drink while you are still drinking one & really stick to the not getting getting a drink prior to the time limit. When we were on our cruise my dh had the premium alc package & I had the non-alc package. They'd check our cards when we ordered drinks. It was funny because I'd order a drink & they'd start telling me I'd have to pay & I'd say I know, it's fine. If you frequent the same places, after a few days they stop asking for your cards & will sometimes bring you the 2nd drink a little early. The only time we ever had the slightest issue was dh ordered a breakfast drink (some kind of smoothie with alcohol) and it came while he was in the buffet line, they weren't real excited to be leaving it with me & I felt like they watched me until he came to the table with his food. Like I said the main thing is they do really pay attention to the people and the cards. The only thing that was never an issue was getting a bottle of water the same time you got a drink which I've read seems to be an issue on some RCCL ships with the new package. We had pretty much the exact same experience on Celebrity. I had an alcohol package, the two teens had soda ones, and husband didn't have anything (he had just had a surgery that limited what he could eat and drink). They really watched that we were not sharing with my husband. I ordered a bottle of water with one of my drinks and didn't end up drinking half of it. My husband took it from the table and they politely said something to us about not sharing. It was sort of ridiculous but we laughed about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted December 29, 2013 #95 Share Posted December 29, 2013 We had pretty much the exact same experience on Celebrity. I had an alcohol package, the two teens had soda ones, and husband didn't have anything (he had just had a surgery that limited what he could eat and drink). They really watched that we were not sharing with my husband. I ordered a bottle of water with one of my drinks and didn't end up drinking half of it. My husband took it from the table and they politely said something to us about not sharing. It was sort of ridiculous but we laughed about it. I would have been furious, frankly. Even if it's against the rules technically and they were polite about it, they seriously have nothing better todo than look at who's sipping your water? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheeling TravelingMom Posted December 29, 2013 #96 Share Posted December 29, 2013 It was so ridiculous it was funny. I said something like "Are you serious? It's just going to get thrown away." and the server said something to the effect that it technically wasn't allowed. I just took it from him and said "thanks for holding that for me honey" and we laughed about it the rest of the cruise. It was a polite exchange but one of those conversations you walk away from shaking your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin21 Posted December 29, 2013 #97 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Does anyone know if after dinner shots are included in the $55 package? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted December 29, 2013 #98 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Does anyone know if after dinner shots are included in the $55 package?TIA Yes, shots are included, but not the souvenir glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV FAN Posted December 29, 2013 #99 Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) Yes, shots are included, but not the souvenir glasses. On the Mariner in April...four of our group of six had the Premium Drink Package.... every night we all ordered the after dinner dinks...every night we got the souvenier shot glasses & even the last night, our bar waitress brought us empty shot glasses in all the colors we were missing so we all had a complete set.... :D Another waitress in the casino, was more than happy to bring us multiple drinks at the same time.... or at least before we were completely finished with our first drinks. Was never a problem. Edited December 29, 2013 by SRV FAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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