Beverage Card and Happy Hour?

[SilvertoGold]

Wondering the current status of using a Beverage card at Happy Hour.

 

This would be one I buy myself, not a gift or promo, if that makes a difference.

 

In the past it seems that some ships allowed you to use the Bev Card, some not. Now that there is no "discount" on the card, I think it should not be a problem to use it like cash for anything, anywhere.

 

Thanks!

[Lotsasmiles]

We used our $250 beverage card on the Oosterdam in December for happy hour with no problems at all.

 

Anne-Marie

[kazu]

Wondering the current status of using a Beverage card at Happy Hour.

 

This would be one I buy myself, not a gift or promo, if that makes a difference.

 

In the past it seems that some ships allowed you to use the Bev Card, some not. Now that there is no "discount" on the card, I think it should not be a problem to use it like cash for anything, anywhere.

 

Thanks!

 

It does indeed make a difference. As long as it is the regular beverage card that you bought (not Explore4, or whatever) then it is no problem.

 

We used our beverage cards at happy hour (not quite two for one, buy one and get one for a dollar) just last week on the Maasdam with no problem and the same on the Prinsendam a bit earlier last year. I don't recall an issue with a regular beverage card. It's the promos that are the issue to the best of my knowledge.

 

You should be just fine IMO :)

[AlexandNessa]

We used our complimentary Explore4 50$ beverage cards for happy hour, no problem. The issue would be if you had the Signature Beverage Package (free or not). The SBP card is the card that is not eligible for happy hour.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Isn't the Signature Beverage Card the one that has the limits of so many drinks per day and nothing over $7 as well as no Premium alcohols and only house wines?

[AlexandNessa]

Isn't the Signature Beverage Card the one that has the limits of so many drinks per day and nothing over $7 as well as no Premium alcohols and only house wines?

 

Yes, that's the one. DBIL discusses the differences exhaustively here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1999316

 

Anyway, the beverage card (free or not, Explore4 or not) is eligible for happy hour. It's just the SBP card that is not.

[OVgirl]

We had the same experience as others have posted. We sailed on Noordam (Caribbean cruise) and used our $50 beverage card at happy hour with no problems.

[SilvertoGold]

Thanks, everyone.

We'll buy a couple of Bev Cards: makes thing a lot easier.

[dvcmember]

Thanks, everyone.

We'll buy a couple of Bev Cards: makes thing a lot easier.

 

That's what we have done on our past HAL cruises. It less receipts to keep track and you can pre-purchase so that your on-board expenses aren't so overwhelming.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Yes, that's the one. DBIL discusses the differences exhaustively here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1999316

 

Anyway, the beverage card (free or not, Explore4 or not) is eligible for happy hour. It's just the SBP card that is not.

 

Thank you -- I thought I had that clear in my mind.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thanks, everyone.

We'll buy a couple of Bev Cards: makes thing a lot easier.

 

 

I agree that the Beverage Cards do make things a lot easier -- don't have to keep track of a bunch of receipts.

[PathfinderEss]

Though we didn't have one, we did see several passengers using their's at happy hour.

[sammygoose]

We have used the beverage cards successfully on all of our cruises, there was never a hiccup at happy hour in the Crow's nest. I even bought a bottle of wine in the MDR using my beverage card- although a caveat here- the server hesitated and seemed to indicate that I couldn't do it and I said why not? Money is money. The bottle of wine appeared shortly thereafter.

[Ray in NH]

Wondering the current status of using a Beverage card at Happy Hour.

 

This would be one I buy myself, not a gift or promo, if that makes a difference.

 

In the past it seems that some ships allowed you to use the Bev Card, some not. Now that there is no "discount" on the card, I think it should not be a problem to use it like cash for anything, anywhere.

 

Thanks!

 

We just were on the Zuiderdam last week and had no problems usuing the Beverage Card during Happy Hour. I don't think it matters who's dollars are used to purchase the card.

Ray in NH