goinsoon Posted April 28, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Booked in Aqua class. Is it possible to switch out for a bottle of another type of wine? Like a merlot?:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan1971 Posted April 28, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes Sent from my Samsung Note 2 on the T-Mobile 4G LTE Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybearhollow Posted April 28, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes, but they seriously don't like to do it and they generally give you somewhat of a hard time. You usually have to persist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted April 28, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Booked in Aqua class. Is it possible to switch out for a bottle of another type of wine? Like a merlot?:D You can switch but might be required to pay the difference in price. Largely depends on the whim of the person you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ghstudio Posted April 28, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 28, 2014 It varies by cruise. We've found the best way to exchange it was to go to dinner the first night and ask the sommelier if you could exchange it for another bottle of wine or get a credit towards a bottle of wine (in the area of $28). They will likely say yes, bring it with you the next night. we have also given the room steward an advance $10 tip with our request that he change the sparkling wine for red or white wine. This used to work well, but I now recommend just doing the sommelier request bit. Occasionally you will find that ship where they way...that's what you get...take it or leave it. That's only happened to us once and a stop and after I mentioned it to the hotel manager at the captain's club event, the sparkling wine miraculously changed to red wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinsoon Posted April 28, 2014 Author #6 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Figured there was a "trick" to it!:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybearhollow Posted April 29, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Sometimes they will tell you that you have to go to guest relations and they will usually do it, but tell you that is not their policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyW25 Posted April 29, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Our trick is to never ask on the first night. We buy a bottle (or 2) for the table every night, and usually ask on the 3rd night. 2 years in a row, the sommelier didn't hesitate, and we just paid the difference in the bottles (2 couples, we each swapped on separate nights). We did ask the night before we brought the bottle with us. Incidentally, we don't extra" tip our sommelier until the end of the cruise, and still haven't had a problem with the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frawnsay Posted April 29, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Are there options for those that don't drink alcohol? Edited April 29, 2014 by frawnsay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggertastic Posted April 29, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Are there options for those that don't drink alcohol? Yes they are very happy to exchange for soda or juice but don'e expect to get a like for like in price terms San pelligrino was a good swap for us as we always end up not drinking the fizzy ine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michidoeme Posted April 29, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) We have tried unsuccessfully on a couple of cruises and then just gave up. Now I get some orange juice to make mimosa s to drink on balcony. Edited April 29, 2014 by Michidoeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinsoon Posted April 30, 2014 Author #12 Share Posted April 30, 2014 We have tried unsuccessfully on a couple of cruises and then just gave up. Now I get some orange juice to make mimosa s to drink on balcony. Great idea........now I know what we will do woth it. Be great as our first full day is a sea day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rina155 Posted May 9, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 9, 2014 We have tried unsuccessfully on a couple of cruises and then just gave up. Now I get some orange juice to make mimosa s to drink on balcony. This is what I have always done as well :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosoxI Posted May 9, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Yes, but they seriously don't like to do it and they generally give you somewhat of a hard time. You usually have to persist. I do it every cruise and have never been given a hard time. They'll give a credit and it's ranged between $18 and $32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathynorth Posted May 9, 2014 #15 Share Posted May 9, 2014 It varies by cruise. We've found the best way to exchange it was to go to dinner the first night and ask the sommelier if you could exchange it for another bottle of wine or get a credit towards a bottle of wine (in the area of $28). They will likely say yes, bring it with you the next night. We've never had a problem trading our champagne for wine by following the above. On our last cruise we received a $30 credit toward a wine of our choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pris993 Posted May 9, 2014 #16 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Over the years we have left it un opened and given it away to someone else. Last time my DH took it down to Customer Service and told then he wanted another wine, we paid the difference. It is simply a sparkling white wine bottled with Celebrity's label, not worth drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sixth? Posted May 9, 2014 #17 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Over the years we have left it un opened and given it away to someone else. Last time my DH took it down to Customer Service and told then he wanted another wine, we paid the difference. It is simply a sparkling white wine bottled with Celebrity's label, not worth drinking. Give it to us then.... :p Seriously, when we've asked the wine steward/sommelier during our first night or two... we've always been accommodated. We've also enjoyed it , the suite level stuff is okay.... a bit better vintage than the CC stuff, but it's not the quality of the champagne I just bought for Joni's 33rd anniversary tomorrow... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ghstudio Posted May 9, 2014 #18 Share Posted May 9, 2014 On our last three cruises this past year, we got a $28 credit towards a bottle of wine from the sommellier and on the third, he exchanged it for a bottle of the house red or white at no charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinsoon Posted May 9, 2014 Author #19 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Really appreciate all the answers! Can't wait to drink it or exchange it!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20pluscruises Posted May 9, 2014 #20 Share Posted May 9, 2014 At one time you could give it to the crew. Is this still the case? We always leave it in the room at the end of the cruise with a envelope (extra tip). I hope they are able to take it with them to their cabin. I'll be disappointed to hear they can't take it with them. :( We have also had mimosa's with fellow guests in the morning. OJ makes it a bit better in taste. :D Still...it's a nice touch to have it iced waiting in the room for your arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txd Posted May 9, 2014 #21 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Booked in Aqua class. Is it possible to switch out for a bottle of another type of wine? Like a merlot?:D Booked in Aqua class too. Have purchased a drink package. If you are not allowed to give to a cabin steward, how one can get a credit for that sparkling wine? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ghstudio Posted May 9, 2014 #22 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Booked in Aqua class too. Have purchased a drink package.If you are not allowed to give to a cabin steward, how one can get a credit for that sparkling wine? Thanks. you can only get a credit towards another bottle of wine....and that's not a right, it's a favor being done by a wine steward. You can't just get an on board credit for the bottle....just like you can't turn in the undrunk bottles of water in your aqua class cabin for a credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdpups Posted May 9, 2014 #23 Share Posted May 9, 2014 We've had the drink pkg on our last two cruises in cc and asked the cabin steward if he could have the bottle of sparkling wine that came with the cabin. The answer was "no". I then asked if they re-issue the bottles and he said "yes happens quite often", I assume because so many people have the drink pkg. We asked and asked and couldn't find anyone who wanted the bottles. We also had two free drink coupons from winning tournaments in the casino and couldn't give those away either! The drink pkgs sure have changed things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rina155 Posted May 18, 2014 #24 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I would have been happy to help you out with the drink coupons! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellywax Posted May 18, 2014 #25 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I didn't realize you could get a non alcoholic beverage in exchange. In the past I have always mentioned we couldn't drink alcohol to the steward or butler and they never said anything about changing it for soda etc. Has anyone done that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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