So....how do YOU keep your champagne...

[JNLROSE]

from going flat while on board??????? :D I've read where some people keep theirs for a whole week :eek: with plastic in the top, others place a spoon in the bottle :confused: , what do YOU do? The only reason I ask is we NEVER have any leftover to keep!!! :p

[excitedofharpenden]

OK Rosie. I lied.:D It never does last long enough for me to try the spoon in the top business onboard. And once opened the orange juice should be consumed within 3 days, otherwise you get a dose of the pods. Or is that just on the M-Class ships?;)

 

Phil

[JNLROSE]

Phil, never had a case of the "pods" before!! :D

[teedee]

I can honestly say I've never had a problem trying to keep champagne from going flat. My problem is it seems to disappear from the bottle too fast!:eek: I'd love to know what causes this.:D

Terri

[Texed]

I can honestly say I've never had a problem trying to keep champagne from going flat. My problem is it seems to disappear from the bottle too fast!:eek: I'd love to know what causes this.:D

Terri

 

 

Probably the heat in the tropics, evaporation. :)

[alpal1993]

On most occasions DH and I just drink the entire bottle,in one night.Not really hard to do.Neither one of us gets drunk just feel calm and relaxed.

My wine in the dinning room is a different story.Usually drink two glasses and save the rest for the next day.On 12 night cruise I only had 2 bottles.As we did have our own champagne and the various parties that we attended it worked out just great!

[teedee]

Probably the heat in the tropics, evaporation. :)

 

Good Answer Ed! Don't you think they should give me 2 bottles to compensate for this?

Terri

[lilreckster]

Since I drink champagne and my husband doesn't, I purchased a champagne cork (which is not really cork more metal) from my local liquor store. It cost $3.00 and I always take it with me on trips. It works perfectly.

[JNLROSE]

lilreckster, we have & bring the same corks! They work wonderfully IF we ever have any left that is!! :D

 

Terri, I certainly think that entitles you to a 2nd bottle!

[ocngypz]

I do have a champagne stopper. But when I forget it, I use one the grapes from my fruit basket covered with saran wrap. It works!!

[JNLROSE]

Now there's one I never thought of, OCN!!! Great idea! :D

[Reese1717]

I have a champagne stopper.

[Cruise Junky]

definitely invest in a champagne stopper they're cheap and work great.

[Ekaj]

We use the "wine saver" corks that allow you to pump air out of the bottle - they work great for champagne, too.

[JNLROSE]

I didn't know those worked on Champagne!

[Ekaj]

They seem to work great; some of the rubber corks are narrower and fit better than others, though. You just have to be careful not to use the pump TOO much on the champagne, though. :)

[JNLROSE]

Interesting! Might have to try that. We have 2 of those $3 champagne stoppers, they work fairly well! :D

[excitedofharpenden]

The best champagne stopper I know - a hangover from the night before. Well, at least until about 1.30pm;)

 

Phil

[tuggers]

Let's take up a collection and buy a chsmpagne stopper for the 'plastic girl'!:D

[JNLROSE]

Who woke you guys up????? :D :D :D

[Ekaj]

Who woke you guys up?????

 

Darn cat! :mad: Why she has to eat at 4:00 AM I'll never know.

 

And, why would I want a champagne stopper when I can preserve my champagne even better with the wine saver corks? ;)

[tuggers]

Rosie,

 

I've been up since before 6!

 

Ekaj,

 

Don't worry it isn't you I'm trying to take up a collection for!

[Ekaj]

Ekaj,

 

Don't worry it isn't you I'm trying to take up a collection for!

 

Ahh, I see! Who's it for? ;)

 

Cat says hi, by the way. Spoiled little feline purring in my lap right now... :)

[JNLROSE]

Ekaj,

 

You probably don't want to know who Gail & we are talking about!!!! :eek:

Be nice to that cat, mine gets me up every day at 4AM too!!! BOTH OF THEM!!!

[joramrose]

It isn't the champagne that goes flat on me onboard -- it doesn't last long enough for that.

 

It is all the fresh fruit that is artfully arrangd on a plater when we arrive. How can I do justice to all that fruit when I am stuffed from the dining room?

 

I even shed a few tears on the last cruise because I let one of my chocolate dipped strawberries go to waste.

 

love

joan