Coffee Card Question

[Sea and Me]

This question may have been asked before if it was forgive me for asking again. We were on a cruise in April '15 to Hawaii and we purchased a coffee card. I have 4 unused spaces. We are going on the Royal Princess in November and I was wondering may I use the unused portion of the card? I intend to purchase another card once on board.

 

Thank you and have a good day.

 

Carol

[Croptop]

Yes. You can use up the remaining punches for coffee/tea/specialty coffees but you don't get the free brewed coffee (you'll have to use a punch for those too).

 

Some of the barista's are less diligent than others about using the punches on old cards for brewed coffee.

[paul929207]

My experience is the same as same as John's. Sometimes they take a punch for the brewed coffee on the old card, but sometimes they don't

[Colo Cruiser]

This question may have been asked before if it was forgive me for asking again. We were on a cruise in April '15 to Hawaii and we purchased a coffee card. I have 4 unused spaces. We are going on the Royal Princess in November and I was wondering may I use the unused portion of the card? I intend to purchase another card once on board.

 

Thank you and have a good day.

 

Carol

 

Yes the punches are still good.

[Northender]

Yes. I have a card that I am taking on my next cruise that has a few punches left and will buy another one once onboard. I don't think there is an expiration date for the unused punches, at least I hope not.:eek:

[Cruise Raider]

Yes. I have a card that I am taking on my next cruise that has a few punches left and will buy another one once onboard. I don't think there is an expiration date for the unused punches, at least I hope not.:eek:

 

So far there is not an expiration. We plan on doing the same thing with our coffee card -- use up the unpunched spots and buy a new one as I think we only have 2 punches left. We much prefer the brewed coffee over the syrup from the buffet area and room service.

[MandD]

I was wondering may I use the unused portion of the card?

 

 

Carol

 

You can also use a punch to pay for gelato on the Royal.

 

So far there is not an expiration. We plan on doing the same thing with our coffee card -- use up the unpunched spots and buy a new one as I think we only have 2 punches left. We much prefer the brewed coffee over the syrup from the buffet area and room service.

 

Royal Princess does NOT use syrup, but rather coffee from ground beans.

[ChiefBoats]

Yes. If you want plain brewed coffee they will use one of the punches. But you can also still use it for specialty coffees.

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[anthonyy7]

Bottom line is you'll get something from me those unused punches so it won't be wasted. There is also gelato on the Royal.

[Northender]

Forgot about the Gelato. Yummmm.:):)

[floridalover5623]

Yes. You can use up the remaining punches for coffee/tea/specialty coffees but you don't get the free brewed coffee (you'll have to use a punch for those too).

 

Some of the barista's are less diligent than others about using the punches on old cards for brewed coffee.

 

Since all the regular coffee is the same at both the IC & Horizon the barista's don't care one way or the other if you have a coffee card.

[UpcountryTravelers]

Boarding Royal Princess tomorrow. Will try to use an old card for gelato. Maybe I'll have better luck than the last time I tried to use it. I'll try to post results back here.

[Colo Cruiser]

Boarding Royal Princess tomorrow. Will try to use an old card for gelato. Maybe I'll have better luck than the last time I tried to use it. I'll try to post results back here.

 

Bon Voyage!

[easyboy]

Unused punches are accepted for specialty coffee on another ship, as printed on the coffee card.

Can be used on unlimited brewed coffee, tea and hot chocolates only on ship where it was issued.

[Colo Cruiser]

Unused punches are accepted for specialty coffee on another ship, as printed on the coffee card.

Can be used on unlimited brewed coffee, tea and hot chocolates only on ship where it was issued.

 

Only on the original cruise. ;)

[Sea and Me]

Hi Everyone:

Thanks for your quick responses. Also thanks for the tip about using it for gelato. Have a good weekend.

 

Carol

[floridalover5623]

Unused punches are accepted for specialty coffee on another ship, as printed on the coffee card.

Can be used on unlimited brewed coffee, tea and hot chocolates only on ship where it was issued.

 

If one barista turns you away because the card was issued on another cruise try another barista. They all don't check that closely especially towards the end of the cruise.

[!David!]

Since all the regular coffee is the same at both the IC & Horizon the barista's don't care one way or the other if you have a coffee card.

 

When did this happen? What about the MDR??:cool:

[floridalover5623]

When did this happen? What about the MDR??:cool:

 

Royal Princess- Nov 2015.

ALL regular coffee is made from drip.

[cruzsnooze]

The punches are good and I believe they will get punched for brewed coffee. Since they started issuing the new pattern of coffee cards I believe it is to flush out the old style where there is abuse using them for fresh brewed.

[floridalover5623]

The punches are good and I believe they will get punched for brewed coffee. Since they started issuing the new pattern of coffee cards I believe it is to flush out the old style where there is abuse using them for fresh brewed.

We just trade in our setups for new cards to use them for the drip coffee & use the old cards for the punched coffee.

It'll be many, many years before all the old cards go away.

[UpcountryTravelers]

I promised a report from my latest cruise. The coffee card WAS accepted on the Royal Princess (see date below). We both even enjoyed some gelato with the card (one punch for 2 scoops). So now I will keep it and try to use it on our upcoming Caribbean Princess cruise. I think there are about 10 punches left.