Is Getaway (or NCL) Pepsi or Coca Cola?

[rose102798]

We have cruised many different lines and they all seem to be one or the other if I recall.

[OneParticularHarbour 71]

Pepsi

[GeezerCouple]

We have cruised many different lines and they all seem to be one or the other if I recall.

 

NCL is a "Pepsi products" line.

 

We only drink Diet Coke.

(Well, when drinking cola, we only drink Diet Coke. We also drink nice wine :))

 

So we bring aboard a duffel bag full of bottles of Diet Coke.

(We use bottles, as the tops can be put back on to reduce the chance of spills.)

[backsbanny]

Yep ncl for the last few years has been pepsi products only

[rose102798]

Thank you everyone!

[calpsy]

I love Pepsi Max . Any chances of this being onboard ??

[welove2cruise*]

I always bring my own Diet Coke. Can't stand Pepsi. They do have good flavored water in the buffet area though.

[bobg529]

No Coke, Pepsi! :rolleyes:

 

http://youtu.be/IE1QqGzNYX8

[kapcruiser]

Do they have diet sprite or diet Sierra mist?

[don't-use-real-name]

This could be put another way - "THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE" !

 

Sadly NCL hasn't got that right.

Years ago NCL had Coca Cola products and someone from Pepsi made them

an offer they couldn't refuse (arm twisting 180 degrees) payola - kickbacks -

bribes accepted - exclusive contracts etc.

 

So if you want Coke bring your own.

Suggestions:

1) Bring your selections from home

2) Buy it at a store or concession before boarding the ship

3) While in a Port of Call find a source to replenish your supply

 

The same applies for 7UP and Dr. Pepper drinks.

 

But for a 7 day cruise I don't think the withdrawal effects are going to be a bother after all there are other drinks to be consumed on board.

 

Also note that canned drinks are limited on most NCL ships - the trend is plastic solo cups with the beverage fountain dispensed out of a wand.

AND Caution having a lot of ICE in your drink of which there is not a lot of drink. On the flip side if you bring your own canned or bottled soft drinks

you can have a lot of beverage and add the right amount of ice but will have to alert remind the cabin steward to keep the ice bucket filled.

Edited April 6, 2016 by don't-use-real-name

[don't-use-real-name]

Do they have diet sprite or diet Sierra mist?

 

Diet Sprite is a Coke product - the Diet Sierra Mist is a Pepsi product.

 

Both of these are similar to 7UP but will a different level of Lemon/Lime consistency !

Edited April 6, 2016 by don't-use-real-name

[zdcatc12]

I always bring my own Diet Coke. Can't stand Pepsi

 

I love Pepsi, can't stand Coke.

[ngrund]

i wish some of these companies (hotels/casinos/cruise lines) would just get both so those we could each get what we want

 

I prefer Coke over Pepsi, but Sierra Mist over Spite, and Barqs Root Beer over Mug...I guess I'll just have to drink beer and frozen concoctions:)

[SPB in da RVA]

Pepsi thank god. Coke SUX

[SPB in da RVA]

Sierra Mist

 

Sierra Mist is like water that someone whispered the word lemon over. It is HORRIBLE!

[Mistizoom]

Do they have diet sprite or diet Sierra mist?

 

They have Diet Sierra Mist.

[TheBearAK]

Just a note: The cans of pepsi are available, but tough to get out of them. They, of course, want you to drink the bar-fountain pepsi.

 

I found that even bottled coke from NYC tasted different from what I drink in Alaska, and the bottles in the various islands of the Caribbean were also different, sweeter in some cases, almost pepsi-like.

[GeezerCouple]

Just a note: The cans of pepsi are available, but tough to get out of them. They, of course, want you to drink the bar-fountain pepsi.

 

I found that even bottled coke from NYC tasted different from what I drink in Alaska, and the bottles in the various islands of the Caribbean were also different, sweeter in some cases, almost pepsi-like.

 

We noticed a real difference in the Diet Cokes we carried on board (purchased in Miami) and the Diet Coke we got in the Caribbean ports.

I think the sweetener might have been different.

 

For different markets, the formula might differ a bit, or perhaps it's just the sweetener.

For example, Costco sometimes has the regular Coke in glass bottles, from Mexico, with cane sugar, not fructose-based sweetener. (Haven't tasted it; just noticed it.)

 

And the taste from the aluminum tins is, for us, really unpleasant.

Next best is the plastic bottle.

We *finally* found some small glass bottles of Diet Coke locally, but with the beer-cap type cover, they can't be re-capped, so it loses the "spillproof/resistant" quality ;)

[TheBearAK]

We noticed a real difference in the Diet Cokes we carried on board (purchased in Miami) and the Diet Coke we got in the Caribbean ports.

I think the sweetener might have been different.

 

For different markets, the formula might differ a bit, or perhaps it's just the sweetener.

For example, Costco sometimes has the regular Coke in glass bottles, from Mexico, with cane sugar, not fructose-based sweetener. (Haven't tasted it; just noticed it.)

 

 

I believe Sugar Cane Coke has yellow caps. (Kosher). It might be just the water.

[MississippiMom]

Yep ncl for the last few years has been pepsi products only

 

Yuck!

[Sundown331]

I prefer RC Cola but no big deal .... All 3 of them taste great with a generous shot of Pussers Rum mixed in. :D

 

Mexican coke however is far better than its American sibling. Cane sugar is tastier than high fructose corn syrup.

[JustAllie]

My friends definitely got some Diet Sierra Mist from room service on our recent cruise. So that's an option.

[DkswartzFamily]

Pepsi only- which is a bummer for me! I am definitely a coke fan!

[welove2cruise*]

Does anyone know when the contract with Pepsi expires? NCL used to have coke products (I always bought the coke package until the Pepsi switch).

 

I am really hoping that maybe a change would come. I carried my caffeine free Diet Coke to Italy for our two week vacation. They have Coke light but it tastes nothing like our Diet Coke in the states. I always just brought my own after the switch to Pepsi. I would love it if they did a contract with Coke and put the nice self serve machines in like RCL has.

 

 

 

 

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[Cruisin'Christine]

I am reading that cruisers bring their own Coke products on board. Don't they get confiscated by the cruise line? I am told that NCL confiscates bottled water, if people try to bring that, so isn't it the same with Coca Cola?