Carnival Beverage

[DavidCarole]

Hello to all the wise posters here, my question to all is,

 

Why does Carnival offer "beverage packages" to the travellers out of the USA and not to us from down under

 

David.

[Russell21]

Carnival are the people to answer that question.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Because they think Australians will drink so much that they'll lose too much money? :eek:

 

Interestingly Princess charge $59 for their drinks package. P&O have just raised the price of theirs from $79 to $89!

Edited May 7, 2016 by OzKiwiJJ

[Russell21]

There's usually a big difference in age groups for the two lines.

[GUT2407]

Same reason Princess offers it on shorter cruises in USA but not in Aus, they worry about our reputation as big drinkers.

[OzKiwiJJ]

There's usually a big difference in age groups for the two lines.

 

I know. :D

 

This is one of those cases when being older is an advantage. ;)

[DavidCarole]

Thank you all for your responses, So could I go to the "Discrimation Board" about this(only Joking)

[GUT2407]

Thank you all for your responses, So could I go to the "Discrimation Board" about this(only Joking)

 

Unfortunately I'm not sure there any law that stops a company discriminating between Aus and USA (in fact I know there's not) otherwise a lot of companies would be in trouble, sucks really don't it.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Nope, it's just another good reason not to cruise Carnival. ;) :D

[GUT2407]

Nope, it's just another good reason not to cruise Carnival. ;) :D

 

Personally not sure I need one.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Personally not sure I need one.

 

True! :D

[DavidCarole]

We took this cruise because it was offered at a good price, we have had one previous cruise with Princess and loved it, they set the bench mark, if you could recommend another line which would it be.

 

David.

[GUT2407]

We took this cruise because it was offered at a good price, we have had one previous cruise with Princess and loved it, they set the bench mark, if you could recommend another line which would it be.

 

David.

 

If you liked Princess ( we sure do) try Celebrity, the two are, in my opinion anyway, pretty similar.

[OzKiwiJJ]

If you liked Princess ( we sure do) try Celebrity, the two are, in my opinion anyway, pretty similar.

 

I agree. Celebrity and Princess are very similar, and both provide an excellent cruising experience. Some things Celebrity does better, and some Princess does better, but IMHO it is very hard to pick between the two.

 

Princess has a slight edge for us as they have ships cruising from Australian ports during our winter season.

[GUT2407]

I agree. Celebrity and Princess are very similar, and both provide an excellent cruising experience. Some things Celebrity does better, and some Princess does better, but IMHO it is very hard to pick between the two.

 

Princess has a slight edge for us as they have ships cruising from Australian ports during our winter season.

 

I also like that Princess is in Aus$, I often say though that there's a much difference between two ships from either of them than one if each.

 

A few things from Celebrity I'd love to see Princess adopt...

 

Ship made Ice Cream

Aqua Spa Cafe

The Sanwich bar

 

Probably the top three.

[Russell21]

Well in 2 weeks I suppose I'll find out why you folks don't like Carnival. The people we are travelling with have been on Carnival before and liked it.

[DavidCarole]

Hi Russell21, I have not been on our cruise yet, we leave Wednesday 11th, 12 days around the South Pacific. I shall give comments on return. We can not comment dislikes yet, my question is the absense of a 'beverage package' the 15% on sales, and $12 a day gratuities, I am just a curious person. I have contacted Carnival awaiting reply. I would rather pay one upfront fee.

 

David.

[OzKiwiJJ]

There shouldn't be any daily gratuities on an Australian-based Carnival cruise, neither should there be 15% added to items you buy. Where did you get that info from? That sounds more like Carnival US cruises.

[Tigerlily75]

Hi Russell21, I have not been on our cruise yet, we leave Wednesday 11th, 12 days around the South Pacific. I shall give comments on return. We can not comment dislikes yet, my question is the absense of a 'beverage package' the 15% on sales, and $12 a day gratuities, I am just a curious person. I have contacted Carnival awaiting reply. I would rather pay one upfront fee.

 

David.

 

There are no gratuities, that amount is simply incorporated into the fare, because Australia is not a tipping culture. The staff get the same amount they would get in the US with gratuities added (I talked to my waiter a lot about the differences cruising Oz vs US, this was on Legend which cruises in both countries).

Edited May 7, 2016 by Tigerlily75