biguy56 Posted June 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) 1st time cruisers leaving in October for a 4 day trip to Bahamas. Trying to figure it out if purchasing the package would be cheaper than buying drinks. Don't know what drinks run on the Carnival Victory. We don't drink a lot so any advise would be nice. Thanks, Edited June 21, 2016 by biguy56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrqoisWtrs Posted June 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Lots of good info on this thread,but if you don't drink much, I would skip Cheers. Enjoy your first cruise! :) http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2368521 Edited June 21, 2016 by cruisin*tigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biguy56 Posted June 21, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks cruisin*tigger , your link helped a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseTeacher7 Posted June 21, 2016 #4 Share Posted June 21, 2016 We just got off the Victory Sunday and did the cheers program. It is $50 a day so you would have to drink 7-8 beers or 5-6 high end drinks to break even. It also includes bottled water, soda (I think), and specialty coffees at the coffee bar. We got our money's worth but I couldn't do it for a longer 7 day cruise. I'm glad we tried it though. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtytwo Posted June 21, 2016 #5 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Here you go, the Carnival Bar Menu! You can see what you will pay for alcoholic drinks! ;) http://www.zydecocruiser.net/Carnival-Bar-Menu/CarnivalCruiseBarMenu.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biguy56 Posted June 22, 2016 Author #6 Share Posted June 22, 2016 thanks, great info.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 22, 2016 #7 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Welcome to Cruise Critic. We also don't drink a lot and did a little math on our own. Definitely the drink packages are not for us. We would lose money on the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish1c Posted June 22, 2016 #8 Share Posted June 22, 2016 We are big partiers on vacation but it was tough for us to get our money's worth out of the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow8800 Posted June 23, 2016 #9 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Package was not for us either, just went with what the ship offered for free. We couldn't drink enough to make it worth it either! Happy Planning:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted June 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted June 23, 2016 It all comes down to what, and how many of them you drink. Some think it's great value, others think it's a waste and in all honest without knowing exactly what you would buy every day without the package no one can tell you. I love it, I don't want to have to think "will I won't I, should I leave it for a while to save a dollar or two". I also use it as a chance to try something different, does that mean sometimes a drink goes to waste? yep sure does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray98 Posted July 3, 2016 #11 Share Posted July 3, 2016 As above, it depends on how much and what you plan on drinking. With my normal drinks anything over 4 a day puts me in the ballpark. I never worry about 'breaking even', as long as what I drink puts me close it is worth it to not have to worry about a bar tab and be free to order what I want when I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauer-kraut Posted July 3, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 3, 2016 If you're not big drinkers but enjoy soda pop you might be more interested in Carnival's soda package. You'll break even if you drink more than 3 glasses of pop a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum60 Posted July 10, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 10, 2016 When doing your math deciding if any beverage plans offered are a fair value to you for the way you drink consider that you are on vacation and will likely drink more than you would at home. Example: Perhaps you might enjoy a Mamossa or Bloody Mary at breakfast? How about a beer or maybe a glass of wine while eating lunch? There is a good chance that you'll have one or two drinks in conversation with new friends before dinner and then during your dinner order a glass of wine or a beer as you dine. Before retiring for the night you might wrap up your day by having a drink or two in one of the many ships bars after watching a show or dancing. Add at least two more drinks celebrating your huge win in the casino, ha ha. The above consumption example represents five drinks per day for a single traveler. That number is easy to increase with little or no risk of becoming 'over served'. At an average of $6.00 per drink (which is pretty price conservative) plus the automatically added gratuity of 18% (you will be spending $7.08 for each $6.00 drink) your alcohol beverage bill will cost you $35.40 a day and likely more. Multiply that figure by seven and you've spent $247.80 for alcohol on your seven day cruise. There's a good chance that you will be adding the cost of a few sodas, specialty coffees or bottled waters to your tab over the week so that $247.80 number represents a price floor. Expect to spend more. To frost your cake wait until the end of the cruise bill is slid under your cabin door. Like a chorus, you'll hear guests exclaim, "I drank that much, man, I should have checked into that beverage plan thingy a bit more than I did". Keep in mind that the stress of trying to keep tabs of what you've imbibed and sorting through all your drink receipts during your at sea vacation doesn't exist if you've bought a beverage plan. Not all surprises are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted July 10, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 10, 2016 While a package might make sense on a sea day - it could be tough to "use it up" on one re more days spent ashore at ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum60 Posted July 10, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 10, 2016 A beverage or 'three' topside after a full days tour while departing port before dinner, a few glasses of wine with dinner followed by 'chewing the fat' with other passengers in one of the ships bars after dinner can quickly get a well seasoned traveler back on track to "using it up". As an ex Navy man you must have played catch up on shore leave a few times (ha!). Nothing to it. I'm an ex Ground Pounder and believe me, I never had trouble catching up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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