How long is the UBP (open bar) promotion on for?

[rok233]

Does anyone know long is the UBP (open bar) promotion on for? The NCL website states the FREE AT SEA promotion has only 5 days left. Will they still offer the UBP or is that promotion finished this week too?

[Lupush]

They've been extending it regularly for the last 6 months. I doubt it will go away in 5 days.

[CruisinHarvey]

While I don't know the answer to your question specifically, I don't think they'll stop a drink promotion, in some form, maybe ever. They've raised the price of the package so high, the masses will never buy it now. It's obvious their marketing department is moving toward an all inclusive experience, for those who want it.

Edited August 9, 2016 by CruisinHarvey

[rok233]

Thanks for the replies.

[Richie2pies]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

[BrandoMan13]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

Really? lol

 

So anyone who drinks the 18% gratuity charge a day worth of drinks is a drunk?

 

At the prices they charge, its very easy to have 2-3 drinks a day and exceed the charges you pay when you get UBP as a "free perk"

[TSUmom]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

I guess I am a drunk:D

[cincychad]

I've been watching this for most of the year and it hasn't gone away. I believe it has been running non-stop for almost two years.

[Quilting_Cruiser]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

 

 

Huh? Are you actually saying that if someone drinks two drinks a day while on vacation they're a drunk?? :confused::confused::confused:

[ilovetotravel1977]

I guess I am a drunk:D

 

Ditto

[rok233]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

Idiot.

[sha32]

I guess I am a drunk:D

 

 

Yep me too, [emoji38]

Edited August 9, 2016 by sha32

[loopyloo33]

I had the UBP included on my cruise at Easter 2015

 

Plus I am also a drunk...

Edited August 9, 2016 by loopyloo33

[Demonyte]

They've been extending it regularly for the last 6 months. I doubt it will go away in 5 days.

 

 

UBP has been offered pretty much non-stop as a promo since late 2014.

[CruisinMaterial]

It's the promo that never ends!! :eek: Bring back the arcade promo! :rolleyes:

[Shawnino]

Huh? Are you actually saying that if someone drinks two drinks a day while on vacation they're a drunk?? :confused::confused::confused:

 

I think the idea is that the alcohol cost to NCL is less than the 18% Convenience Fee.

[beerman2]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

You don't have to be a drunk to take advantage of the UBP.

[Até]

If you believe the individual prices NCL asks for drinks are real world then the UBP is usually of value for even light drinkers. NCL probably has most people covered between cruise fare increases and the 18% gratuity. The UBP now seems a marketing ploy luring in those that want to drink large quantities of relatively cheap alcohol. I have found it was less expensive pre-UBP when I ordered a bar setup for the room and payed corkage on a few bottles of wine, that way at least I drank what I liked. With the UBP I tend to drink more than usual to make the package "worth it" and they no longer cover the drinks I prefer. I'm ready for the promo to end, hopefully cruise fares and drink prices would then be reduced. Unfortunately, I feel that is unlikely to happen.

[bbryan5]

This will go on FOREVER! They have you paying for your drinks now. Unless you are a drunk, it doesn't pay.

 

 

What a stupid thing to say

[lbt43]

It will probably last forever. Its norwegian's answer to never having a promo promo.