Can you change out complimentary bottles of "champagne"?

[Econom405]

Now that we have reached platinum status, and also stay in suites usually, we receive 2 bottles of "champagne' in our room. They almost always go to waste, because we really don't like it. Occasionally, I'll ask for some raspberry puree to put in it, and once we cut up the oranges and made mimosa's. But we truly feel like it's a waste of two bottles.

Has anyone every asked to switch them out for bottles of wine, that we would actually drink? Is this even possible?

I know, first world problems, but I really feel wasteful letting it sit there all week. :D:D

[KeithJenner]

You don’t get a bottle of sparking wine for being platinum. Everyone on their second or later cruise gets one, and therefore it isn’t changeable (as so many people get it).

 

You may have more luck with anything you get for being in a suite.

 

 

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[vince_g]

The sparkling wine they give out is Duc De Valmer Brut. Not bad mixed with OJ. As mentioned, you cannot change it for something else.

[Moby0215]

You don’t get a bottle of sparking wine for being platinum. Everyone on their second or later cruise gets one, and therefore it isn’t changeable (as so many people get it).

 

You may have more luck with anything you get for being in a suite.

 

 

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Is this true? I’ve never received a bottle of anything.

 

 

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[Love my butler]

The short answer is no. However, if you have good contacts on the ship it is possible to 'exchange' your wine for something else. If you are in a suite, talk to your butler and see what she/he can do for you.

[Budget Queen]

It's a gift and NCL has significantly tightened up and doesn't exchange any longer. I sail every month and have seen this multiple times- with people "stating" they've done it "in the past', then when you later see them, nope.

[BirdTravels]

Is this true? I’ve never received a bottle of anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All latitudes members (2nd cruise and beyond) get a bottle of sparkling wine. Started February 2017.

[jdvmd]

They stopped exchanging bottles a while back.

[steveweese]

We just got of the Star b2b. Had to ask for it both legs, is that normal.

[sns1009]

We never drink ours and always leave it behind. Not sure what ends up happening to it. I would rather have more bottles of water.

[casofilia]

Drink it 50:50 with apple juice. No longer able to exchange even if you have a tame assistant Maitre d'!!

[retiring soon]

HI all!

 

I exchanged it on Escape last Oct for a bottle of non alcoholic "wine" & had heard of people changing it for water. This was done at the Future Cruise area not guest services.

Hope to do it again on Star in June.(yn)

 

~ Jo ~ :)

[gmbhardy]

We just got of the Star b2b. Had to ask for it both legs, is that normal.

We didn’t get one either on our last cruise, so I politely mentioned it to one of the officers at the Latitudes cocktail party. When we returned to our cabin later there was a bottle sitting on the counter and one iced down in a champagne bucket. We love NCL.

[phissy]

Short answer, NO. Others may have had different experiences but, NCL is now less and less flexible. We just got off Jewel, Haven Suite and are Plat Plus. Were told NO in no uncertain terms. With other poor customer service issues on this cruise, we are now callling it “quits” with NCL. Will look elsewhere for future cruising.

[Sand and Seas]

We leave the wine in the room unless we've met someone on board who would enjoy it, but with the UBP other cruisers turn it down.

You would think they might want to poll their most frequent cruisers and ask what we would like.

How hard would it be to have us update our NCL profile with our preferences?

Give us a choice of wine, or water, or more chocolate strawberries?

[IrieBajan54]

I don't drink champagne but heard it is awful. Just the cheapest that NCL could come up with. Solos have brought bottles to dinner and hardly anyone wanted a glass. Now that I know there is an option to swap it for an extra bottle of water, I will do that instead of leaving it in the cabin.

[newmexicoNita]

I don't drink champagne but heard it is awful. Just the cheapest that NCL could come up with. Solos have brought bottles to dinner and hardly anyone wanted a glass. Now that I know there is an option to swap it for an extra bottle of water, I will do that instead of leaving it in the cabin.

depending on how you use it, most of those I know like to make mimosas and it is good for that or we have started taking it to our M&G and having it opened for others to share. In the days when not all latitude members got the sparkling wine we could exchange it. I understand now, why we can't. BTW, it isn't awful, it just is what one would expect, cheap quality.

[room with a view]

We never drank our bottle as we had the UBP. Our room steward said he could not take it for himself and it would be recycled for the next occupants !!:)

[bob brown]

Based on all these responses....clearly NCL marketing has widely missed their target. If they wanted to "reward" their Latitudes repeater's, they have failed. They might have been better off only offering this "gift" to first time cruiser's, that might be impressed receiving anything. As for the rest...as said earlier, and as is done on RCI, they should let you pre-select what "gift" they give you on your online profile, and increase the value based on your loyalty tier.

[shadowmeboy]

We always take it to breakfast one morning and mix it with with OJ. We like it well enough for that.

 

 

I try not to get worked up over a free bottle of sparkling wine. It is what it is.

[BirdTravels]

Based on all these responses....clearly NCL marketing has widely missed their target. If they wanted to "reward" their Latitudes repeater's, they have failed. They might have been better off only offering this "gift" to first time cruiser's, that might be impressed receiving anything. As for the rest...as said earlier, and as is done on RCI, they should let you pre-select what "gift" they give you on your online profile, and increase the value based on your loyalty tier.

The sample size is too small to draw that conclusion. A large percentage of the sparking wine is consumed on every cruise.

[bob brown]

The sample size is too small to draw that conclusion. A large percentage of the sparking wine is consumed on every cruise.

It is also based on personal experience on several recent NCL cruises, in discussion with several of my shipmates...

As far as being consumed....well you're probably correct there....some people are happy to receive anything complimentary....

[shrew]

If you're in a suite, talk to your butler and see what he can do. We just got back from our first-ever cruise today, during which our butler brought us another bottle of the sparkling wine when he noticed we had opened ours, said that not everyone wants them. The steward tracked my husband down on the second day and gave him a bottle of merlot. We found the sparkling wine drinkable but just fine for mimosas while the merlot tasted like nail polish remover. LOL

[steveweese]

Again do you have to ask for it, or is it already in your cabin

[wizdiz]

Again do you have to ask for it, or is it already in your cabin

 

It was just in my room last 2 trips. I never asked for it.