Drink Package

[AshleyJax]

Does Carnival ever offer deals or discounts on their drink package?

[JaniceB]

The only deal I know of is to buy it before you board the ship and then you get a discount.

[mdsgu]

Nope.  Fixed price.  Slightly less expensive if you book it in advance.  RCCL's drink package floats up and down prior to the cruise.  NCL gives their's away, usually, calling it "free at sea."

[LBumb]

Buy now and one more expense out of the way

[Saint Greg]

It goes up $5 per day if you book on board so you are better off buying it now.

[xostacylee]

I've heard folks buying the AARP gift cards at 10% less then applying those to their trip - including Cheers. So that may be a "cheaper" way of doing it. But otherwise the only real difference is 10% more if you buy it onboard vs. ahead of time. 

[Don Kehote]

22 minutes ago, xostacylee said:

I've heard folks buying the AARP gift cards at 10% less then applying those to their trip - including Cheers.

Done it, it works 🙂

[ProgRockCruiser]

4 hours ago, AshleyJax said:

Does Carnival ever offer deals or discounts on their drink package?

 

Carnival never offers specials on this package.  Just the "save 10% by purchasing prior to your cruise" standard discount.

 

Heck, Carnival offers relatively small discounts (10% to 20%) on excursions only about twice a year, if that - last one was a Black Friday special, IIRC.

 

In general, Carnival has taken the approach of pricing it so it sells regularly, avoiding the mess of sales (which just cannibalize the regular sales anyway).  Especially for something as "unlimited availability" as the Cheers/Bubbles packages.

[dak1960]

37 minutes ago, Don Kehote said:

Done it, it works 🙂

yes buy the card thru aarp ---so a 500$ gift card cost 450$ and then you can use it to buy the cheers package online

[cgriffis]

On 4/10/2019 at 11:14 AM, xostacylee said:

I've heard folks buying the AARP gift cards at 10% less then applying those to their trip - including Cheers. So that may be a "cheaper" way of doing it. But otherwise the only real difference is 10% more if you buy it onboard vs. ahead of time. 

I use our Carnival Mastercard and get a 10‰ statement credit, plus points. Our upcoming cruise I had enough points for a $450 credit.