Semi Live Review of Drinks and Cocktails on Millennium 4/14

[Ripheus]

My fiance and I are taking our first cruise together aboard the Millennium tomorrow. We've decided to post a review together of all the drinks and cocktails we have. We missed a good picture of the first one, but hopefully this will suffice. 

[Ripheus]

Jack Daniels Honey went down smooth as we wait for our flight at DCA. Nothing fancy but always solid. 

[weregoingcruising]

Have a great cruise with drinks(how long have you had this problem?😉)  and stay safe healthy and happy. 

[Ripheus]

6 minutes ago, weregoingcruising said:

Have a great cruise with drinks(how long have you had this problem?😉)  and stay safe healthy and happy. 

Oh, I'd say it's become a passion over the past 2 years ago. 

[weregoingcruising]

1 hour ago, Ripheus said:

Oh, I'd say it's become a passion over the past 2 years ago. 

The drinking or cruising?

[Ripheus]

24 minutes ago, weregoingcruising said:

The drinking or cruising?

Definitely the drinking...ever since the beginning of the pandemic. But I hope cruising becomes a passion too. This is my first cruise, so we'll see. 

[Moochi]

The fiancé in green shirt here. Smuggled some rye onto the airplane and enjoyed it with the in flight cheez-it

[padgman1]

What drink package do you have ( Classic or Premium)?

[Ripheus]

26 minutes ago, padgman1 said:

What drink package do you have ( Classic or Premium)?

Premium

[dgoz]

Looking forward to this thread. 😄

[capecodmercury]

If you don't mind, I'd be interested in finding out which single malt scotches they were stocking. (And which bars were likely to stock it). I'm cruising on the Summit in a few months and starting to do the research. 

 

BTW, make sure you check out the Martini Bar.  Usually the best atmosphere of any bar on the ship for a pre dinner cocktail. 

[Ripheus]

1 hour ago, capecodmercury said:

If you don't mind, I'd be interested in finding out which single malt scotches they were stocking. (And which bars were likely to stock it). I'm cruising on the Summit in a few months and starting to do the research. 

 

BTW, make sure you check out the Martini Bar.  Usually the best atmosphere of any bar on the ship for a pre dinner cocktail. 

Will do. I'll be scoping out the good stuff when we get on board tomorrow. 

[Ripheus]

Margarita and Naked & Famous at El Camino. Both were delicious. I would highly recommend happy hour here. 

[Ripheus]

Smoked old fashioned and a margarita riff at YOLO. Happy hour here was very good, though about twice as expensive as El Camino. 

[Ripheus]

House old fashioned and Moscow mule at Del Frisco. Super inexpensive and solidly mediocre. 

[Ripheus]

Free Cosmo and the OG Manhattan at Harbor wood inside our hotel, Hyatt Centric Las Ola's. Both tasty and surprisingly affordable. 

[Moochi]

23 minutes ago, Ripheus said:

House old fashioned and Moscow mule at Del Frisco. Super inexpensive and solidly mediocre. 

Free pour old fashioned on cloudy ice. Built Moscow mule. Drinkable but not great. Really cheap though.

[Moochi]

32 minutes ago, Ripheus said:

Margarita and Naked & Famous at El Camino. Both were delicious. I would highly recommend happy hour here. 

Price was so good on food and drink. Naked and famous was not double stained and full of ice chips and pulp. Dehydrated blood orange wheel garnish was a nice touch. 50/50 tequila and mezcal margarita was really good for $5. Will definitely go back.

[davy jones]

It would be a great public service if you could say if your cocktail is available on the classic package?

[Ripheus]

23 minutes ago, davy jones said:

It would be a great public service if you could say if your cocktail is available on the classic package?

That's a great idea. We'll include that info when we post our reviews on the ship. 

[Moochi]

First drink of the cruise, bubbly at the retreat lounge. There will be 1,500 passenger on board, compared to 900 last sail.

[PTC DAWG]

For those drinking on Los Olas…they have a nice happy hour or two at the bar inside Riverside Hotel..5-7 food, drinks. 3-7 per the link.

 

https://www.goldenlyonpub.com/?_ga=2.218850269.534172522.1649951112-1732645817.1649951112

Edited April 14, 2022 by PTC DAWG

[Ferry_Watcher]

I really liked the Gingertini at Sushi on 5 when I was onboard in Sept 2021

[padgman1]

Any idea what the bourbon base was for the pre-cruise old fashioneds?

[Moochi]

Sorry for the first negative report. Got a lobster roll at Luminae for lunch. There was exactly one piece of lobster in it, in the size of picky nail. OP got NY strip and it was very good. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir were decent. 
 

Then we headed to Cellar Masters for cocktails. OP got an olds fashioned. it was made with BT bourbon, muddled bright red cherry and orange slice, bright red cherry syrup, soda water, and simple syrup. Drink was spilled a little bit and the glass was not wiped clean. I was not interested in tasting it at all.  I wanted a Manhattan but they only had the bright red cherry and Martini & Rossi sweet vermouth. So no thank you.