vinniega64 Posted June 10, 2022 #1 Share Posted June 10, 2022 going on the Ambition next year, anybody got prices of the drinks packages yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoman Posted June 10, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 10, 2022 If you book before the cruise I believe it's £38pp for the top package (Expedition) if you book on board it's £44pp this includes the gratuities and speciality coffees as well. You are allowed up to 15 alcoholic drinks per day. If you don't have the package your drinks have a gratuity of 18% added to every drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoman Posted June 10, 2022 #3 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tring Posted June 10, 2022 #4 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, NightWoman said: If you don't have the package your drinks have a gratuity of 18% added to every drink. I am not convinced that is the case as there does not seem to be any mention of it in there brochure or website and I have seen other comments saying it does not happen. There are gratuities and service charges added to customer bills as happens on a number of lines and as mentioned as covered on the package details you posted above, but not for individual drinks purchased on the ship AFAIK. Perhaps you could let me know where you saw that information about drink prices having service charges added, (or if you were charged that on the ship), if I am wrong in that. Edited June 10, 2022 by tring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoman Posted June 10, 2022 #5 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Tring, thanks for bringing this to my attention and you are possibly correct. I did try to edit my post to amend this as I may have misread something, that's why I added the Ambassador Moments to show that the service charge and gratuities was included in the Expedition package. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 10, 2022 #6 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Am I missing something in that chart? For the basic cruise length, it costs more to get the packages onboard than if you prepay. But for the longer cruises, it seems to cost significantly less onboard? And what is the 10% or 5% of? Total cruise fare? Or package price from the top lines? [It's very confusing, at least to me...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_london0 Posted June 11, 2022 #7 Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) I know that it doesn't say this, but I interpreted those percentages to be a minus amount from the shorter cruise price And there is now a new price list: Standard Prices 5-29 Nights Pre-Cruise Price, Per Person, Per Night £18.00 £33.00 £38.00 £11.00 Onboard Price, Per Person, Per Night £20.00 £38.00 £44.00 £13.00 Longer Cruises Prices 30-69 Nights Pre-Cruise Price, Per Person Per Night £16.00 £30.00 £35.00 N/A Onboard Price, Per Person Per Night £19.00 £37.00 £42.00 N/A 70 Nights and over Pre-Cruise Price, Per Person Per Night £15.00 £28.00 £33.00 N/A Onboard Price, Per Person Per Night £17.00 £33.00 £37.00 N/A and the prices are indeed that percentage lower (though very rounded) Edited June 11, 2022 by tim_london0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tring Posted June 11, 2022 #8 Share Posted June 11, 2022 12 hours ago, NightWoman said: Tring, thanks for bringing this to my attention and you are possibly correct. I did try to edit my post to amend this as I may have misread something, that's why I added the Ambassador Moments to show that the service charge and gratuities was included in the Expedition package. Thanks, yes I am confused with the mention of service charges as I was not aware there was any. You can only edit posts about 15 -20 mins after they are posted. After that they can not be edited, though can be removed if reported via the report system (takes a few hours) and can then be replaced, but our conversation has now added information, well sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoman Posted June 11, 2022 #9 Share Posted June 11, 2022 3 hours ago, tring said: Thanks, yes I am confused with the mention of service charges as I was not aware there was any. You can only edit posts about 15 -20 mins after they are posted. After that they can not be edited, though can be removed if reported via the report system (takes a few hours) and can then be replaced, but our conversation has now added information, well sort of. I also need to amend my grammer, it should read 'were' included 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tring Posted June 11, 2022 #10 Share Posted June 11, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, NightWoman said: I also need to amend my grammer, it should read 'were' included 😄 My posts are becoming very bad with many badly written ones. I always used to check them carefully but just post and move on a lot now. They generally make some sort of sense though and I know I am not alone. Edited June 11, 2022 by tring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted June 12, 2022 #11 Share Posted June 12, 2022 As well as the standard prices, Ambassador also offer an inclusive fare which includes a discount off the package price. Also worth knowing is that if you are a wine drinker, the choice of wine by the glass is very limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housesitters Posted September 20, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 20, 2022 when it was CMV the extra packages also included all gratuities, both for drinks and everything else. Otherwise what is the price for the various gratuities - 18 % for drinks, and what for the other services? Is this the same with the Ambassador cruises? Very hard to get information on their own site - thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted September 23, 2022 #13 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) On 9/20/2022 at 8:24 PM, housesitters said: when it was CMV the extra packages also included all gratuities, both for drinks and everything else. Otherwise what is the price for the various gratuities - 18 % for drinks, and what for the other services? Is this the same with the Ambassador cruises? Very hard to get information on their own site - thanks for any help All adult drinks packages include gratuities, there is no tax on drinks, it is actually very easy to get all this information from the Ambassador web site. https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/on-board-experience/ambassador-drinks-packages/2022-drinks-packages/ Edited September 23, 2022 by yorkshirephil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housesitters Posted September 24, 2022 #14 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/23/2022 at 1:43 PM, yorkshirephil said: All adult drinks packages include gratuities, there is no tax on drinks, it is actually very easy to get all this information from the Ambassador web site. https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/on-board-experience/ambassador-drinks-packages/2022-drinks-packages/ thanks! I had trouble navigating the ambassador site but have it sorted now. And no, ambassador does not provide the pre-payment of gratuities alone at a reduce price, the way it used to be on CMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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