Live, More or Less, From the Vista 02-09 July 2022

[Petroplex]

I have also posted drink menus here. If you haven't been on board and want to know what the spaces look like, you can see that video here. However, here are some of my quick thoughts on the bars on board:

 

• Embarkation Day in Galveston kind of stinks for drink choice until about dinner time. I have the particular menu with the rest of them, but gosh I would like more choices at first.
• I wish Bacardi Limon wasn't the default for mojitos. You can obviously get it with a different rum, but it took me a couple of tries to figure out why my drink tasted weird.
• The rums on board are an absolute steal. Flor de Cana 18 year old for $11-- well under the drink package limit? Yes, please!
• I am not a beer guy. I enjoyed everything they brewed on board except the stout. Who knew?
• The wine choices were surprisingly good, although I could not determine a system by which they decided which wines to offer by the glass and which were only by the bottle.
• There were excellent tequilas, most of which were covered by the package.
• I am a bourbon guy rather than a Scotch guy. I cannot comment on the scotches other than to say my Scotch-drinking buddy seemed happy. As for bourbon, Woodford Reserve was probably the high end. Happily, it was included in the drink package.

 

I am working on more thoughts, but they are coming slowly as my household recovers from the COVID post-cruise. I have mostly cruised Royal Caribbean before, and there are things I like much better about that experience, but frankly I preferred the bars on Carnival. They had better choices, and I hope the bar menus are helpful to you.

[ski_mom]

I wasn't aware that they had a "dumbed down" menu until evening when sailing from Galveston.  I did know that Cheers didn't kick in until the second day, but seems strange that they can't offer their entire menus of drinks.

 

I assume that cheers is activated the second morning?  I've heard that the 15 drink limit resets at 6 am, so I wonder if that's when it officially starts.  Not like I'd be awake then lol!