11 WORST Cruise Drink Package Mistakes to Avoid Making!

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Cruise drink packages are among some of the popular add-ons. Rather than having to tally up each beverage you order, they allow you to take advantage of the cruise line's extensive offerings for a fixed price.
Whether you like to indulge in premium cocktails or simply want to enjoy a few more beers than usual while on vacation, there's a good chance you're considering purchasing a package for your upcoming cruise.
To get the most out of your package's value, there are some mistakes that you shouldn't make. Thankfully, if you're aware of them, it's easy to avoid them.
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@boganpainter1638 2 ай бұрын

The biggest mistake you can make is dinking too much one day and then being miserable and not want to drink the following day.

@DB-zp9un Ай бұрын

Just need to not drink stuff with lots of sugars / syrups in them.. :D

@NotRodSmash Ай бұрын

Did that on my first cruise. My perfect day at coco cay was spent in my cabin severely hungover.

@anthony273 29 күн бұрын

They only give 15. Takes me 25-30 to get wobbly drunk

@boganpainter1638 29 күн бұрын

@@anthony273 On Carnival and Princess, you only get 15. On most cruise lines, if you have the drink package, your glass never gets empty. You have no idea how many you had.

@jcspotter7322 2 ай бұрын

Personally, I find Princess and HALs drink packages to be the best. They include gratuities, a wifi package, casual and specialty dining options, and drinks. They may have a $15 limit on their lower packages, but their drinks are also priced much lower than on RCI or Carnival

@ninjamaster7724 9 күн бұрын

I went on a 7 night Carnival cruise to the Caribbean in 2017 with a woman i was seeing and we didn't get the drinks package. We just bought a few drinks here and there when we felt like drinking. We sailed on Carnival Glory and it was an awesome cruise. We had such a good time.

@Andy-ju8bb 3 күн бұрын

I did a 2 week Canary Islands cruise about 6 years ago, and there was a family who did not get a drinks package. The bill they received at the end of the cruise was four figures!

@Juancarlo4342 2 ай бұрын

You can also use it on msc's private island ocean cay. Both drink package and wifi long as you have already purchased it.

@deborahconkle6822 28 күн бұрын

My husband and I don’t cruise for our vacations. That said I follow/subscribe to several cruise channels. The more I see the more I think twice about ever actually booking a cruise. So many small details.

@julieb7882 15 күн бұрын

It can be fun to tell the bartender to make you his favorite drink or something with a specific liquor. Next cruise, I'll be trying grappa in the Italian restaurant and maybe a glass of port if they have one.

@brendonwoelfle 21 күн бұрын

What is the best rum to ask for in specialty drinks? I know about vodka and whiskey, but I don't typically drink rum. I do know they are in the drinks I will be having on my cruise.

@skittlesandfriends5710 9 күн бұрын

The great thing about Carnival Drink package is that the non alcoholic drinks don’t count towards your fifteen drink limit, so you can get multiple waters,lattes, sports drinks and sodas and even milkshakes as part of your package, and I’m always trying out different drinks to see what I’m missing, I do however like to tip the bartenders extra, because if you do that regularly, when you come back they will remember you and I have had them automatically bring out some higher class liquor and make them stronger than normal for me. Or had them make my drinks first before others at the bar, If you do some research in advance of the it covers, and you don’t just order the “pedestrian” level of drinks, you can really take advantage of the drink package.

@diannebrideson2368 24 күн бұрын

You really don't have to drink 6 or 7 alcoholic drinks per day in order to break even. Don't forget the mocktails, specialty coffees, smoothies, bottled waters that are also included in the package and would add up if purchased individually. You can get your money's worth by drinking plenty of the other items.

@joanhodge3877 Ай бұрын

I dont drink but love tea coffee how much do thesae cost ind

@jerseygirl6155 2 ай бұрын

I just sailed Carnival Venezia. I did not get a drink package-I rarely get it since I find it is not worth the cost. ( I like the premium beverages) I drink 5-6 cocktails a day and have sailed many cruises. On the Venezia, many guests had the drink package and boasted that they shared their package with friends who did not stay in the same cabin and did not have the drink package.. The bartenders would make both drinks under one card. One bartender was fully aware the second drink was for a non-drink package guest.

@rustynail6819 Ай бұрын

You're correct, people share the package all the time. But if you do, don't be loud and stupid about it! Just get the drinks and leave, don't make a spectacle of yourself. I'm not going to lie, I've done it! I've gotten 2 drinks and just went and sat down and put it on the table and the other person took it. Bar tenders 100% know people do it and some people say that "oh, they watch you!", LOL! No they don't! They don't care because the tip is built into every drink in a drink package. Their job is to kick out as many drinks as possible to accumulate more tips not to play drink police.

@Jonnyboyyy Ай бұрын

Norwegian drink package works on their island also

@innerlightwellness9133 Ай бұрын

I was on a carnival cruise a year ago and an NCL cruise this year and I got the non-alcoholic drink package for the carnival cruise and was unable to get bottled water or coffee which I thought was absurd because those are the only two things that I drink. NCL I couldn’t get either with the upgraded drink package even though I don’t drink alcohol, so some cruise lines do not allow bottled water or cartons of water I should say on their drink packages.

@billkallas1762 28 күн бұрын

Do you mean "specialty" coffee, like Starbucks??

@rustynail6819 Ай бұрын

The "drink xxx amount of drinks to break even" thing is not a good way to have a drink package. I'm not trying to race the clock and drink xx drinks per day, a drink package enhances your overall vacation on the ship. You're not going to worry about how much a drink costs or if you get it and don't like it. With the package, you absolutely will drink more than if you didn't have one. Nothing worse than not having a package and being greeted on your stateroom TV with a daily tally of how much you've spent on drinks, and it's only day 3 of a 7-day cruise, and you realize you've spent 3/4 of the amount of what a drink package would have costed you for the entire cruise! So, get the drink package and enjoy your cruise!

@billkallas1762 28 күн бұрын

If you space your drinks out, to one every 90 minutes, you won't get drunk.

@dman7895 2 ай бұрын

also that starbucks isnt included, at least on RC

@MrThe1234guy 2 ай бұрын

Found that out the hard way

@edwardwetzel9379 2 ай бұрын

Starbucks was included on the Wonder of the Seas, fresh fruit orange juice, smoothies and all drinks and wine 😂with the premium package.

@julieb7882 Ай бұрын

Royal uses Starbucks coffee in the Cafe Promenade at present.

@Juancarlo4342 2 ай бұрын

Msc drinks and wifi, gives you the mid tier alcohol package.

@PatrickWagz 23 күн бұрын

You steer viewers to Royal Caribbean instead of Carnival based on the fact that you can use the drink package on the private island with Royal, but not with Carnival. BUT, Royal's pricing is typically 20-40% HIGHER for the package than Carnival's price. SO, it doesn't seem like you are saving anything at all. In fact, I'm sure you STILL end up paying more in the end with Royal.

@henriettafrank1771 12 күн бұрын

People look at the drink package all wrong, paying for a drink package turns your cruise into an all exclusive cruise, on royal it includes special coffees, except Starbucks waters ,soda ect...

@paulgerrard9227 2 ай бұрын

Packages with a fixed no eg 15 of drinks dont allow you to pay extra above this for alcohol drinks. This limit also includes no alcohol drinks indirectly so 10 sodas limits you to 5 beers. You can they only get soda water etc.. Hal has a loophole. Choose the premium package and the only counted drinks are 15 alcohol and also soda coffee water etc unlimited

@tomulery1891 Ай бұрын

wrong....sodas don't count as drinks. Fake news

@genesnyder2985 Ай бұрын

If your talking about Carnival (the only one with a limit) you are incorrect the 15 is only alcohol

@arfriedman4577 Ай бұрын

What if you only drink water and coffee tea.

@innerlightwellness9133 Ай бұрын

Water and coffee were not included on the non-alcoholic drink package on carnival nor was it included in the upgraded alcoholic drink package on NCL

@arfriedman4577 Ай бұрын

@@innerlightwellness9133 I should have asked if water and coffee are free and you don't pay for them.

@davidbrooks8809 2 ай бұрын

What about a person like me and my fiance we don't drink alcohol😢😮

@laurettamedeiros1625 2 ай бұрын

Mocktails

@julieb7882 Ай бұрын

It depends on the cruiseline. Most offer a soda package and / or other non alcohol options.

@rustynail6819 Ай бұрын

Seriously? You don't but the alcohol drink package, you buy the one below it that offers everything but alcohol.

@alyssasimon3940 2 ай бұрын

do water bottles count on NCL with drink package?

@DB-zp9un Ай бұрын

Bottled water (or cartons of water) are not included in normal drink package.. They are included in the premium plus package.

@greatbigguy Ай бұрын

So if I have a drink package and I want to buy someone a drink how does that work?

@BoozeandNewswithTimandDut Ай бұрын

I just got off a cruise 3 days ago.. wondered this myself

@anthony273 29 күн бұрын

Order 2 at a time they always give to me

@billkallas1762 28 күн бұрын

Space out your drinks, so you don't get "toasted".

@paulgerrard9227 2 ай бұрын

On celebrity (and others i am sure) bar crew get a bonus for detecting drink fraud. I saw a guy at desk arguing unsuccessful. They cancelled the drink package for his cabin as he shared with adult kids in another. No refund they said...or they could choose to depart.

@rustynail6819 Ай бұрын

Bar staff get a bonus for reporting people? LOL!!! No they don't and whoever told you that is wrong.