HAHAHHA!! I’m pregnant and breastfeeding and therefore don’t drink, but my husband does. We just went on a 7 day cruise in November, called ahead and they said sorry we can’t help you from our end but, yea just tell them on board hopefully they can help you. Once aboard, they said they can’t help us, and after some back and forth, they said they would send an email to the folks in charge of the bars. Manager calls the stateroom and tells us it’s totally fine! Helps us out and allows my husband to be the only adult with the alcohol package. Ok great! Once we’re back home you know what I find? They charged me for the drink package too, on the back end. So this is great in theory, and may work for some, but please be wary.
I was able to call and update from the a Deluxe Drink package to Refreshment package without any issues. Not sure what happened in your case. Royal Caribbean was very helpful in this regard and many other scenarios. I just am a FAN of them and will cruise with them for the next several cruises unless something else changes!!
If the drink packages are abt $100 a day and most cocktails cost btwn $12-$15, one would have to drink 7-8 drinks to get their money's worth. I think most people would be in a drunken stupor almost everyday of the cruise. Even if I had two drinks a day at $30, I'm still ahead of the game and saving abt 70 bucks a day. I rather treat myself to a couple massages instead lol.
And you get off the ship early morning debarking day, but you pay for it, that's literally giving away money. Let's not forget either day 1 is not a full day either. Unless you're a drinking machine, it's never worth it.
@@michaelkustin7990 You got a point lol. While not a lightweight, I'm only 5ft tall. My brother-in-law is over 6ft, weighs abt a hundred pounds more and can definitely do damage to a drinking package lol. It's probably one of the few times a cruise line LOSES money haha. He rarely drinks in his daily life so he likes to let loose when cruising.
Tried this they refused had to go in the ship and still was told even though my cabin mate had the refreshment package I couldn’t purchase the unlimited drink package. My cabin mate was 21 years old didn’t drink. After about 20 min of arguing and proving that 8 others in my group had the unlimited drink package they let me purchase it for $90 a day. It is an unfair rule that the staff is not very pleasant bypassing the rule.
You shoulda said your staying in the room with all alcohol drinkers then go stay in your room which could be booked with your non drinker and the groups other non drinkers. Obviously this would only work with more then one non drinker since cabins are double occupancy or better.
It’s a stupid rule. I didn’t know this until right now which would suck for me because I don’t like to drink, and if I do I’m not drinking a lot, just a social drink here and there not 8 plus drinks a day.
Me and my wife don't drink a lot so we get the refresher package and when we order frozen drinks we ask for the Alcohol on the side. As long as we don't have more then 10 drinks a day we save money this way. Only downside is if you want mixed drinks with more then 1 Alcohol.
This is what we did, my brother and I don’t think alcohol, my husband and sister in law do. We didn’t have to specify who was sleeping where, my husband called and said we needed two alcohol packages, and two soda packages for our party of four. It worked. We’ve decided moving forward that we will bring a 12 pack, and then the 1-2 beers/wine my husband might have will just be added on.
I did this with my sisters and nephew. My two sisters were in one room, and I put my 8-Year-old nephew in my room away from his mom. I had the alcohol package and gave him my cup for all the Soda he could drink. No other package was necessary. ;-)
Royal Caribbean needs to have a drink package for people who only are going to drink one or two drinks a day. not everyone wants to drink that much alcohol. Maybe they could offer a package you could spend $100 for the week.
The fact drink packages aren’t charged per stateroom is obscene. Let’s put it this way, I’ve been at sea on odyssey of the seas for almost 10 days now. The drink package for this cruise was $700. I purchased 6 drinks and two shots on day one, and no more than 4 drinks every day since then. I also purchased the WiFi package. My total expense thus far is $680 TOTAL INCLUDING WIFI. Without the WiFi package I’d only have paid for about $380 worth of drinks. I’m one adult. Unless you are actually an alcoholic, or have some extreme limit for alcohol, the drink package is useless.
What if your a diamond level or higher and you get the 4+ drink coupons a day cruising with someone who’s not diamond and they want the drink package. Why would I pay for the package when 4 a day is plenty for me
I feel like the only one in the comments who might not drink as much as their significant other. I will still put down 12 drinks on a port day though. I understand the rule and why it might be a gray area for them but I feel like charging unlimited alcohol for a pregnant wife is just wrong for them to do. Some exceptions need to be made and that’s a clear one.
Wow. Thank you for the info that was great. I’m going to use that info on my next cruise which is in November we’re going to Rome, Spain, Greece. Thank you and have a blessed day.
i usually have about 3 mimosa in the AM and 2 cups of wine for dinner. during the day just depends on the amount of activity but if i was pregnant just be like F it I'll order and give it to someone who pays since they want to charge a delux for someone who OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DRINK ALCHOLO. bear them at their own game🤷♀️ make it seem like the pregnant lady in board is drinking alcholo 😂
I’m turning 21 on the last night of the cruise but the website is still trying to make me pay for the package because my boyfriends getting one. Thanks for this tip.
It does trust me I've had plenty of hangovers. It's just that they measure pour so you're typically getting less in your drinks than at a free pour bar - takes more drinks.
Ive bought the refreshments drink package for myself for our Nov cruise on ovation of the seas. Do i need to buy my fiance and mum one too who is sharing a cabin with me? We are located in Australia
You can even get her a beverage wait about 5 mins and order the second one in the dining room and specialty dining they will give you 2 at the same time
Or you can get a doctor's note saying that you can't drink sugar and alcohol and email that note to Royal ahead of your cruise and then you don't even have to get the other beverage package at all.
No they wont, i think it might depend on the customer, seasoned cruiser with no complaints from them who cruises no one but Royal they would do it, but first time cruisers they are more skeptical of cause they will share drinks more
I have No Desire for all of those Liquid Diabetes inducing Drinks - a Glass of Wine w/Dinner is Good for me! And Yes, I love a Good Margarita 🍹 when in Mexico 🇲🇽 & a Rum Runner in Jamaica 🇯🇲 - so no Im not the party-pooper - just cognizant of the damage Unlimited Drink Package alcohol can do to "this" body
What’s wrong wit them charging folks for a Drink package, dis BS… I guess a resort is better than that. I’m going next month, if I don’t like it, I’m never doing it again
They don't want one person in a two person room to buy unlimited drinks and the other person buy no drinks and just mooch off of the first person's package.
Maybe you we’re not taught this in school but more often than not never or always is an incorrect statement. Alcohol packages are easy to figure out if they work for you. Number of drinks and price of drinks you plan on consuming or just trying per day vs the price per day you get the package for they do run specials from time to time. In my younger years it would be profitable if I could catch it on a special as I would easily drink 12 to 15 mixed drinks a day as I was on a cruise and had zero responsibilities or ability to drive. 15 drinks x $15 =$225 So if I could get the package for $125 a day it was definitely a win. So if
@@karaosborne5457 are you intelligent and articulate enough to make defensive statement on why my retort is supposedly pointless in your view. Maybe your just a troll.
I have a great secret. Stop drinking so much. It’s extraordinarily bad for your health. You can have fun on a cruise without being drunk 24 hours a day 😂 And I think people don’t realize how stupid and obnoxious they frequently are when drinking. It’s an especially bad look if you’re over 25 😮
@@monicarockel778 almost everything on board except the most basics have an extra charge. And when I say extra charge i mean absurdly expensive. Be prepared to spend more than the cruise fare on board.
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A friend and I are cruising with our wives. We both drink and our wives don’t, so we booked ourselves in the same cabin and the wives in the other.
So did your wives make you sleep with each other? lol
Great idea!!!!
Thats the way to do it!!! Nice
HAHAHHA!! I’m pregnant and breastfeeding and therefore don’t drink, but my husband does.
We just went on a 7 day cruise in November, called ahead and they said sorry we can’t help you from our end but, yea just tell them on board hopefully they can help you.
Once aboard, they said they can’t help us, and after some back and forth, they said they would send an email to the folks in charge of the bars.
Manager calls the stateroom and tells us it’s totally fine! Helps us out and allows my husband to be the only adult with the alcohol package. Ok great!
Once we’re back home you know what I find? They charged me for the drink package too, on the back end.
So this is great in theory, and may work for some, but please be wary.
I was able to call and update from the a Deluxe Drink package to Refreshment package without any issues. Not sure what happened in your case. Royal Caribbean was very helpful in this regard and many other scenarios. I just am a FAN of them and will cruise with them for the next several cruises unless something else changes!!
@@agmpoc3119 interesting. I’m not sure what happened either. I am glad that it worked out for you though!
I also didn’t have a very good experience trying to book the package. Person on the phone extremely shovey.
@@agmpoc3119same here they had us do that as well.
I had no problem
If the drink packages are abt $100 a day and most cocktails cost btwn $12-$15, one would have to drink 7-8 drinks to get their money's worth. I think most people would be in a drunken stupor almost everyday of the cruise. Even if I had two drinks a day at $30, I'm still ahead of the game and saving abt 70 bucks a day. I rather treat myself to a couple massages instead lol.
And you get off the ship early morning debarking day, but you pay for it, that's literally giving away money. Let's not forget either day 1 is not a full day either. Unless you're a drinking machine, it's never worth it.
Guess you don't play golf or rec league softball
...even if a beer is 8 USD ... you don't drink em every day either ...
@@michaelkustin7990 You got a point lol. While not a lightweight, I'm only 5ft tall. My brother-in-law is over 6ft, weighs abt a hundred pounds more and can definitely do damage to a drinking package lol. It's probably one of the few times a cruise line LOSES money haha. He rarely drinks in his daily life so he likes to let loose when cruising.
Yeah if they had an unlimited spa treatment package, not the thermal but actual treatments I’d be so down for that.
Tried this they refused had to go in the ship and still was told even though my cabin mate had the refreshment package I couldn’t purchase the unlimited drink package. My cabin mate was 21 years old didn’t drink. After about 20 min of arguing and proving that 8 others in my group had the unlimited drink package they let me purchase it for $90 a day. It is an unfair rule that the staff is not very pleasant bypassing the rule.
You shoulda said your staying in the room with all alcohol drinkers then go stay in your room which could be booked with your non drinker and the groups other non drinkers. Obviously this would only work with more then one non drinker since cabins are double occupancy or better.
It’s a stupid rule. I didn’t know this until right now which would suck for me because I don’t like to drink, and if I do I’m not drinking a lot, just a social drink here and there not 8 plus drinks a day.
Wow really i just called them to do this for the exact same situation....a 21 year old who doesnt drink like that. They accomadated us.
Get around by Not getting any Drink packages...just pay as you drink..you will save lot of Money
Me and my wife don't drink a lot so we get the refresher package and when we order frozen drinks we ask for the Alcohol on the side. As long as we don't have more then 10 drinks a day we save money this way. Only downside is if you want mixed drinks with more then 1 Alcohol.
As well as ordering the house liquor saves you even more
Than.
What we did was say that my aunty was a recovering alcoholic, worked great 👍
I like these little shorts; a great way to provide helpful tips!
Go with another couple and have the non drinkers in one room and the drinker listed together but sleep with your spouse of course.
This is what we did, my brother and I don’t think alcohol, my husband and sister in law do. We didn’t have to specify who was sleeping where, my husband called and said we needed two alcohol packages, and two soda packages for our party of four. It worked. We’ve decided moving forward that we will bring a 12 pack, and then the 1-2 beers/wine my husband might have will just be added on.
I did this with my sisters and nephew. My two sisters were in one room, and I put my 8-Year-old nephew in my room away from his mom. I had the alcohol package and gave him my cup for all the Soda he could drink. No other package was necessary. ;-)
Royal Caribbean needs to have a drink package for people who only are going to drink one or two drinks a day. not everyone wants to drink that much alcohol. Maybe they could offer a package you could spend $100 for the week.
You could just buy drinks on the ship….
They do. They offer specials on the ship on certain days.
Just buy individual drinks if you really need one and don’t be wasteful and drunk. Or go with NCL Free at Sea package!
Free at sea is not because the same cabin was about 80$ more a day PP to include it but was still a good deal for us
Stfu tell us how 2 spend our vacation . Stop being cheap
May have missed some thing. Sure seems like a rip off to me. Could someone explain why aren’t the drinks included in the overall price of the cruise?
We just paid as we drank and saved a LOT of money over 4 of us buying the package
The fact drink packages aren’t charged per stateroom is obscene. Let’s put it this way, I’ve been at sea on odyssey of the seas for almost 10 days now. The drink package for this cruise was $700. I purchased 6 drinks and two shots on day one, and no more than 4 drinks every day since then. I also purchased the WiFi package. My total expense thus far is $680 TOTAL INCLUDING WIFI. Without the WiFi package I’d only have paid for about $380 worth of drinks. I’m one adult. Unless you are actually an alcoholic, or have some extreme limit for alcohol, the drink package is useless.
Woww such a great hack omgg soo helpful
What if your a diamond level or higher and you get the 4+ drink coupons a day cruising with someone who’s not diamond and they want the drink package. Why would I pay for the package when 4 a day is plenty for me
Do they have a cashcard you can transfer your money from your bank card and put a certain amount?
Not worth it and at dinner drinks are sodas are included anyway. Never used the refillable cup and was a waste.
I have been wondering if they're is a more affordable version of the drink package for non drinkers
I feel like the only one in the comments who might not drink as much as their significant other. I will still put down 12 drinks on a port day though.
I understand the rule and why it might be a gray area for them but I feel like charging unlimited alcohol for a pregnant wife is just wrong for them to do. Some exceptions need to be made and that’s a clear one.
Wow. Thank you for the info that was great. I’m going to use that info on my next cruise which is in November we’re going to Rome, Spain, Greece. Thank you and have a blessed day.
i usually have about 3 mimosa in the AM and 2 cups of wine for dinner. during the day just depends on the amount of activity but if i was pregnant just be like F it I'll order and give it to someone who pays since they want to charge a delux for someone who OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DRINK ALCHOLO. bear them at their own game🤷♀️ make it seem like the pregnant lady in board is drinking alcholo 😂
Excuse me, sorry for asking, but what don’t do you use in your videos?
...mental note he called the drinks package an investment ... so you know it cost a lot ...
Virgin cruise doesnt have any drink package
Virgin is fantastic! And you can prebuy a $300 bar tab and get $50 free
I’m turning 21 on the last night of the cruise but the website is still trying to make me pay for the package because my boyfriends getting one. Thanks for this tip.
Can you get the non-alcohol package and buy alcoholic drinks separately?
I’ve never been on a cruise before.
Yes you can
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Thank you for your answer.
Swear the bottles theyuse to make drinks have almost no alcohol in it
It does trust me I've had plenty of hangovers. It's just that they measure pour so you're typically getting less in your drinks than at a free pour bar - takes more drinks.
What was the orange fanta drink?? 🤤🤤
It looked like orange soda on top of soft serve vanilla ice cream from Sprinkles. That sounds - and looks - amazing!
i just got a bottle when we stopped at st marteen
Carnival needs yo allow this too!!! 😩
Does anyone know what the pink drink is at the very beginning?
Looks like the lime and coconut. They had it on my recent cruise on navigator of the seas.
Ive bought the refreshments drink package for myself for our Nov cruise on ovation of the seas. Do i need to buy my fiance and mum one too who is sharing a cabin with me? We are located in Australia
No, you don’t. If you did, RC would have forced you to buy your cabin mates drink package the same time you bought yours.
You can even get her a beverage wait about 5 mins and order the second one in the dining room and specialty dining they will give you 2 at the same time
@@travelincolor1548 fair enough, yeah it let me buy mine without the other two. i wasnt sure as matt is based overseas
Or you can get a doctor's note saying that you can't drink sugar and alcohol and email that note to Royal ahead of your cruise and then you don't even have to get the other beverage package at all.
What is the drink with bananas and whip cream!?
BBC (banana, Bailey and cream)?
They will gladly remove the second package. No refresher is required.
No they wont, i think it might depend on the customer, seasoned cruiser with no complaints from them who cruises no one but Royal they would do it, but first time cruisers they are more skeptical of cause they will share drinks more
I just bought the other adult their own room.
I have No Desire for all of those Liquid Diabetes inducing Drinks - a Glass of Wine w/Dinner is Good for me! And Yes, I love a Good Margarita 🍹 when in Mexico 🇲🇽 & a Rum Runner in Jamaica 🇯🇲 - so no Im not the party-pooper - just cognizant of the damage Unlimited Drink Package alcohol can do to "this" body
They should have armbands for alcohol and non alcohol.
Not worth it
What’s wrong wit them charging folks for a Drink package, dis BS… I guess a resort is better than that. I’m going next month, if I don’t like it, I’m never doing it again
They don't want one person in a two person room to buy unlimited drinks and the other person buy no drinks and just mooch off of the first person's package.
None of the drinks packages are worth it. None.
Maybe you we’re not taught this in school but more often than not never or always is an incorrect statement.
Alcohol packages are easy to figure out if they work for you.
Number of drinks and price of drinks you plan on consuming or just trying per day vs the price per day you get the package for they do run specials from time to time.
In my younger years it would be profitable if I could catch it on a special as I would easily drink 12 to 15 mixed drinks a day as I was on a cruise and had zero responsibilities or ability to drive.
15 drinks x $15 =$225
So if I could get the package for $125 a day it was definitely a win.
So if
@@Snookchaser007 your statement is pointless
Maybe not for you
@@karaosborne5457 are you intelligent and articulate enough to make defensive statement on why my retort is supposedly pointless in your view.
Maybe your just a troll.
12-15 alcoholic beverages in 1 day I’m all for having fun but at that point with that many drinks you would have to either be or nearly drunk
Or get two connecting rooms
Lots of cheap lightweights in comments
I just went on a RC and we weren't required to purchase any drink package.
Not gonna lie this doesn’t look good enough for the price 😮
😂
wow, that is just stupid.
I have a great secret. Stop drinking so much. It’s extraordinarily bad for your health. You can have fun on a cruise without being drunk 24 hours a day 😂 And I think people don’t realize how stupid and obnoxious they frequently are when drinking. It’s an especially bad look if you’re over 25 😮
Went on Royal Caribbean once. Never again.
Why? I’m going on one in a couple months
@@monicarockel778 almost everything on board except the most basics have an extra charge. And when I say extra charge i mean absurdly expensive. Be prepared to spend more than the cruise fare on board.
@@JohnSmith-qg3jb Yikes!!
You would think they won’t get repeat customers if they nickel & dime!
I’m gonna sneak in booze 😂