Cruise Drink Package Question

[Bryan11]

Went on a cruise last October and we got the drink package for me and soft drink package for my wife. I would just go order a shot and a beer and bring her the shot and she'd mix a drink. We did this the entire cruise and never had a problem and spent half of what we would have if we both got the package.

[Arrowflinger84]

If both of you drink your max 10 drinks a day its worth it since most of the drinks are $10-$13. You can get anything with a max value of $20 per drink. In other words depends on what you drink. We usually get it and choose top self Whiskies.....

[jtr]

Well worth it.

[stickman]

Worth it in my opinion. We didn’t do the drink package and had an alcohol bill of nearly $900. That didn’t sting so bad since the wife won about 1/2 of that on the slot machines.

[Outback]

I am just amazed how much alcohol my TBH brothers consume! I am a lightweight apparently. 15-20 drinks per day?! All I can say is wow, just wow.

[DaveC]

We skipped the package last cruise and used cruise points we built up on a credit-card and had 2 bottles of vodka delivered to the room ($80 a pop) for my wife to use in her girly drinks.

We came out ahead not getting the packages and I drank as I wanted to.
Another couple we went with did get the packages and made sure my hand stayed occupied with a cold drink so that helped .

On another cruise we got the packages and drank like fish, I kinda think they serve near beer inside those bottles as I was pounding away and never really felt buzzed so to speak. Bloated yes, over my limit- no.

So out of 3 cruises we've done it both ways.
1/2 dozen of one and six of the other.

[rladner]

This is some funny chit what you guys will do...LOL

Saves a lot of money. Last cruise they had a rule, everyone staying in the same room had to buy the drink package if one person did. In other words, If I bought it, my wife had to buy it too. She barely drinks so the math just didn't work for us. This helped a lot . The other option is to buy a bottle from room service and have it delivered. Expensive, but still cheaper than paying for each drink.

[76aggie]

The first cruise we went on, we did not purchase the package. At the end of the cruise I got my bar bill and almost passed out. Now, we always get the package. Personally, I like Norwegian and Princess. You can get drinks the moment you board the ship. Totally worth it in my opinion.