We have our cruise booked for May 2025. My husband would like to get the deluxe drink package whereas I’m ok with the refreshment package. We will have 2 young children with us so we definitely need the refreshment package and I’m ok with the cost of that. When it comes to the deluxe package, the cost is too much!! What are the chances that this package will go down to 50%? I’ve seen it at buy 1 get 1 50% off but I was hoping it would go down more.
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That's a decent deal actually, but less so at the end of the cruise. I assume most people who would drink 10 cocktails in two days are already buying the deluxe package 😂
But the card can be shared. It’s not usually offered though.
True on both counts. I gave up on the coffee card after my last cruise because the value is all gone. They double punched for anything other than a small specialty coffee, and they don't offer a small iced coffee at all. So it actually cost me more to use the punch card for iced coffee than buying it normally. Absurd.
The punch per espresso shot instead of per drink has to be a policy mistake, right? Like you said, it makes it more expensive than buying each drink individually
That's the official policy - 1 shot = 1 punch. On previous cruises they didn't ever double punch my card, but on the last cruise it was done every single time. I went from sharing extras with my family at the end of the trip to using them all up before the end, and I paid the same amount. Ridiculous.
From comments online it seems to vary widely by ship and by crew members if the policy is strictly enforced. I won't bother with the coffee card again.