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[big richard]

Several months ago at the time of the liquor bruha there was a posting by "theZsatsea" listing the prices of liquor that could be purchased from Ship Services to be delivered to your cabin for consumption on the ship. For instance I will list prices of liquor I would be interested in during my Panama Canal cruise in October. #732 Whiskey: Canadian Club $25.00 -- #736 Whiskey: Crown Royal $34.00.
Last week I contacted HA by e-mail requesting a current price list from Ships Stores and received the following prices for my brands #732 Whiskey: Canadian Club $35.00 -- #736 Whiskey: Crown Royal $$40.00 "All items have a 15% service charge included"
This is just enough of a reason to carry on your own liquor.
There was another board that indicated you could order liquor from Room Service and it indicated a very reasonable price and indicated a fairly long list of liquors. HA indicated 4 Liquor & Mix Packages. Gin & Tonic(I Beefeaters and 3 cans of tonic $32.00 --Scotch and Soda (1 Cutty Sark and 3 cans Soda $32.00--Bourbon and Coke (1 Jim Beam and 3 Coke) $32.00-- Rum and Coke (1Barcardi and 3 Coke) $32.00--Vodka and Tonic (1Smirnoff/Stolichnaya and 3 Tonic) $32.00 -- seems the cash register got stuck on $32.00 (at least the service charge was included).
If one need anyother prices you can contact me thru the Boards.

[rodree]

Wow !
Good Thing We Don`t Drink.

[MBeamTX]

Richard,
It looks as if HAL is raising their liquor prices as fast as they can punch the keys on a calculator. In May, right after we booked our December cruise, HAL sent me two liquor lists in response to my request. One was an Excel file that listed quite a few different brands, including the Canadian Club at $25 and Crown Royal at $34. The other document listed the liquor and soda packages you cite, but the price was $27.50, not $32.

Let's see: $32 is a 16.4% increase in less than two months. At this rate of inflation, if I wait until December to order, the liquor and soda packages will cost $47. The Canadian Club jumped 40% in two months. That's 19% per month inflation, compounded at an annual rate means the CC will cost you $200 next June. Quick, order now! :rolleyes:

Happy (sober) cruising,
Susan

[RevNeal]

Okay, I'm not a big booze buyer. So ... how do these prices compare to what one would find in land-based booze stores? I know the prices will vary on land, from area to area, but what's the average?

[ekerr19]

revneal-

You ask a legitimate question. How do these prices compare? Pretty well compared to Colorado pricing. I think California maybe a bit less, but not sure. Look at it this way, a hotel mini-bar would be much higher, also , so would ordering from a hotel room service. We drink - these prices are not bad at all for pre-ordering liquor. Keep in mind, most bottles are litres - which we could not finish on a 10-day cruise and ended up giving to our cabin steward.

[theduffys]

We got the same e-mail last week from HAL and then did the comparison for Dewars scotch--HAL $35 and our local store $28 for a liter. DH decided it was a fair mark-up for the convience so we will place our order tomorrow.

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

Did you send an e-mail to HAL asking about liquor prices?

We have never received an e-mail from HAL about alcohol prices.

From reading these recent posts, it seems that the alcohol prices have gone up.

When we were on the Maasdam in May we paid $25 for a liter of Absolut plus the 15% gratuity.

Now people say the prices include the gratuity.

Just some HAL confusion.

:)

[theduffys]

Yes, I sent an e-mail to ships services requesting prices and got an answer the next day.