Krazy Kruizers Posted November 15, 2006 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Below are the drink specials and prices. The prices in black are from the first segment and the prices in red are the second segment. 1st day: Drink of the day - Cuban Mojito - $4.50 -- $5 Cool as a Glacier Cucumber Mocktail - $2.25 -- $3.25 Limon Martini - $4.50 -- $4.50 2nd day: Fresh Grapfruit Cosmo - $4.95 -- $5 Sunshine Splash Mocktail - $2.75 -- $2.75 Tanqueray 0010 Martini - $5.25 -- $5 3rd day: Sunsicle - $4.94 -- $5 Pina Not A Colada - $2.75 -- $2.75 Classic Martini - $4.25 -- $5 4th day: Fresh Margarita - $4.95 -- $5 St Clemens - $2.75 -- $2.75 Peachy Martini - $5.25 -- $5 5th day: Fresh Squeezed Lemon Drops - $4.50 -- $5 Summer Soltice - $3.25 -- $2.75 007 Martini - $4.50 -- $5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 15, 2006 Author #2 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Continued 6th day: Spiced Daiquiris - $4.50 -- $5 Liquid Sunshine - $3.25 -- $2.75 Classic Cosmo Martini - $4.50 -- $5 7th day: Cucumber Lime Smash - $4.50 - $5 Orange & Pineapple Sprtizer - $3.25 -- $2.75 Green Apple Martini - $4.50 - $5 8th day: Sea Breeze - $4.50 -- $5 Unlimited Unleaded Margaritas - $3.25 -- $2.75 Limon Martini - $4.50 - $5 9th day: Poolside Car - $4.50 -- $5 Stralada - $3.25 -- $2.75 0010 Martini - $4.50 -- $5 10th day: Raspberry Seabreeze - $4.50 -- $5 Cool as a Cucumber - $3.25 -- $2.75 Cucumber Lime Smash - $4.50 -- $5 If you bought either the drink of the day or the martini of the day in a special glass, the cost was $6.95. Mocktails in a special glass were $5.95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 15, 2006 Author #3 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Each evening that was a different wine tasting from 5 - 8 PM at the Wine Bar. You got to sample 3 different wines for $12 on some nights and 4 different wines on other nights. Don't know why it wasn't always the same. Got about 3 ounces of wine to sample. 1st night -- white wines 2nd night -- Champagne cocktails 3rd -- Merlot 4th -- Chardonnay 5th -- French wines 6th -- Champagne cocktails 7th -- Pinot Noir 8th -- Rose wines 9th -- Champagne cocktails 10 th -- nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNoNanette Posted November 15, 2006 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Thanks for posting that, KK. Prices for "before dinner martinis" look great!:) Question.... What did you mean by "First" and "Second" segments? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 15, 2006 #5 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Welcome home Yonnie. Hope you had a good cruise. Thanks for the heads up on the new prices, we can always rely on you to keep us informed. NNN, the first and second segments refer to KK being on BtoB cruises............jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 15, 2006 #6 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Welcome home Yonnie, Hope you had a good cruise. Thanks for the heads up on the new prices, we can always rely on you to keep us informed. NNN, the first and second segments refer to KK being on BtoB cruises............jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 15, 2006 #7 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Thanks for going to all that trouble to share this info with us. Hope you had two great cruises. Did you go to any of the wine tastings? If so, were they enjoyable? Welcome Back. We missed you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNoNanette Posted November 15, 2006 #8 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Welcome home Yonnie, Hope you had a good cruise. Thanks for the heads up on the new prices, we can always rely on you to keep us informed. NNN, the first and second segments refer to KK being on BtoB cruises............jean:cool: Many thanks, Jean. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 16, 2006 #9 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Yonnie, did you notice if the other drinks in the lounges had increaded in price.?............jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea King Posted November 16, 2006 #10 Share Posted November 16, 2006 this is totally eye-opening can you imagine: of the 30 drinks referenced on both segments, 18 were higher the 2nd time vs. the 1st; 8 were lower and 4 were the same:rolleyes: I hope someone from Seattle is reading this thread .. if so, you should be ashamed of yourself:( you increased drinks in some instances by $.50 and one by a $1.00 at the same time you made the OP buy her own drink at the captain's reception this is outrgeous:eek: by the way, just curious: how much did the entire cruise cost and what impact did the $.50 have on the overall enjoyment of the trip sounds as if the OP was back to back if so, the bill week 2 must have been staggering in comparison to week 1:D I hope someone will please publish the current price list from Volendam so we can all compare that to this, multiply the result by 5, divide that by 2 and then square the difference to the next 1,0000000th of a mil converting that to the Euro at the same time:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea King Posted November 16, 2006 #11 Share Posted November 16, 2006 this is totally eye-opening can you imagine: of the 30 drinks referenced on both segments, 18 were higher the 2nd time vs. the 1st; 8 were lower and 4 were the same:rolleyes: I hope someone from Seattle is reading this thread .. if so, you should be ashamed of yourself:( you increased drinks in some instances by $.50 and one by a $1.00 at the same time you made the OP buy her own drink at the captain's reception this is outrgeous:eek: by the way, just curious: how much did the entire cruise cost and what impact did the $.50 have on the overall enjoyment of the trip sounds as if the OP was back to back if so, the bill week 2 must have been staggering in comparison to week 1:D I hope someone will please publish the current price list from Volendam so we can all compare that to this, multiply the result by 5, divide that by 2 and then square the difference to the next 1,0000000th of a mil converting that to the Euro at the same time:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 16, 2006 Author #12 Share Posted November 16, 2006 We didn't go to any of the wine tasting at the Wine Bar from 5 - 8 PM. Also this cruise, for the first time, we didn't go to the regular wine tasting which was held in the Explorer's Lounge nor did we go to the Premium wine tasting at the Pinnacle. So I can't tell you what they cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 16, 2006 Author #13 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Jean -- the prices for our drinks in the bars did go up. On our June cruises, the cost of s Stoli's on the rocks was $4.95 and on this cruise they were $5.25 each. But our cordials in the evenings - Grand Marnier and Drambuie didn't go up in price -- still $5.50 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 16, 2006 Author #14 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Sea King Since we cruise in suites, the cost of the 20 days was over $10,000. The price inclrease didn't affect us as we don't drink the daily specials, or mocktails or their special martinis. I just decided to keep track of everything after what happen at the captain's party as I know some people have to adhere to budgets and might like to know about the price increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 16, 2006 #15 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Thanks again Yonnie. I guess if your Stoli went up, then my J&B also went up!!.........jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 16, 2006 Author #16 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I keep waiting to hear from other people on other ships about what is happening -- right now it sounds like everything is only happening on the Volendam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted November 19, 2006 #17 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Drinks on HAL aren't more expensive that expected. I'used to paying the same amount in Canadian dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 19, 2006 #18 Share Posted November 19, 2006 At one time, many moons ago, cruise ships advertized their drinks at being at duty free prices. They do buy their liquor at duty free prices, but definitely don`t sell them any more as such.......jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic The Parrot Posted November 19, 2006 #19 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Prices were about the same on Noordam. Around $5 for a scotch .... $4 and change for a Heineken .... close to $16 for a bucket of Hein Did you find out why the price difference between the 2 weeks? You got my curiosity on this. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 19, 2006 Author #20 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Let's see -- this is just an example -- HAL buys a bottle of Absolut for around $10. But when you order Absolut you get 1 1/2 ounces and HAL charges you $4.75. From a liter bottle you can get 22 drinks which is about $107. That means that HAL is making about $97 profit on that bottle. We watched the bar tenders carefully measure each drink to make certain that you didn't get a drop more than 1 1/2 ounces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 19, 2006 Author #21 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Vic From what we were told, liquor sales were down so they raised the prices. Which doesn't make sense. All HAL has done is convinced most people to drink less. The first night we watched people order a couple of drinks and then looked surprised when they saw their bill. The next night they had only 1 drink each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted November 19, 2006 #22 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Vic From what we were told, liquor sales were down so they raised the prices. Which doesn't make sense. All HAL has done is convinced most people to drink less. The first night we watched people order a couple of drinks and then looked surprised when they saw their bill. The next night they had only 1 drink each. Agree. Raising the prices do nothing to get people to purchase drinks. It makes them NOT buy drinks. I have said before and I will say it again: The booze prices are a RIP OFF. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmorejj Posted November 19, 2006 #23 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Let's see -- this is just an example -- HAL buys a bottle of Absolut for around $10. But when you order Absolut you get 1 1/2 ounces and HAL charges you $4.75. From a liter bottle you can get 22 drinks which is about $107. That means that HAL is making about $97 profit on that bottle. We watched the bar tenders carefully measure each drink to make certain that you didn't get a drop more than 1 1/2 ounces. Yonnie, just last night I was doing that same equation in my mind!! Guess us drinkers think alike!!...........jean:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine91 Posted November 20, 2006 #24 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I'm sorry, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I don't think the prices are that bad. What do you pay for a drink when you have dinner out? Outside of happy hour, a beer in a bar is usually about $4. John & I had dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Friday night, to celebrate our anniversary. Not our usual haunt as we just can't afford to eat like that. My cosmos were $9 a piece! Now, at TGIFridays, where you might find us on a more regular basis, the cosmos go for about $5.50 or $6 - and this is just for a regular one. Not for Absolut or Stoli. I can't tell the difference. Perhaps KK you were more attuned to the alcohol prices because you were on a B2B & actually knew what the prices were the cruise prior? Most of the pax wouldn't have known there was an increase. Most business have to increases their prices as some point, but to come out & say that to increase prices because sales were sluggish? Makes no sense to me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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