CaptainSpaulding

Thanks for doing this, I'm enjoying reading about your cruise. The pictures of the daily schedules are great, getting excited to go in June.

Have fun, and glad your mom is doing well.

Thank you!

Matt

Prices onboard this week were higher than those menus, but not significantly higher. I think beers are now 5.95 / 6.50. Cocktails still in the $8-10 range. No bar I found on the Sky had Don Julio 1942 so can't say what the charge was. Did find that prices would vary for the same drink bar to bar but need to go through my receipts to see what the variance was.

 

Specify the brand of alcohol you want or you get the cheapest house brand (no surprise there, how most bars work, but worth a mention).

 

Bar menus very skimpy. 1 page of a handful of items (themed) per bar; no pictures. We printed this out - became a HUGE hit and way to make friends; many bar tenders took it from us a reference as well:

 

http://www.grantmkt.net/star/NCL_UBP_Favorite_beverages.pdf

 

 

Bar service was mostly good and except for 1 or 2 instances of bad service found most of the bar tenders fast and friendly. Nice MDR wine list but no sommeliers to guide you. MDR bar service much faster than Royal Caribbean. Frozen/mixed drinks weak but tasty. Quality/consistency of simple cocktails was all over the map; did not realize a Grey Goose and Tonic or Mimosa could vary so much; when we found a good bartender we stuck with her (and gave a Hero card to the Hotel Director, and cash tips - only did a write in when I was in a hot tub and had no cash on me).

 

Overall I would say we had a good experience utilizing the UBP and bartenders were always happy to fill any order. Seemed like the entire ship has UBP but did not experience big lines anywhere.

Are all of the drinks you listed in that PDF generally available on the ships? My wife will be pretty excited, may even have to treat that list like a checklist :D.

Thanks!

Pineapple Coconut Mojito or the Cucumber Jalepeno one, if you can handle it.

Second that. Cucumber jalapeno was excellent.