inclusive drink package

[smokin tiger]

we will be sailing with princess in august and notice the all inclusive drinks package is 56.35 dollars per day. if only one person has the package is there anything to stop that person buying two drinks and giving one to a person who hasn't purchased the package.

[fishywood]

Your conscience.

 

You will only be served one drink at a time. Server-hop at your own peril.

Edited June 20, 2014 by fishywood

[cubfan63]

we will be sailing with princess in august and notice the all inclusive drinks package is 56.35 dollars per day. if only one person has the package is there anything to stop that person buying two drinks and giving one to a person who hasn't purchased the package.

 

 

That person's own morals and integrity, as it is known the package is intended for only the person buying it.

[custompcsys]

If you are used to going into a restaurant and having 2 people eat but only paying for one meal, you should be fine. What you are basically asking is can I steal and get away with it.

[dorisis]

i suppose you could share by both people drinking out of the same glass. OR..take 2 straws and both can sip at the same time. Is that still cheating? I think it is!!!

[pablo222]

we will be sailing with princess in august and notice the all inclusive drinks package is 56.35 dollars per day. if only one person has the package is there anything to stop that person buying two drinks and giving one to a person who hasn't purchased the package.

 

Personal integrity?

Edited June 20, 2014 by pablo222

[louise15]

If one person in the cabin wants the drink package, both are required to buy it

[Bogof1]

If one person in the cabin wants the drink package, both are required to buy it

 

Not any more they are not. That was stopped after the trial period.

[englishbird]

Its not right or fair to share. When people like me and my friend will buy one each.

 

The more people that cheat the system, the sooner the price for the package will go up!:mad:

[msmoger]

I totally agree based on the integrity premise.

 

Also, from a practical standpoint do you want to spend your entire cruise dodging the system and hoping you don't get caught? That's definitely not for me.

 

One of the many pleasures of cruising for us is going to Crooners or Adagio before dinner for cocktails. Considering we like to sit at the same table (;) friendly sarcasm) scamming the system isn't an option.

 

One final point, if enough people do cheat they might be forced to revert back to the policy that everyone in a cabin must buy the package. I don't think anyone wants that.

[AZ Ocean Lover]

The one area that two people might benefit from only one person buying the dirink package is when you buy a bottle of wine. You get a 40% discount on the bottle and certainly both could share that. I don't know this for a fact but I am assuming this would be okay.

[Lovetocruiseprincess]

Just use some discretion and finish one drink before you order another - Maybe in a different location to avoid the same waiter. They realize sharing goes on and have built it into the price to cover some of the loss.

[CCFC]

For the first few days they will ask for 2 cards, once they get to know you then you can usually get away with one as long as both of you are there. The bar supervisor always asked for both cards, the regular staff knew us by name after a few days and when the draught beer ran out gave us 4 bottles of Stella and 2 pint glasses (which would count as 4 drinks normally).

 

For some reason my last cruise ran out of a lot of alcohol which only got replenished on the day before disembarkation, we got off the Emerald last week.

Edited June 20, 2014 by CCFC

[IECalCruiser]

Princess does read these boards. Just post enough about how you plan to share the package and you just might see the every person per cabin rule reinstated or worse :( Let your conscience be your guide but please don't discuss scamming the system on these boards.

 

 

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[avcruz]

Your conscience.

 

:) Like!

[Lovetocruiseprincess]

Princess does read these boards. Just post enough about how you plan to share the package and you just might see the every person per cabin rule reinstated or worse :( Let your conscience be your guide but please don't discuss scamming the system on these boards.

 

 

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Princess knows every trick there is about how to beat the system and unless something new is presented that they don't know about, whats to lose? It's probably doubtful if you could order double the amount of drinks & only purchase one package. They're not totally ignorant about what goes on.

[pklein9747]

On the CB in May, you were required to wait 10 minutes before ordering another drink. The computer would not allow the card info to be entered.

[CCFC]

On the CB in May, you were required to wait 10 minutes before ordering another drink. The computer would not allow the card info to be entered.

 

That wasn't the case on the Emerald last week, I tried a Martini as I have never had one, didn't like it and went back to beer straight away.

[tjwa]

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Edited June 21, 2014 by tjwa

[tjwa]

Just read on another site(UK) that all bottled and canned drinks on the Emerald are poured into a glass if you are using the drinks package.

[CCFC]

Just read on another site(UK) that all bottled and canned drinks on the Emerald are poured into a glass if you are using the drinks package.

 

That wasn't my experience with alcoholic drinks, it was true with soft drinks.