Creating Budgetsheet-Need help w/ onboard charges

[pyro]

I need help with my budget sheet. Can anyone remember the general prices for these items so that I can get a rough idea of how much I'm going to need?

Beer (does Princess have a Beer Package?)
Soda Card
Photos
Bingo
Fancy drinks (Pina coladas, etc)
Blackjack games
Any other onboard expense (no spa treatments,excursions,or classes)

[GloriaF]

Beer (does Princess have a Beer Package?)
someone else can answer this better, but I think it was $3.50 per bottle(?)

Soda Card
On a 7 day cruise it is $22.50 pp incl tumbler
On a 15 day cruise it is $35 pp incl tumbler

Photos
5x7 are $9.95 & 8x10 are $20 (again, not absolutely certain)

Bingo
We played once. 3 games 3 cards each was $10.
the special is 3x the above for $20.

Fancy drinks (Pina coladas, etc)
The drink of the day is about 3.50 - 4.50
others about $6, I think, plus 15% automatic gratuity.

Blackjack games ??????

Any other onboard expense (no spa treatments,excursions,or classes)
Tips $10 pp per day, even infants.
Room service tips - a few $ here & there.
Extra tips at your discretion.

Ice cream can be purchased at the booth on deck, or had for free in the dining rooms and (on the Regal, at least) in the buffet between 3:30-4:30.

Alternative restaurants are available. Since you did not state your ship, I don't know which ones. They aren't a necessity, so if budget is a factor just don't go to them as the food in the dining rooms is excellent.

I thought I knew these answers, but as I began to put them down I realized that I didn't pay too much attention to the exact cost of things.
Sorry, but there will be plenty of help for you!

Gloria

Grand Princess, Eastern, April 2001
Grand Princess, Western,April 2002
Regal to Hawaii, April 5-20, 2004

[Baxter]

I believe Bingo is now $20 per game. The soda card will depend on the length of cruise (for 7-day budget $22.50-$25.00). Fancy drinks will run $4 to $8 per drink depending on whether it is the drink of the day, a martini or something else. Blackjack entry fees were $25 on our last cruise.

Don't forget tips. Will you buy pictures? Any horse racing? Ice cream? "Alternative restaurants"? All would be extra.

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Sapphire Princess

[CruiseFever]

Those prices all sound right to me also.

Here's some more information that you might find helpful in planning your budget:

[url="http://www.lifeiscruising.com/how_much_cash_"]http://www.lifeiscruising.com/how_much_cash_[/url]

Good for you for thinking ahead, many people don't and have quite the surprise at the end of the cruise!

Happy Cruising

Chris

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Next up:
Caribbean Princess 06/26/04
Star Princess 10/24/04
Diamond Princess 12/22/04
Carnival Miracle 03/13/05
Carnival Valor 10/30/05

[BJS]

Bingo: 3 per sheet and pack for entire game $20 and a sheet of 3 for only the black out can be purchased for $10.

Other than the $10 per person per day for automatic tips any other onboard expense is entirely up to you.

The drinks of the day from $3.95 for a small also, like all purchased beverages, have a 15% gratuity added to them so $4.54.

Future cruises:
5/04 HAL-Amsterdam-Alaska
9/04 Star Princess-Med.x2 Venice to Barcelona/ Barcelona to Rome
11/04 Dawn Princess-Southern Caribbean
Jan. 05 Diamond Princess-Mexican Riviera
July 05 Star Princess-Baltics
Aug. 05 Star Princess-Baltics
Past cruises:
04 Dawn Princess- Southern Caribbean x2
03 Grand Princess-W.Caribbean
03 Sun Princess -Mexico
03-Tahitian Princess-Tahiti/ Cook Islands
03 Royal Princess-x2 British Isles & Norwegian Fjords/ Iceland
03 Island Princess-Panama Canal
01 HAL Ryndam x 2-S. America San Diego to Valpariso/ & around Cape Horn to Rio
00 Sky Princess-China/Orient
79 Sitmar's Fairwind- Caribbean/Panama Canal

[West Coast]

We were on the Island last week and one afternoon, in Crooners, the martini's were on for $3.95 from 5pm to 9pm - now that's a special!

8x10 photos are $19.95 each... but there are specials on sometimes.

Book your next cruise on-board for only $100 deposit per person.

Free champagne at the 1st Art Auction.

Free champagne at the singles party.


Have fun and enjoy your cruise!

[pyro]

Thanks for the great info. I forgot to mention I will be on the Grand for a 7 nighter. Disney was our first cruise, and had sticker shock on the last day, so I'm trying to be a bit more prepared this time.