Free Drink Mash Up

[SRQbeachgirl]

Another thread about beverage packages made me wonder what creative things people do with the free drinks onboard to add a little variety. I have done the following:

 

• Put soft serve ice cream in coffee to make the Lido coffee tolerable
• Brought water flavoring to add to water
• Mixed tea and lemonade 

 

So what are your tricks for making the free beverages more fun (or drinkable)?

[Shaded Lady]

You named 2 out of 3 of my favorites... the other is to mix vanilla soft serve ice cream with lemonade! Yumm!

[ShakyBeef]

Here's an old, very long thread with lots of suggestions:

 

ETA: It starts off mostly talking about food, but includes many drink suggestions, eventually.

 

Edited March 25, 2019 by ShakyBeef

[sparks1093]

I've mixed coffee and hot chocolate.

[Butterbean1000]

I've posted this several times. Orange juice from lido breakfast,  soft serve vanilla ice cream and vodka from  Von Voyage  bottle in room.  Viola,  adult creamsickle drink.  I put it in my Yeti and I  sip on it out on the lounges, reading, relaxing and soaking up the sun......ahh. 

Edited March 25, 2019 by Butterbean1000

[ChosenOne]

Hot Chocolate and soft serve ice cream=Frozen hot chocolate

[Doggielover68]

19 hours ago, SRQbeachgirl said:

Another thread about beverage packages made me wonder what creative things people do with the free drinks onboard to add a little variety. I have done the following:

 

• Put soft serve ice cream in coffee to make the Lido coffee tolerable
• Brought water flavoring to add to water
• Mixed tea and lemonade 

 

So what are your tricks for making the free beverages more fun (or drinkable)?

Putting ice in water. Seriously, the only thing I drink on land and at sea is water.

[mapman_2004]

48 minutes ago, Doggielover68 said:

Putting ice in water. Seriously, the only thing I drink on land and at sea is water.

 

Have you seen the recipe for ice and the comments?  Google it, best laugh you will have today.

[Aplmac]

49 minutes ago, Doggielover68 said:

Putting ice in water.

Seriously, the only thing I drink on land and at sea is water.

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LOL - us folks in the tropics do that routinely!

Water without ice (any drink without ice) is unthinkable!!

[Doggielover68]

29 minutes ago, mapman_2004 said:

 

Have you seen the recipe for ice and the comments?  Google it, best laugh you will have today.

I have seen it and I love it lol

[Joebucks]

Saw someone mention they bring rootbeer and make rootbeer floats with the free ice cream. Hmmm

[mpcaruth]

We often make fresh "brewed" tea on the ship.  Since the tea in the dispensers is marginally acceptable and real sugar does not dissolve well in cold tea, we make a few cups of hot tea (with the provide tea bags and sugar).  Once steeped, we pour it in an insulated cup with ice for some good ole southern iced tea.  

[schazzy]

1 hour ago, Joebucks said:

Saw someone mention they bring rootbeer and make rootbeer floats with the free ice cream. Hmmm

 

Yeah, I think it was on either the "cruise hacks" or the "Lido creations" thread and I think it involved using one of the large glasses from the Self-serve beer station. Not a bad idea.