Diamond Plus Drinks

[kebby7]

I understand we have 5 drinks a day loaded on our seapass card but are there any free drinks available on the day of sailing?

Thanks

[OCSC Mike]

3 minutes ago, kebby7 said:

I understand we have 5 drinks a day loaded on our seapass card but are there any free drinks available on the day of sailing?

Thanks

 

None besides those 5.

[Joseph2017China]

Day one is sailing day. You get 5.   The day you get off at 8:00am you get no free drinks, but since nothing is open, it doesn't matter. (unless you wanted a coffee)

[firefly333]

27 minutes ago, kebby7 said:

I understand we have 5 drinks a day loaded on our seapass card but are there any free drinks available on the day of sailing?

Thanks

Anything except the Starbucks kiosk. Up to $14. 

[smokeybandit]

The 5 free drinks are your free drinks.

[mets123]

You may get free champagne at the art auction or the jewelry stores. Or a free bottle if y you book at next cruise. Some ships have a free liquor tasting on the first night.

[Billy Baltic]

If you need an extra fix on day 1, bring bottles of wine onboard. 

[neverbeenhere]

Drinks three or four martinis aboard inside your stomach. 

[Cruise a holic]

You can get "free" sparkling at the art auctions and sometimes jewelry store events- typically not the first day.  

[superduper123]

Free champagne / mimosas at the art auctions as well as welcome back party.  Sorry.... just realized you specifically asked about the first day.

Edited July 12, 2023 by superduper123

[shipgeeks]

18 hours ago, kebby7 said:

I understand we have 5 drinks a day loaded on our seapass card but are there any free drinks available on the day of sailing?

Thanks

If your seapass is not handed to you at checkin, but will be at your cabin, you can use your boarding pass to acquire drinks right after boarding.

[Tatka]

4 hours ago, superduper123 said:

Free champagne / mimosas at the art auctions as well as welcome back party.  Sorry.... just realized you specifically asked about the first day.

 

You'd think D+ should know this after being Diamond. 🙂

[BirdTravels]

26 minutes ago, Tatka said:

 

You'd think D+ should know this after being Diamond. 🙂

The vouchers are new. 

[BND]

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

The vouchers are new. 

New?  How about 2+ years old and talked about a lot on here.  

[The Grumpus]

22 hours ago, kebby7 said:

I understand we have 5 drinks a day loaded on our seapass card but are there any free drinks available on the day of sailing?

Thanks

The "day of sailing" IS day 1 of your cruise, so your five drinks for day 1 begins when you board the ship.

[Magicat]

22 hours ago, Joseph2017China said:

Day one is sailing day. You get 5.   The day you get off at 8:00am you get no free drinks, but since nothing is open, it doesn't matter. (unless you wanted a coffee)

Au contraire, you will get another 5 free vouchers on departure day.  DW and I always go to the MDR for breakfast and get Bailey's in our coffee and multiple mimosas.  Wait staff have no issues running for drinks. 

Right now we are trying to confirm on our next B2B that you will get another 5 vouchers when you check into the next cruise.  I am assuming yes as it will be a new folio.  

[Magicat]

Sorry to the OP, to answer your question, there is usually liquor tasting near the shops.  So if you have forgotten what vodka tastes like, you can sample it there.

[cruisegus]

1 hour ago, Magicat said:

Right now we are trying to confirm on our next B2B that you will get another 5 vouchers when you check into the next cruise.  I am assuming yes as it will be a new folio.  

that has always been my experience b3b in may of 2023

[OCSC Mike]

1 hour ago, Magicat said:

Au contraire, you will get another 5 free vouchers on departure day.  DW and I always go to the MDR for breakfast and get Bailey's in our coffee and multiple mimosas.  Wait staff have no issues running for drinks. 

 

This varies by ship and sailing. We got new vouchers on the morning of turnaround day of a B2B last year but many have reported not receiving them recently.

[cruisegirl1]

1 hour ago, Magicat said:

Au contraire, you will get another 5 free vouchers on departure day.  DW and I always go to the MDR for breakfast and get Bailey's in our coffee and multiple mimosas.  Wait staff have no issues running for drinks. 

Right now we are trying to confirm on our next B2B that you will get another 5 vouchers when you check into the next cruise.  I am assuming yes as it will be a new folio.  

If your wait staff gave your free drink, consider yourself lucky. There are no vouchers departure morning.    Drink vouchers cut off at 5 AM ( or is it 5:30) every morning including the morning of departure   Staff are afraid a passenger will get angry and give a bad survey if they don't provide a drink.  There are NO vouchers on departure morning so someone besides you is paying.  I hope it is not the waitstaff.  

 

Everyone eligible get vouchers on embarkation day.   Why would you think a B2B will not get vouchers on the second cruise? When the bars re-open on your turnaround day, you will have access to your free drinks, the same as every passenger.  I don't believe there is much open prior to 11 or so. 

M

[Magicat]

5 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said:

If your wait staff gave your free drink, consider yourself lucky. There are no vouchers departure morning.    Drink vouchers cut off at 5 AM ( or is it 5:30) every morning including the morning of departure   Staff are afraid a passenger will get angry and give a bad survey if they don't provide a drink.  There are NO vouchers on departure morning so someone besides you is paying.  I hope it is not the waitstaff.  

 

 

As a shareholder I hope they are not giving away free drinks.

[Magicat]

5 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

This varies by ship and sailing. We got new vouchers on the morning of turnaround day of a B2B last year but many have reported not receiving them recently.

We used them on the Radiance back in April.  Maybe it is as @cruisegirl1 states that it is the luck of the draw.

[superduper123]

14 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

This varies by ship and sailing. We got new vouchers on the morning of turnaround day of a B2B last year but many have reported not receiving them recently.

I am hearing this as well.

[OCSC Mike]

4 minutes ago, superduper123 said:

I am hearing this as well.

 

Kind of annoying since it should be very simple for RC to state the policy in plain English but it is what it is. Not actually important to us, personally. On that one B2B I just got a couple iced coffees at Cafe Promenade because I could (would normally save my vouchers for alcohol) and my wife got a few extra bottled waters for the 2nd half.

[cruisegirl1]

10 hours ago, Magicat said:

We used them on the Radiance back in April.  Maybe it is as @cruisegirl1 states that it is the luck of the draw.

There are NO vouchers on  departure day.  Staff are afraid to say no.  (I guess that makes one lucky).  Surely we have all seen the way a passenger verbally attacks staff when the passenger is told no?  And in this case, "I am Diamond"..... is the first phrase.  I'm sure staff are instructed to do whatever the passenger wants. 

 

Think about it.  On a 7 night cruise you get vouchers  the day you get on.  Let's use Saturday departure.  You get vouchers Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed , Thurs, Fri.   That is 7.   No vouchers for departure the following Saturday. 

M

Edited July 13, 2023 by cruisegirl1