Swapping champagne for wine

[DaveOKC]

I have heard that you can trade the comp. bootle of champagne that HAL gives you when you book a deluxe suite for a bottle of wine.

Can anyone tell me how to do this and what you choices/options are? We are on Volendam in Sept.

DaveOKC

[michmike]

just take it to the dining room and the wine steward will be happy to credit you with the cost of the champagne and apply that to any wine you choose

[esther e]

They chose the wine for us and it was awful. I'm glad to hear that we might be able to talk our way to a choice and pay the difference.

[RuthC]

You can also trade it for cocktails, if that's your prefered poison. ;)

[sail7seas]

We always order whichever wine we want and if on that particular cruise we don't wish to drink the champagne, the wine steward credits the value towards our wine.

 

[Starr Mtn]

We always order whichever wine we want and if on that particular cruise we don't wish to drink the champagne, the wine steward credits the value towards our wine.

 

 

 

Thanks for that bit of information. We've always given the champagne

to the Concierge ... It was especially timely on one cruise because

her husband was also working on the ship, and they were celebrating

an Anniversary.

[innlady1]

We always order whichever wine we want and if on that particular cruise we don't wish to drink the champagne, the wine steward credits the value towards our wine.

 

 

Wish I'd thought of that. We had champagne from our TA; then from the Captain because we did the b2b. I "traded" it for a chardonnay...and it was awful. I'll have to remember to trade it toward a wine of our choice next time.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Usually we have gotten a decent bottle of champagne from the Captain and HM -- but not on our last few cruises. And we also get a cheap one from AMEX Plat.

So we take them to our concierge who arranges for a wine of our choice to be delivered to the table -- and we pay the difference.

[sail7seas]

We used to enjoy champagne more than we seem to lately. Sometimes I feel like having it but sometimes not.

[Deb C.]

I know you didn't ask this....but someone else here might find it of interest.

I took my Bon Voyage Champagne bottle (from my TA) to the dining room, where the wine steward exchanged it for a soda card. I don't drink wine, alcohol, etc. I thought that was very nice, and I enjoyed it all week!!:D

[our turn]

The last couple of our cruises, the concierge in the NL took care of switching our champagne for wine. I can't remember the brand but it was decent.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I know you didn't ask this....but someone else here might find it of interest.

 

I took my Bon Voyage Champagne bottle (from my TA) to the dining room, where the wine steward exchanged it for a soda card. I don't drink wine, alcohol, etc. I thought that was very nice, and I enjoyed it all week!!:D

 

Good information. But we don't drink sodas.

[trvlcrzy]

I know you didn't ask this....but someone else here might find it of interest.

 

I took my Bon Voyage Champagne bottle (from my TA) to the dining room, where the wine steward exchanged it for a soda card. I don't drink wine, alcohol, etc. I thought that was very nice, and I enjoyed it all week!!:D

 

Thanks for this info! I have not developed a taste for alcoholic beverages (a few sips of DH's strawberry daiquiri is about all I like), and we have received complimentary champagne and wine in the past. We drug it home and put it in the cabinet. The champagne is probably vinegar by now... and we thought maybe we could use the white wine in cooking, but we haven't yet. The soft drink card would be much more practical for us.