Comments on: Carnival: “Get Totally Wasted” Drink Package

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By: jimbojinx

jimbojinx — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:23:34 +0000

It will be a cold day in Hell that I would purchase this rip-off !!!!!!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:13:20 +0000

I think the entire thing depends upon who you are and how you drink yourself.
It’s not worth it if you are someone who only has the odd social drink with dinner etc.
It did cause much upset and I can kind of see why.

By: rciaddict

rciaddict — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:29:11 +0000

When DW and I cruise, she opts for the soda package. I don’t drink enough soda to make that worthwhile. The service is definitely not there when you have a beverage package, as opposed to buying by the drink. I wouldn’t get the drink package, as I also don’t buy enough alcohol to make this worthwhile. I don’t think it would necessarily increase drinking on board, I think people would get caught up in the excitement of having an “open bar”, and buy the package, and then not use it to it’s fullest potential. Of course, there will be those who will insist on getting their money’s worth, but they would be overindulging regardless of a package.

By: Kenneth Eden

Kenneth Eden — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:02:19 +0000

Personally I would not opt for a beverage package, be it alchohol, beer wine, or just plain soda and bottled water.

Heres why, and this should get out there to the general public.

Poor quality of liquor, watered drinks, drinks of poor strength (we all know, or should know), there is barely a drop of rum in the frozen drinks on land or at sea on the main line cruise lines.

When a card for a beverage package is produced I have heard many passengers conmplain they are igngnored for service, while other non-pakage passengers are served.

And well all know, the “sail away” drink has vertuallym NO dectetable booze in the pretty over priced sail away souvenir plastic glass, same as the “drink of the day”, on the low budget ships.

Here is one example at a Mexican place near where I live. They offered regular margaritas – Gold tequila margaritas, presumably with “gold” label teq, and Texan, super sized drinks. I did not want a Margarita and orderd a martini, to be told, “We don’t” have a liquor license”=hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm=
I asked how could they sell margatitas without a liquor license, well, our waitress, said its like Wal Mart, you know, the margaritas in a bag! Well, malt beverage, complies with a BEEER! license. YUCK. these cheap deceaving measures will find their way, no doubt they already have, onto ships.

Why does the cruise industry, at least the LOW end think we’re all a-holes and dumb as boxes of turnips? You betcha they do!