What is shipboard credit used for?

zightlight · #1 (**permalink**) January 7th, 2009, 11:34 PM

Hello!

A first cruise that I'm interested in offers $100 shipboard credit per cabin.

What can shipboard credit be used for? What CAN'T it be used for? I don't plan on buying a lot of cocktails, souvenirs or spa treatments. Is it used for anything else? Excursions? Gratuities?

Thanks!
Ann

dina · #2 (**permalink**) January 8th, 2009, 08:26 AM

Your credit is basically money to your account up front on whatever you decided to put on your ship account. Just think of it as $100 off of the total of your onboard bill.

zightlight · #3 (**permalink**) January 8th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Thank you for replying!

I'm so green about cruises that I don't really know what kind of things you would need to pay for on a ship.

dina · #4 (**permalink**) January 9th, 2009, 08:23 AM

You'll pay for all the little extras.

automatic tipping added to your S&S account $10 per day per person in your cabin
photos off of the photo gallery
all cocktails
all sodas
speciality coffees (regular coffee free)
spa services
classes
casino (a given)
bingo
etc...

zightlight · #5 (**permalink**) January 9th, 2009, 08:58 AM

Thanks Carolin! Definite food for thought.

dina · #6 (**permalink**) January 9th, 2009, 11:16 AM

Your welcome. Oh yeah.. one more biggie.

excrusions you definitely pay for. I tend to go on my own if I can but a lot of people are not comfortable with that. They can get pricy.

zightlight · #7 (**permalink**) February 2nd, 2009, 08:47 PM

Carolin, are you familiar with Nassau, Freeport or Cape Canaveral excursions?

I'm concerned about my Dad's limited mobility. My hub and I would like to go to Kennedy Space Center but my folks have been there. They are thinking of just taking the Historic Cocoa Village shuttle. In Nassau, I would really like to go to Atlantis, but the excursion description warned that it involved a lot of walking so I don't know what would be good for my Dad in Nassau.

We would really like to do a "sea life" attraction. In Freeport, we were thinking of doing a glass bottom boat or the semi-sub. My concern here is mobility and size (250-300 pounds.) My Dad has a cane and a little stool that he carries with him, but I don't know how cramped these trips would be and I don't know whether or not they are worth it. I've been going through the forums to find suggestions about this but I haven't found much yet.

Thanks!
Ann