MY best success has been to get in great with the Alchemy bartenders from day one. They almost always meet the "criteria" you talked about for great bartenders and with tipping and being a "regular", they will often make you stuff, give you free shots and samples, and occasionally forget to run your seapass. And their drinks are all pretty heavy on the pours to begin with. Adopt an Alchemy bartender today! 😁
I like this tip i just heard. Its late at night most bars close at 1am. Your drinks renew at 6am. And you still want drink cause you might have 2 or more drinks left on your day. They suggested going to the pizza place to get canned seltzer drinks or beer drinks in cans. They come unopened. And if you wait your 5 mins at a time. You can collect a few cans of beer to take to your room.
6:30 ish. Bar edicate 101. From Wisconsin here I usually do $1 tip per drink always. If I don’t have singles on me I try to keep track of how many and like Tommy said, “drop a 10 or 20 per day” you WILL be remembered and “taken care of”. However you have to find that bartender who knows what’s up!
i had to pause the video to write this or ill forget... 'I'm the type of alcoholic that occasionally likes more than 15 drinks' LOLOLOLOLOL omg im dying. love it! back to the video now :P
this video is not accurate any more. shots do count against your 15 drink limit and the bottle of liquor ordered through fun shops to your room is only allowed on 7 day or more cruises. the taking care of your bartender trick is the only one that will possibly still work.
I drop a hundred right off the bat and tell them that we are here to drink, usually end up being 250 for three days. I don't get up to get drinks, they bring them to me
Don't think I could get away with it today but over 14 cruises between 911 and 2007 was always able to get a 1.75 on with the luggage and never got caught. Once even packed an entire suitcase full of beer. Usually tip 20 bucks when we dropped off the luggage but I don't think that made any difference.
Another option is to buy a drink for your "friend". This cost money and goes against your sail and sign account, but doesn't count towards your drink limit. What your friend wandered off? You shouldn't waste that drink...
@@Seaquesttravels OK you have your experience I have mine. I guess I got good bartenders. Or this is a case of those extra couple buck tips paying off. And it is actually how it should go. If you are not drinking them and willing to pay for others the ships isn't going to care one way or another. The 15 maximum to to protect Carnival's profits after all and if they get paid the extra they shouldn't really care.
I’m going in a 7 day cruise , Ive been told the cheers package doesn’t go in effect until the 2nd day. So the per day price is for 5 or 6 days? Be disembark day is in the morning?
I found out an interesting thing today on my cruise. While Holland America has the same 15 drink limit on the package as some other Carnival Corporation lines they implement it a different way. After you reach your 15 drink limit instead of cutting you off like on Carnival they just start charging you for your drinks, I like this method much better. And it is only fair after I have had $210 worth of drinks on the package for $49+gratuities for the day I will buy a couple of drinks on my own dime. Well actually on my Shareholder OBC...
I always make a comment to the bartenders, with a smile... 'don't be afraid to pour it in, I like them strong :) It seems to work most of the time. (along with a tip of course) They already get a share of that 18% paid on the drink package but cash tips definitely inspire better service and better drinks!
wow $50 and more than once.. well i'm sure they do love you and give whatever they can! I do the occasional $5 to my favorite bartender, and $2 here and there/more often. But, 15 is more than enough for me. For anyone that really wants more drinks and stronger drinks and they are willing to tip $50, more power to ya! :)
Very informative!! Another fun question- If my friend and I both have a drink package. When I buy drinks for him, do they run his card to add to his “15”? We could make it a 30 drink day like that. Lol
Technically your friend and you can't share drinks so you can't just take his sea pass and run his card BUT if you find a bar tender whos willing to do it, tip them in cash. The other option is to just wait for servers to come to you and hand them the sea card pass with him there and just take his drink. I don't think they really care who drinks what, especially if you tip in cash. In April, we witnessed this couple in the MDR who had the cheers package and the husband had reached his 15 drinks already but the server was nice and she just charged his next drink on his wife's account.
Sail on NCL with a Free at Sea drink package. 15 is a lot. You can also get a double on reasonable brands even good ones. If you are in a cabin with someone who doesn't drink so much, they let you get two drinks with one card as well. I find a good bartender and tip them a dollar a drink the entire cruise and give them a nice tip near the end if they took care of me and they really go the extra mile. Rarely ever see anyone else tip.
Tommy are you sure that the round of shots doesn't count as one against your limit? My last Carnival cruise I bought a bottle of wine for the table on my birthday and they counted it as a drink against my limit. Now this is a way to extend your drinks if you like wine since a bottle is good for 4-5 glasses. It does cost, but like to bon voyage bottles it helps extend things.
@@Seaquesttravels I have bought several people many drinks when I have the drink package. Just tell the bartender that it is not for you and they apply it to your Sail and Sign account as a purchase and you still get your 15 drinks.
@@pewing99 I have had the same experience on every CCL that I've sailed on. I was able to purchase a drink for a "friend" and put it on my sign and sail card. Not sure which ships NC Texas has been on, but that hasn't been my experience.
