Well ahoy there cruisers.
We're going to tell you how to make the most of your Royal Caribbean drink package.
You paid the price, so we're going to tell you how you can get it cheaper or for free.
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So our first tip is how to get the package for free or with a discount.
Well we always recommend, first of all, is booking the drinks package before you get on the actual cruise.
So I can hear you tell me how can you do this?
Sell sometimes Royal Caribbean on their website offers promotions such as the free "Ultimate Drinks Package .
This is what you've got to take a look for on the website
and they'll tell you whether that's a deal or not.
Otherwise you can log into your cruise planner which is on the Royal Caribbean website.
Just click on My Royal Caribbean and then on the cruise planner.
Go into there and that's where you can book all the things such as drinks packages meals and entertainment
all of that jazz.
On there every six weeks or so royal changes up the deals.
So you'll see this discounts.
We have seen discount of 20% up to 50% and buy one get one free deals.
So bog off!
So you get some really good prices on there.
And guess what,
if you're in Australia, Canada or America
you can cancel anything you've booked before if you see a better deal.
So say that you've booked the drinks package with 20% off,
then in six months time before your cruise they increase it to 50% off.
You can go into your cruise planner, cancel that reservation for the drinks package
and then pop it back on with the new deal.
How good is that?
That's really good.
So make sure you do keep an eye on those cruise deals like Ben said.
They are offered randomly throughout the year for random cruises
so just keep logging in every so often a follow our Facebook page as well
will always post when they're doing a drinks or a pre cruise purchases promotion.
Absolutely.
I wish we had a crystal ball so we could tell you exactly when these deals are on they are completely random.
Decided by Royal Caribbean.
So another quick tip here is that you don't have to buy the drinks package for your full cruise.
As long as there is at least 4 days left until the end of your cruise
you can then buy a drinks package whilst onboard.
So for example if you are on a 7-night cruise you only have to buy a drinks package for the last 4.
But it has to be from the day till the of the cruise.
So you can't choose the first four days of the cruise
it'd have to be the end of the cruise.
Exactly so this can save you a fortune
if you don't want to have to buy the drinks package for the whole length of your cruise.
But just a smaller portion four days or more.
Tip number two is to order bottles of water which are also included on your drinks package.
Now a handy little tip here is
everytime you go to the bar or every time you pass about going back back back what!
So a good little tip here is
every time you go to the bar or every time you pass the bar as you're heading back to your cabin
is to grab yourself a bottle of water and then you can store them in your cabin in the fridge
and you can stock up so there's nice cold bottles of water in your cabin at the end of the day.
It's also great if you're doing any shore excursions.
is to grab a couple of bottles of water before you leave the ship.
So you can save yourself buying water on land or in port.
So our third tip is always specify the brand that you want.
So when you're getting cocktails on board or mixers like a gin and tonic or a Piña colada
the bar man will just literally grab the first liquor you can find that works with the cocktail.
So we always recommend specifying the brands that you want.
Because you get some of the big brands
such as Tanqueray, and Grey Goose or some of the higher-end liqueurs.
We always recommend them because they taste better and they give you a less of a hangover.
Supposedly!
Is that a scientific fact?
I don't know, it just feel like it is.
So when you gonna get your vodka and tonic
ask for a gay- grey-
A gay!
A gay goose!
- I'll have a Gay Goose! - That would be a really good drink for pride.
You go to order a gin and tonic instead of getting the rubbish cheap brand
ask for a Grey Goose and gin and tonic or ask for Bacardi in your next Piña colada.
It's really good and don't be ashamed of doing this the barman know that people do it
and you should do get the most of your money out of there the cocktails that you're going to be having.
You want them to be as high quality as possible.
Yeah if you don't ask you don't get.
Also it's great to try different brands.
I like whiskey so I like it because you can try all the different types of whiskey.
You can make your way through the whiskey menu and it's all included.
So tip number four is that don't forget you can use your drinks package in the restaurants
including the main dining room and speciality restaurants.
So this is nice because you can be having your meal
and have a the wine on your favorite drink on your favorite cocktail
and you don't have to worry about it not being included.
It's all completely included.
Take a look as well at some of the signature cocktails that you'll find in the speciality restaurants.
So each of the speciality restaurants will have a couple of cocktails that are unique to that restaurant
and they usually fit the themes.
So, in a "Izumi" you'll find cocktails inspired by Asian flavors for example
and "Wonderland" has some fantastic unique cocktails as well.
Yeah there's some amazing cocktails in "Wonderland"
you need to take a look at some of these pictures that we're showing now.
How cool do these look?
They look completely magical
and it's all included in the price of your drinks package.
So tip number five is that the Bionic bar is actually included.
We didn't know this the first time we sailed.
It's on the quantum class ships and some of the Oasis newer ships.
So it's the little robot thing which shakes up and mixes your cocktail.
And what's great is that you can specify any ingredient you want.
So any type of liqueur, any type of flavors and make some truly wacky cocktails.
And it's just so much fun to watch.
To take some photos of and just enjoy some cocktails made by a robot.
I mean, where else do you get to do that apart from like Japan or somewhere.
Yeah we didn't know until the very last day
and it was the morning of the last day and I think we've had a few too many
cocktails night before so I didn't really want to drink but I really wanted
to try it so I literally just ordered a soda and lime.
I just wanted to the Bionic Bar to make me a soda and lime.
You can legitimately do some ridiculous flavors like bubble gum banana flavored rum.
I think it's crazy, you've got to try it guys
and you do it all on a little iPad,
so you go and pick all of the little ingredients
how strong you want, how much of each ingredients.
Press go and you literally watch the thing -
that looks really rude.
You just watch it make the cocktail in front of you magic.
Number six is to not forget what is actually included in the drinks package.
So we're going to give you a little bit of a refresher here.
So first of all alcoholic drinks up to the value of 12 or 13 US Dollars are included in the package.
It does depend on the ship you're on whether it's twelve or thirteen dollars.
Freshly squeezed premium juices are also included as well as premium teas and coffee.
We always forget about the juice
and just think when you having breakfast you can go get a delicious fresh squeezed orange juice
thats us made around -
Absolutely delicious.
So don't forget all of these lot of things because we always do.
And coffees and things add up as well.
So that's a really good way to make the most of your package.
It's not included in Starbucks though is it.
I think it's just the premium coffee places.
The coffee's a lot better than the coffee you're gonna get in there buffet which is free.
So it also includes non-alcoholic cocktails and includes things like fountain sodas.
So you get to use those "Coca-Cola Freestyle" machines which are fantastic.
So you can go get your "Sprite", "Fanta", "Coca-Cola", "Dr Pepper", "Minute Maid"
and mix them up into a hundred million different thousand different flavors that you'd.
They are really coo.
Also you get the "Coca Cola" souvenir cup as well with that
and the cup is the way you actually use the fountains.
So they've got little chip in them that will register your cup so you can get your drinks.
So make sure you do have your cup with.
You also get to use your full drinks package in the private port such as Labadie in Haiti and CocoCay.
It's fantastic so you get to go up to any of the bars and use your your sea card as normal to get those free drinks
We didn't even know this as well until we went on our cruise.
It's fantastic, so that saved your fortune as well.
I absolutely love that because, let's face it,
there's nothing better than laying on a nice beach with a nice cold cocktail or a nice cold beer.
And it's so nice to just know that it's all included.
Makes the perfect beach day.
You'll also get milkshakes only whilst dining at Johnny Rockets
and with other cruise lines some of them limit the number of drinks you get.
Royal Caribbean don't do this.
So it truly is unlimited.
So while some of the cruise lines will limit you to sort of like 12 drinks within 24 hours
you can get as many as you want with Royal.
But as always drink responsibly please.
When you purchase your drinks package it already includes the cost of the gratuity in the package price.
So you don't pay each individual drinks gratuity after that.
Which is fantastic.
You're not going to get a bill at the end of your cruise.
You'll pay the gratuity charge on the whole drinks package as a whole.
You don't have to pay for individual drinks gratuity.
And whilst we say this as well.
Don't forget you can use a drink package from the moment you embark
until the moment you unfortunately disembark.
So make sure you take full advantage of that.
Yes especially the last day for a tea and coffee.
Your goodbye coffee.
Or you want to get sloshed at 7:00 in the morning.
Unfortunately you can't do that because they close the bars.
You can still get your speciality coffees and things like that.
Unfortunately you cannot use the drinks package to pay for drinks from room service
and the drinks in the minibar that will be in your room are also not included.
So don't get caught out by that.
What you can do is what we do we'd go into a bar and ask for a can of soda
or something you can come back bring that back to your room and pop it in the fridge
so you can have it whenever you want.
Top tip to avoid those minibar charges.
So a final tip number seven is to experiment.
You paid for all of that drinks package
so you might as well make full use of it.
This means trying all the drinks you normally wouldn't try.
Be adventurous.
Yaaas.
Experiment with different cocktails and you don't get that buyer's remorse
because you've already paid for it.
So you're not wasting any money.
But it gives us a great chance to try out the drinks that we wouldn't normally choose
and what we do is find a new cocktail every time that we didn't even think we'd like.
Exactly, variety is the spice of life as they say
and we have tried cocktails where I've had a couple of sips and I've said...
never again.
A "beertale" I'm looking at you "beertales".
beer and cocktail do not go together.
But, because I was on the drinks package I could try it and not think
"Oh, darn. I have just lost $13."
So it is lovely to try different cocktails, different wines, different whiskeys.
Whatever tickles your tastebuds really.
What ever tickles your fancy.
So that's it guys for our show on the top tips to make the most use of royal caribbean's drinks packages.
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