Matt Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 When I log into my February Allure of the Seas group cruise, I see prices for drink packages are up Ultimate Drink Pkg. $69.62 per day Select Drink Pkg $46.02 per day Replenish $22.42 per day Premium Drink Pkg $57.82 Refreshment Pkg $9.44 BUT.... when I log into my 2017 Navigator cruise, prices are the "old" prices. Anyone else seeing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monorailmedic Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I see the same thing you do, Matt. A ~$42 increase for two people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Its weird ... personally I think they are in the "process" of making changes and the IT side is flubbing it as usual. For my 2016 reservation for a premium plan it says ... $57.28 per day and if you click on the terms and conditions that it DOES NOT include 18% gratuity If you add it to the cart though it moves over to the cart as $49 plus 18% gratuity = $57.82 per day For my 2017 reservation for a premium plan it says ... $57 per day and if you click on the terms and conditions that it DOES include the gratuity If you add it to the cart though it moves over to the cart as $57 plus no gratuity = $57.00 per day My guess is they are updating it to show "about the same price" of $57 per day but then the new price is excluding the gratuity while the old price was including gratuity and the systems are in an "in-between" mode at the moment ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I hope its an error.... My Brilliance cruise in Feb shows $58 and $70 so its increased. Kinda harder to tell for my other two cruises as it shows in CAD right now. If anything, they need to start offering it included or BOGO it or something to compete with Celebrity and NCL.... Or maybe they don't to if ppl are willing to pay RCI's high cruise prices AND then spend close to another $1000/cpl for a week long cruise on drinks... I wouldn't mind a slight increase if we see those "drink cards" come out or being able to buy the drink package for certain days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monorailmedic Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Per other boards it seems the Royal Refreshment package is now the same price for adults and children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I find the same prices you do for the [Feb 2016] Allure blog group cruise. When I check my next cruise, which is the Empress in April, there are no beverage packages available at all. Now, that may have to do with the unique situation that the Empress presents. The next one, following Empress is Christmas and New Years 2016 on the Navigator. That one shows the same price schedule as the Allure. The one after THAT is Feb. 2017 on Harmony and there is nothing listed as it falls into that same category as Empress....so I have 2 new prices, 2 no prices. BTW....cruise docs are ready for our group cruise on Allure ! Yipee !!!! michelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I thought they were going to fix all of these so that they ALL included grats. I think they were fixed for a while. Now, they are probably increasing prices and it's in flux again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Blog post with all the changes here: http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/01/06/royal-caribbean-raising-prices-of-unlimited-drink-packages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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