AlexWinters 40 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 I have two cruises the summer of 2020 (one on Harmony and one on Oasis) and just noticed a pretty significant price increase on the Deluxe Beverage Package.  A couple weeks ago it had 20% off with the price of $56 and now it is 20% off with a price of $65 . Price increases are always expected but wow! Are other people seeing an increase in their package prices? #StillLoyalToRoyal #StillGoingToPurchaseLOL ChessE4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,615 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 I'm seeing this as well @AlexWinters. Started a separate thread on it in the main Discussion forum. Looks like Royal has decided to raise the on-board price of the package by a sizable margin for reasons unknown, unless this is a new (and far less-favorable) "intern glitch". kuruczpa 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cdixon22 104 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 My DBP jumped to $65 too but I locked in at $52 hoping it would go cheaper before we sail in September. Seems like there is a "sale" every two weeks or so. Fingers crossed labor day "sale" is a good one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PG Cruiser 1,717 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 Even the Refreshment Package has gone up to $26 per day. Â Good thing I purchased it when it was $20 per day. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,615 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 19 minutes ago, RatedPG said: Even the Refreshment Package has gone up to $26 per day. Â Good thing I purchased it when it was $20 per day. I've seen the Refreshment package as high as $28 per day in the not-too-distant past, so that's actually not that bad. If your sailing is not until after Black Friday, check then for a better rate. I was able to grab it for $17/night last Black Friday, and it hasn't gone that low since! Hoski and cdixon22 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baked Alaska 1,224 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Got in on the *ULTRA*DBP madness for $18/pp/pd, but (and I know this sounds crazy) I also just purchased the soda package for my 14 yo DS at $8.99. I mean really, if that were to go up!!!!????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kuruczpa 79 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 I'm not how true this theory is but maybe they're trying to recoup some of the money they 'lost' (i.e. their lost margin) from the $18 drink package debacle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellcee 1,504 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Mine went from $56 to $59 for next summer. I'm not concerned yet, there are plenty of sales coming up. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Same, here, this would make one believe that the On Board price is 83 a day plus 18%.  Went from 52 to 69 in a week. JLMoran, monctonguy and Hoski 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kontraxed 168 Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Pretty soon you'll buy the drink package and they'll throw in the cruise. adidassler, Zeashore, TJ! and 8 others 2 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KLA 1,813 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 I'm seeing this as well - this is an INSANE price increase. Maybe a sharp raise before an incoming sale? Baked Alaska, DublinFC and Hoski 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 If you look at the prices that are listed they seem to be the price that all sales are based on.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,615 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 10 hours ago, marti314 said: If you look at the prices that are listed they seem to be the price that all sales are based on.  Close, but not quite with my sailing. On-board price has been a very consistent reverse-calculated $70/day, vs. the current $65/day that's listed as "20% off". Believe me, I wish this was a simple glitch where it's showing the on-board price with no discount applied, but that really doesn't seem to be the case. sk8erguy1978 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,615 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 11 hours ago, KLA said: Maybe a sharp raise before an incoming sale? If it is, it's purely to make the "sale" price look good when in reality it's still the same or higher than previous pricing has been for the last year. Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 12 minutes ago, JLMoran said: If it is, it's purely to make the "sale" price look good when in reality it's still the same or higher than previous pricing has been for the last year. Whatever the reason might be, the threshold for me is 50.00 a day so I personally would be out. This will just promote more drinking by those that opt to pay 1300 dollars per couple for the week. Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monctonguy 1,632 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 pricing like that will drive away cruisers.or at least cruisers who aren't rich.......that's over $110/day for us Canadians...INSANE. Â hard to justify the drink package or a cruise when it starts getting that high...close to $1000/person for a week cruise....just for drinks??!..come on now.... Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,615 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, monctonguy said: hard to justify the drink package or a cruise when it starts getting that high...close to $1000/person for a week cruise....just for drinks??!..come on now.... I'm assuming that's $1000CAD. Really close to the total for a 14-night transatlantic on Celebrity.  They never discount their beverage packages from what I can see, and even the "classic" package that limits what wines / beers / cocktails you can order is $59 USD (about $78 CAD) a night. $826 USD ($1,098 CAD) for that "Classic" package, $966 USD ($1,284 CAD) for the "Premium" package at $69/night. And this particular 14-night is port-intensive, with only 6 sea days to make decent use of the package. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sk8erguy1978 946 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 7 hours ago, JLMoran said: Close, but not quite with my sailing. On-board price has been a very consistent reverse-calculated $70/day, vs. the current $65/day that's listed as "20% off". Believe me, I wish this was a simple glitch where it's showing the on-board price with no discount applied, but that really doesn't seem to be the case. Yep, same. My base for September Anthem sailing was $70 dollars, the sales were consistent for the last year: $56 for 20% and $52 for BOGO50 and as expected the 30% was $49 just a few weeks ago. Now, the BOGO50 is $61 dollars making the base price $81.3333 (repeat). Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JRT 41 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 Does this mean onboard drink prices are going up? Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 12, 2019 Report Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 3:21 PM, JRT said: Does this mean onboard drink prices are going up? How much more than 15.50 (After Gratuity) for a blended drink can they charge? Anyone ever wonder if they can sell a 1 LITER bottle of STOLI for 10.00 on the ship how much they must be getting it for? Lets say its 6.00 and there are approx 22 shots in one bottle, YES that 10.00 stoli and soda water is really 35 - 50 cents worth of product itself. Since RCL is not paying the same US taxes on liquor that bars and restaurants on land there is more profit in these drink packages than people realize, even if you drink 30 drinks a day. Hoski and CoupleOfCruisers 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carol A 0 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 I got my drimk package last week for Feb 2020 and it was $51.00 a day, glad I booked early. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CoupleOfCruisers 53 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Im curious at what amount would people stop buying drink packages? As long as people pay the price they will keep pushing price up! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOLO 488 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 4:57 PM, kontraxed said: Pretty soon you'll buy the drink package and they'll throw in the cruise. That's was NCL does! CoupleOfCruisers and Hoski 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, CoupleOfCruisers said: Im curious at what amount would people stop buying drink packages? As long as people pay the price they will keep pushing price up!  My Max is 50 a day not because I can break even with 5 terribly overpriced drinks but because over 7 days plus 18% I feel that's the max where I personally find value in the benefit. Drinking to drink because you have a package is a chore and with all of the food its not all that fun. Hoski, YOLO, Susie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marti314 612 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, CoupleOfCruisers said: Im curious at what amount would people stop buying drink packages? As long as people pay the price they will keep pushing price up! Â They aren't paying these prices which is why they are literally hounding you everywhere on boarding day. Hoski and YOLO 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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