Fun Post - What's Your Cruise Day Like Drinkwise

[RWDW1204]

20 hours ago, crisgold52 said:

One has to wonder how gathering to drink any of the aforementioned drinks will work In the new normal. I would not expect to see huge maskless swathes of guests sipping things in large congregate settings. The new normal is here and it will change the way how such drinks are to be drunk and when. 

As the great George Thorogood said,

"I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself"

[Pattycruise]

With the drink package-which I'll get when I'm with multiple friends/family
Specialty coffee with baileys at breakfast
bloody mary-discoverd this last cruise
Poolside-I love a Mudslide or a frozen strawberry daiquiri  or the drink of the day
dinner-whatever- on my last cruise  it was Tequila Sunrise or a Cosmo
after dinner decaf coffee with baileys
night out-chocolate martini or other fun drink (aren't  they all fun though?)
shots-if I am with those wicked friends who make us drink them (YES, they MAKE US(
If I go to late night pizza, beer with pizza!  must do!
 

Without drink package (only a couple of those cruises)-this was trip with daughter or one friend
no alcohol for breakfast
the drink special at the casino was mimosas so I bellied up to the bar for my order
I could order as many at a time as I wanted.-they even did doubles for me.  It was funny to see those with a drink package trying to get more than one...it's not allowed.  Can't drink package people get a mimosa, finish it and get another?  
one or 2 drinks poolside
maybe one at dinner and another 1 or 1 after dinner.

 

[WannaCruise]

18 hours ago, Pattycruise said:

With the drink package-which I'll get when I'm with multiple friends/family
Specialty coffee with baileys at breakfast
bloody mary-discoverd this last cruise
Poolside-I love a Mudslide or a frozen strawberry daiquiri  or the drink of the day
dinner-whatever- on my last cruise  it was Tequila Sunrise or a Cosmo
after dinner decaf coffee with baileys
night out-chocolate martini or other fun drink (aren't  they all fun though?)
shots-if I am with those wicked friends who make us drink them (YES, they MAKE US(
If I go to late night pizza, beer with pizza!  must do!
 

Without drink package (only a couple of those cruises)-this was trip with daughter or one friend
no alcohol for breakfast
the drink special at the casino was mimosas so I bellied up to the bar for my order
I could order as many at a time as I wanted.-they even did doubles for me.  It was funny to see those with a drink package trying to get more than one...it's not allowed.  Can't drink package people get a mimosa, finish it and get another?  
one or 2 drinks poolside
maybe one at dinner and another 1 or 1 after dinner.

 

Ditto...I'm the same where with the drink package I'll have more than without (at least, the one and only time we got it).  Without it, like you no spiked coffee, and overall, will just get a drink with dinner and sometimes an after dinner and mid day drink.  

It's funny too as I am not a martini fan...BUT...tried one of those chocolate martini's last time and so yummy.

[Lovetocruise2002]

1 hour ago, crisgold52 said:

One wonders how pool side drinks will work or if they will even be a thing with the restart. I'm sure many of us will be glad to enjoy drinks not in a group once the industry resumes. Martinis are cheaper on land and in port. Personal choice of course but generally ship board drinks and anything on board ships are marked up. It's a vacation sure but one ought to vacation wisely and determine if it's a need or want. After all a drink is really a drink so simplicity is all that matters. Water is free and good. So is tea and coffee. And with any kind of start up I am thinking it may be best to start with free options for now. Just being down to earth of course and my personal thoughts. 

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[DJsMrs]

I feel like it's not even a day on a cruise ship without my coffee and my mimosa 

 

I miss cruising.   I should be half packed right now for a Dec 5 departure  

[DJsMrs]

On 11/14/2020 at 10:22 AM, RWDW1204 said:

As the great George Thorogood said,

"I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself"

If I recall, Thorogood was also a fan of one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer   

Either way - I like the way he thinks - haha!

 

[Zacharius]

Hitting this thread late, but I'm gonna hit it hard...like a cruise. Food and beverage are huge parts of my vacation, so I generally won't cruise without a drink package since we try to get cruises that are a good mix of ports and sea days. 

I like to wake up in the morning, grab a coffee, and go up top to enjoy the fresh air. That's port days or sea days.

Port days - depending on what we're doing, may or may not have drinks during the day. Sea days - usually wait until after lunch and then start hitting it. Nothing crazy - maybe a few drinks before dinner if I am sitting by the pool. 

Drink or two with dinner. Couple of drinks after dinner, either at a bar or (ideally) back on my balcony. Or up top watching a movie on the big screen. 

My drinks are usually either wine or something like a martini/G&T. I'll do a sweet drink here or there like a pina colada or tropical old fashioned, but not too often because it just gets too sweet. Never really do beer because the choices are always horrible, and it gets too filling - only time I have used my drink package on a beer is when I sprained my thumb getting in to the pool and used a Coors Light metal bottle as an ice pack (and, well, might as well drink your ice pack!) 

I almost always get a bottle of water with each drink, because hydration is key...glass of water for every drink = no hangover, and if nothing else, we stock some bottles for port excursions. 

[Jill]

Typical Caribbean cruise with drink package: mimosa with breakfast. If it’s a sea day, first pool drink around 11. Multiple throughout the day. Drink before dinner, 1 or 2 at dinner, 1 or 2 after dinner/during show. Minimum 5 bottles of water. We get our money’s worth! 

[Jill]

On 11/12/2020 at 4:18 PM, krhardy said:

Hmmm...it really depends on what I have planned for the day. If I want to do the "active" stuff like Sky Pad, Flow Rider, Zip Line, etc (I may be a grandma, but age is just a number!), then I don't have my first beverage until I'm done with those things (an injury would definitely put a damper on the vacation!). Typically, something like this:
8:00...escape the snoring log of a husband and stumble down to the Cafe Promenade for a specialty hot tea (life is tough for those of us who don't drink coffee). Get a bottle of water or 2 for good measure
8:30...first breakfast...maybe with a mimosa and another bottle of water
9:00...morning run (gotta burn off all the dessert and drinks!) followed by another bottle of water
10:00...second breakfast when my husband finally emerges. Definitely a mimosa here
The rest of the day depends on what I'm doing...if we're hitting up the trivia (don't challenge me at 80s music trivia...I'll win), then it's time to start looking at the specialty drink menus in whatever venue we're in. Fallback drink is a Dark & Stormy. On Mariner, we loved to camp out in the Bamboo Room and try the different rums!
12:30~ish...time for lunch and more water
After lunch...pool deck and whatever tiki drinks the very sweet cabana boy will bring me. Along with water. All the water
We do late seating dinner, and I usually have a glass or 2 of wine with that.
After dinner...time to hit whatever entertainment and a nightcap.

 

We do first and second breakfast too! First breakfast is coffee, juice and bagels delivered to cabin. We spike the juice with champagne. 
 

Second breakfast is either at Johnny Rockets or MDR. We like a cooked to order. Mimosa there too! 

[Leroyr55]

Ok which end do I start at.  

[Lovetocruise2002]

@Leroyr55 what drink is that in the photo above???  It looks awesome!

[twangster]

I could use a couple of these right now.

[twangster]

Or maybe this:

[Floski]

2 hours ago, Leroyr55 said:

Ok which end do I start at.  

Oh, how I miss the Solarium Bar. 

 

And yeah, what are those.  I think I could kill 'em all 

[twangster]

At the end of the day, nothing beats a Kraken Lava Flow...

 

[Floski]

2 hours ago, Leroyr55 said:

Ok which end do I start at.  

Oh, how I miss the Solarium Bar. 

 

And yeah, what are those.  I think I could kill 'em all 

[WannaCruise]

My favorite drinks are all posted above (you can have more than one favorite, right)?  Mojito, Blue Hawaiian (maybe?), Lava Flow.  These around the pool or in the evening at a show.  How I miss cruising...

[Leroyr55]

It may have been a blue Hawaiian and they went down real easy.  

[cruisellama]

Expresso martini for the caffeine - helps me stay awake

[kadmgs]

If I detailed the quantity, I would come across as one who needs an intervention. Therefore, my response is that we get our money's worth out of the DBP.  

[dr martini]

Great topic for times like these!  I'm a proud German/Irish catholic, I've always gotten DBP and hey, I'm not driving the ship.

Day 1-3ish are a lot boozier than days after but here we go-

8-9AM -order a few orange juices with the bagels/danishes and coffee room service.  Mix the champagne I brought onboard (as my two bottles of wine) with the OJ and enjoy on the balcony

10-11am- Bloody mary from pool bar or the new bar by the windjammer (great addition)

Noon-3p Sea day couple beers by the pool, maybe a fun cocktail like mai tai or mojito, if on diving/snorkeling excursion most of them provide a local beer like Carib or good old cheap and easy rum punch

Then either back to the room and nap or in a good shady deck chair spot, then get ready for dinner.  

5-6pm - After cleaning up for dinner grab a bourbon old fashioned or some other classy cocktail at Schooner or somewhere else on the lower decks/around promenade type area

Red wine with dinner, Regular coffee with dessert, after dinner Jameson/ginger or another mojito somewhere with live music.  

Later in the cruise....it's just the beers around the pool in the afternoon and maybe the wine with dinner or the cleaned up cocktail.  The speed and quantity of consumption definitely taper off as the week goes on.  Man I miss cruising.

 

 

[Andy & Sheryl Unwin]

On 11/16/2020 at 9:21 PM, twangster said:

At the end of the day, nothing beats a Kraken Lava Flow...

 

Even if it is made with that awful stuff "Kraken" that looks rather interesting.  Now if we could have it made with "Pussers Gunpowder Proof" rum, that would be even better.

[twangster]

1 hour ago, Andy & Sheryl Unwin said:

that awful stuff "Kraken"

Where's the block user button?  

[Floski]

Full disclosure:  I'm 58 and have never had a Bloody Mary.

 

Do I still get to keep my card?

[Andy & Sheryl Unwin]

12 hours ago, twangster said:

Where's the block user button?  

Kraken and I had a brief but interesting experience together a few years ago.  I may try it again one day, just to see if things have changed since then.  What is life without a little risk and adventure...?

[Christine Falkowski]

Pina Colada during the day.

Wine or vodka cocktails before dinner.

 

[rjac]

For me, on cruise days bloodies by the pool before lunch; depending on what and where we are having lunch beer or water; afternoon by the pool drink of the day and/or beer; wine at dinner; bourbon (Buffalo Trace or Basil Hayden) straight or with one ice cube after dinner. On port days I always take four bottles of water in my small backpack (not my idea, but this is something she who must be obeyed demands.....and you know how that goes, a happy wife a happy life. Especially on a cruise). 

[TriToCruise]

Well..I haven't cruised yet but have a drink question!!

My planner says that both adults adults sharing a stateroom must purchase the DBP...but my husband doesn't drink and I cannot drink enough for both of us to justify the DBP. I like the idea of not having to count my drinks to stay on budget without the DBP but also don't want to spend the money for him to not use it at all. It is a catch 22 - and is there a work around??

[WannaCruise]

2 hours ago, TriToCruise said:

Well..I haven't cruised yet but have a drink question!!

My planner says that both adults adults sharing a stateroom must purchase the DBP...but my husband doesn't drink and I cannot drink enough for both of us to justify the DBP. I like the idea of not having to count my drinks to stay on budget without the DBP but also don't want to spend the money for him to not use it at all. It is a catch 22 - and is there a work around??

Haven't tried it myself, but they say you can call in and request the refreshment package for DH if he doesn't drink.

[WAAAYTOOO]

8 minutes ago, WannaCruise said:

Haven't tried it myself, but they say you can call in and request the refreshment package for DH if he doesn't drink.

Yes.  If there are medical or personal reasons why one of the pax does not drink alcohol, they have been allowing the non-alcohol drinker to purchase the refreshments package in lieu of the DBP.

[JLMoran]

2 hours ago, TriToCruise said:

Well..I haven't cruised yet but have a drink question!!

My planner says that both adults adults sharing a stateroom must purchase the DBP...but my husband doesn't drink and I cannot drink enough for both of us to justify the DBP. I like the idea of not having to count my drinks to stay on budget without the DBP but also don't want to spend the money for him to not use it at all. It is a catch 22 - and is there a work around??

8 minutes ago, WannaCruise said:

Haven't tried it myself, but they say you can call in and request the refreshment package for DH if he doesn't drink.

This is correct. I've done this multiple times when purchasing the DBP for myself, as my wife doesn't drink. Just call the number listed at the bottom of any Cruise Planner page, tell them the situation, and they'll let you buy the DBP at the current rate while your husband buys the Refreshment Package.

Do note this is the only option they will offer in this case. If your husband doesn't even want that and he's content with whatever is free on board, then you'll have to just buy your drinks a la carte. But in this case, you can buy a Refreshment Package just for yourself, so that it's only the alcoholic beverages that will be bought a la carte and not everything you drink on board. At $2 a pop, bottled water adds up fast.

[Lovetocruise2002]

2 hours ago, TriToCruise said:

Well..I haven't cruised yet but have a drink question!!

My planner says that both adults adults sharing a stateroom must purchase the DBP...but my husband doesn't drink and I cannot drink enough for both of us to justify the DBP. I like the idea of not having to count my drinks to stay on budget without the DBP but also don't want to spend the money for him to not use it at all. It is a catch 22 - and is there a work around??

 

12 minutes ago, WannaCruise said:

Haven't tried it myself, but they say you can call in and request the refreshment package for DH if he doesn't drink.

 

6 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Yes.  If there are medical or personal reasons why one of the pax does not drink alcohol, they have been allowing the non-alcohol drinker to purchase the refreshments package in lieu of the DBP.

Yes, we do this every time.  I get the Deluxe and Hubby gets the Refreshment.  But you have to call them.  You cannot do this online.  Or if you have kids with you, then you can separate you and your husband and book connecting cabins like @ericfromripp suggested.  One with each kid, and then he doesn't have to purchase any package at all if he doesn't want to.

[parkyy2k]

Breakfast -Start with a speciality coffee and freshly squeezed orange

Mid Morning - Start with the frozen cocktails

Lunch - Bottled water/ Red Bull & Vodka

Afternoon - Usually another speciality coffee 

Evening - Either bottles of beer or wine

Flavoured water throughout the day

[dandi799]

Early morning - speciality coffee, bottle of water

Morning - Maybe a mimosa or bloody mary, bottle of water

Lunch - Vodka soda or gin on the rocks with lime

Afternoon - more clear liquor and bottles of water

Later afternoon - espresso

Dinner - Red wine and/or a martini

After dinner - whiskey on the rocks or a bourbon manhattan and more water

When I type that all out, it sounds like a lot! 

[Floski]

^^^   And you know those teachers love to drink whilst on holiday

 

   

[DunkelBierJay]

Typical day at sea

• Coffee x 2
• Bloody Mary
• Beer
• Water
• Beer or Lava Flow Type thing
• Nap
• Beer
• Gin and Tonic or Scotch before dinner
• Wine or beer with dinner
• Whatever I feel like with the show I go to

[emmef]

This is going to seem very tame comparatively.  

Morning- Hot brewed green tea from room service

Mid morning - bottled water

Lunch- iced tea

Afternoon- iced tea, bottled water

Dinner- iced tea

After dinner - iced tea or hot cocoa

One time during the cruise I will splurge and get a Bahama Mama, Mojito, Rum Sunrise, Island punch.

So, all that being said you can see why I never buy the DBP!  Totally worthless to me

 

[Linda R]

I love  a latte or two from DL or SL late morning.  Like 10am.  Not an early riser and stay up late.  Water often.  Just 1 or 2 alcohol drinks in  late afternoon or evening.  Usually something with Vodka.  My husband does not drink, is allergic.  So he has frozen juice drink with no liquor,  coke or lemonade.   We are not very interesting! 

 

[WannaCruise]

17 hours ago, Linda R said:

I love  a latte or two from DL or SL late morning.  Like 10am.  Not an early riser and stay up late.  Water often.  Just 1 or 2 alcohol drinks in  late afternoon or evening.  Usually something with Vodka.  My husband does not drink, is allergic.  So he has frozen juice drink with no liquor,  coke or lemonade.   We are not very interesting! 

 

Nothing wrong with that.  Drinks don't just have to be alcohol.

[Psycho and Barb]

On Sea days...Start the day off with regular free coffee and head upstairs to watch the sunrise.  After breakfast...Or sometimes with breakfast a spicy bloody marry or two.  After laying out in the sun for a few hours it'll be time for a Mudslide or some other iced drink.  Diamond Lounge for a few before dinner and usually two Crown and Cokes at dinner.  May have a couple more Crown and Cokes at what ever show we attend.