RoyalGreg Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Just noticed that all of the cocktails are listed at $15 on the Anthem currently. I'm not onboard, but have a cruise scheduled in a few months. Can anyone confirm whether they're actually charging $15 now? Will these be included in the drink package? Will they charge the $1+tax overage? It's clear that the drink package is intended to include all the standard cocktails, but this pricing seems to be above the limit. I took a look at the pricing on the Odyssey (also quantum class, and also sailing in Europe), but all the cocktails are priced at the expected $14. Here are screen shots from the app: Schooner bar, Pool bar, and Boleros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike6453 Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 29 minutes ago, RoyalGreg said: Just noticed that all of the cocktails are listed at $15 on the Anthem currently. I'm not onboard, but have a cruise scheduled in a few months. Can anyone confirm whether they're actually charging $15 now? Will these be included in the drink package? Will they charge the $1+tax overage? It's clear that the drink package is intended to include all the standard cocktails, but this pricing seems to be above the limit. I took a look at the pricing on the Odyssey (also quantum class, and also sailing in Europe), but all the cocktails are priced at the expected $14. Here are screen shots from the app: Schooner bar, Pool bar, and Boleros. if you have the deluxe drink package i would not worry about it. The only time i have paid above was for glasses of wine. Anthem is also homeporting in the UK which could have different rules. I do feel they raise per drink allowance recently as well. RoyalGreg and CruiseGus 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 It's a UK thing. All the drinks you see at $15 will be covered by the DBP. No need to worry. CruiseGus and RoyalGreg 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalGreg Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 32 minutes ago, Mike6453 said: if you have the deluxe drink package i would not worry about it. The only time i have paid above was for glasses of wine. Anthem is also homeporting in the UK which could have different rules. I do feel they raise per drink allowance recently I think they raised the package from $13 to $14 recently. Hopefully the pricing is UK specific (I'll be boarding in New Jersey). 27 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: It's a UK thing. All the drinks you see at $15 will be covered by the DBP. No need to worry. Normally I wouldn't give it a second thought, but with all the recent changes in the cruise industry, RC Group most definitely included, I feel like it's getting tougher and tougher to give them the benefit of the doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 33 minutes ago, RoyalGreg said: I think they raised the package from $13 to $14 recently. That was a while ago. 33 minutes ago, RoyalGreg said: Normally I wouldn't give it a second thought, but with all the recent changes in the cruise industry, RC Group most definitely included, I feel like it's getting tougher and tougher to give them the benefit of the doubt. I get it, totally understandable, but this isn't new. It's been brought up before. RoyalGreg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL8SWPR Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 The drink package covers up to $15 if that's the price of a standard cocktail. RoyalGreg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bretts173 Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 The extra $1 is to cover the non tipping culture. Same applies to cruises out of Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalGreg Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 Thank you all for reassuring us. We've been going back and forth on getting the dbp for our cruise. The pricing has been fluctuating between $80 (20% off) and $75 (bogo), and it finally came down to $70 (30% off with the Labor Day sale). We decided to pull the trigger, and will still have a potential black friday sale to watch out for as well. We just got worried after seeing all the cocktail prices hiked up only on the Anthem. Thank you all for reassuring us that the cocktails will be included (and the pricing will likely match the rest of the fleet when she returns to Cape Liberty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irvy Posted September 3, 2023 Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 It still shows 75 dollars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalGreg Posted September 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 17 hours ago, Irvy said: It still shows 75 dollars @Irvy The DBP can be priced differently for each ship and each sail date. So for your sailing it may be $75, but for my sailing it came down to $70 with this current sale. If you keep watching, hopefully yours will drop too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL8SWPR Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Got it for $62.99 on Liberty this October. Cheaper than the black Friday deal. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingby Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 20 hours ago, PL8SWPR said: Got it for $62.99 on Liberty this October. Cheaper than the black Friday deal. I got $62.99 for our November 26 Anthem sailing as well. I haven't seen it lower than that but keep checking just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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