keyman66 Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 We won a free bottle of champagne and we are not drinkers. Would it be appropriate to gift it to our stateroom attendant? Any other ideas or suggestions? Not sure what to do with it, but we love the artwork we won with it! Thanks. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Unfortunately, they are not allowed to keep alcohol in their rooms, so if you gift it to them, it will be kept until the end of their contract. I found this out from the staff in Jaime's after we recommended a wine to our server. They can drink in port and partake of the crew bar and even the guest bars, but no alcohol in their rooms. I, sadly, don't have any suggestions though. We got a free bottle for booking at next cruise on the first day and though I had intended to sip on mimosas every sea day morning, we ended up never opening it. And since we had to fly back home we didn't want to risk it exploding on the plane. We just ended up leaving it in the room in hopes it would be retrieved and reused. keyman66 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaa Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Maybe another guest you meet onboard would be able to use it. keyman66 and CrimsonCruiser 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 If you won it through the casino you can ask most of the other gamblers around you and they would be very happy to take it off your hands. The other suggestion is what we do and that is save it until Christmas time and give it as a gift to someone we know will drink it. They do not know we got it for free. We have a cabinet full of champagne and wine that we "gift" to our friends then. They love it. CrimsonCruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Take it to dinner and offer it to those sitting with/near you. CrimsonCruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 I often gift bottles of champagne or wine (I can only drink so much, darn it!) and my understanding is the attendant can keep it or trade it for something else they want. Whereas no, they can't keep booze in their room they can access it if they want to drink it as part of a crew party or whatever. I also provide a note stating it's from me in case their floor supervisor wants to make sure they didn't just pick it up without my okay. keyman66, CrimsonCruiser and asquared17 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacation Crazy Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 We asked our stateroom attendant once if he wanted some beer we had. He snatched them right up. It doesn't hurt to ask them if they want it. Pattycruise, keyman66 and CrimsonCruiser 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyman66 Posted October 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 5 hours ago, CrznTxn said: If you won it through the casino you can ask most of the other gamblers around you and they would be very happy to take it off your hands. The other suggestion is what we do and that is save it until Christmas time and give it as a gift to someone we know will drink it. They do not know we got it for free. We have a cabinet full of champagne and wine that we "gift" to our friends then. They love it. We won at the art auction. Unfortunately, we fly home and our luggage is already pushing the weight limit! Thanks to everyone for their ideas. We have some options now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heysi1968 Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 We gave our stateroom attendant our unopened bottle of wine. She was so happy and thanked us immensely. The crew work hard and don't have a lot of down time or extra money for fun. Ask.....I'm sure they'll let you know if they can accept it. keyman66 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qeyton Dude Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Dion was good to us, we paid it forward asquared17, YellowBrickRoad, keyman66 and 13 others 9 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAYNO Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 We also ask the cabin attendants if they'd like our bottles of wine. In every case, they've eagerly responded yes! Other times, I've offered our wine and/or champagne to folks we've met, and even sometimes offering it up to someone passing our cabin. Wine and bubbly is easy to get rid of. keyman66 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 I have taken to Diamond lounge and given it to someone. To dining room and did the same. Or offered to cabin attendant, who usually are eager to accept it. But they do not usually take it until last day, so I just leave it in cabin for them in that case. Another interesting case was the time I had a bottle of champagne called Michelle, I stood by by cabin door and the next couple to come by I gave it to them. Funny as her name was Michelle and it was their first cruise! I was thrilled. Xaa, bobroo and WAAAYTOOO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattycruise Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just gave a bottle of champagne to the crown and anchor loyalty person onboard. I did ask if she drank champagne and if she could accept the bottle. She was thrilled. Xaa, Linda R and WAAAYTOOO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Mike Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 You can exchange it for non-alcoholic beverages. I have exchanged Champaine for wine and have also exchanged it for a bottle of juice. USFFrank, keyman66, DoomSlayer and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 15 hours ago, Qeyton Dude said: Dion was good to us, we paid it forward Did you have to plan out how many singles you'd need for this or did you get lucky that 61 was the magic number? Also, this is really cool and I hope Dion enjoyed seeing when they walked in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Traveling Mike said: You can exchange it for non-alcoholic beverages. I have exchanged Champaine for wine and have also exchanged it for a bottle of juice. Just curious where one goes for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qeyton Dude Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 hours ago, CrimsonCruiser said: Did you have to plan out how many singles you'd need for this or did you get lucky that 61 was the magic number? Also, this is really cool and I hope Dion enjoyed seeing when they walked in We alswys bring extra singles, you never know for sure how many you will go through. We were just lucky he had a short name keyman66 and CrimsonCruiser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 13 hours ago, Traveling Mike said: You can exchange it for non-alcoholic beverages. I have exchanged Champaine for wine and have also exchanged it for a bottle of juice. I learned something new today! Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just now, Linda R said: I learned something new today! Thank you Where did you exchange it at? Any bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Mike Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 10/26/2023 at 6:20 AM, CrimsonCruiser said: Just curious where one goes for this. I just took the bottle they gave me and went to one of the bars and exchanged it. WAAAYTOOO and CrimsonCruiser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 For years we have been receiving the St. Michelle sparkling wine (I don't think it's true Champagne). I am super lazy so I just never thought about trying to get a different kind of sparkling wine UNTIL this last Mariner cruise. When we turned Pinn they gave us a bottle of Moet Chandon and I was shocked at the difference in taste. I have no palate for such things so I never noticed before. I had NO idea that we could have been getting the Moet since we passed 525 points ! Think of all the crap sparkling wine I consumed not realizing that it could be much better ! Since we were besties with the LA on Mariner anyway, I took that bottle of crap St Michelle down to her desk and asked if there was any way we could exchange it for the Moet and she said, "of course !!". She took it and later that day we got a nice bottle of Moet. She also changed our preference so that we will receive the Moet in the future. YIPPEE ! I really hate that you cannot make changes to your C&A gift preferences online anymore, but the LA will help you with it if you choose to make changes. Ampurp85, CrimsonCruiser and Traveling Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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