Norwegian Cruise Line Standard Drinks Menu & Packages - Updated 2023! — Freestyle Travelers (2024)

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Norwegian Cruise Line Standard Drinks Menu & Packages - Updated 2023! — Freestyle Travelers? ›

The free drinks included with your cruise on NCL are ice tea, regular coffee, filtered water, and some free fountain juices in the buffet. Sodas, specialty coffee, alcoholic drinks, frozen drinks, and bottled water are an extra charge unless you have an NCL drink package that covers these drinks.

The free drinks included with your cruise on NCL are ice tea, regular coffee, filtered water, and some free fountain juices in the buffet. Sodas, specialty coffee, alcoholic drinks, frozen drinks, and bottled water are an extra charge unless you have an NCL drink package that covers these drinks.

Your SeaPass® will have either a sticker or a printed verification of your package. The bar staff will request to see your SeaPass for verification prior to service, so keep it handy.

Eligible guests are entitled to two beverages per person per transaction. Includes premium spirit brands, co*cktails, beer, soda, juices, and wines by the glass up to $15 value.

Starbucks Package Terms and Conditions:

Eligible guests are entitled to one beverage per person per transaction. Includes all coffee, tea and RefreshersTM beverages by the cup. Excludes canned drinks, bottled drinks, food and merchandise. Beverage selection is subject to change onboard.

After a long day of exploring your ship, you may be tempted by the ice cream at Dolce Gelato. Though it is delicious there is a fee. Head up to the Garden Buffet where you can get free soft serve ice cream. In the afternoon and into the late hours, take a look when you're passing the pool deck grill.

Free drinks in the casino are a perk of casino loyalty on Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Princess, Holland America and Norwegian Cruise Line.

The drinks package must only be used by the person who bought the package and any guests found to be sharing the package may have their package cancelled without any form of a refund.

If you have a drinks package, tips are included. Additional tipping is not required, even if there's a blank line for an “additional gratuity” on your check.

In many cases, no. Several of the biggest cruise lines, including Carnival, Holland America and MSC Cruises, have a rule that if one adult in a cabin orders a drinks package, all adults in the cabin must order the package. This is to prevent two or more people in a cabin from sharing a single drinks package.

Can I bring a refillable water bottle on a NCL cruise? ›

Update: Guests are no longer allowed to bring water and soda on board. Bring a reusable water bottle to fill it up on the ship and carry it around with you while exploring the port.

Discover the joy of Pepsi-Cola on Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian proudly serves Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Aquafina, and other refreshing Pepsi beverages on all our ships.

What is included with the cruise fare? To start off, there are some drinks that are included with the standard cruise fare. Water, lemonade, fruit juices, coffee, tea, regular and chocolate milk are all complimentary.

Adult & Teen Soda Program

This package is great for adults who choose not to imbibe, along with guests who are younger than twenty-one but older than thirteen. It grants unlimited access to all fountain sodas, all well as club soda and tonic water. $7.95 USD per person, per day. (20% gratuity not included.)

Open Bar (Premium Beverage Package) $99 per day - unless part of the Free At Sea promotion~. Enjoy a wide selection of soft drinks, beers, spirits, co*cktails, wines by the glass and bottled or draft beer up to and including $15 during your entire cruise.

On 5-6 day cruises guests will receive two meals. On 7-8 day cruises guests will receive three meals. On 9-10 day cruises guests will receive four meals. On 11+ day cruises guests will receive five meals.

Yes, you can take stuff from the bar and buffet back to your cabin.

With a charge of $20 per person which includes two co*cktails served in an ice glass, guests are provided with a poncho and gloves to keep them warm during their 45 minute experience. The bar accommodates up to 25 guests at a time and reservations are recommended.

Certain items that generate heat or produce an open flame are not permitted onboard. This includes clothing irons, hotplates, candles, incense and any other item that may create a fire hazard. Curling irons and hair dryers are allowed and may require a converter.

Complimentary drinks typically include tap water, basic coffee, tea (iced or hot), hot chocolate (from a packet or machine), milk and a selection of juices with meals.

Do you need cash for cruise casino? ›

On most cruises, you'll be able to use both cash and your cruise card. At the tables, your cash will be turned into chips or you can charge the price of the chips on your cruise card. Most slot machines will just take your cruise card, but some will also take cash.

Does a cruise ship cabin have its own bathroom? Cruise ships are not like your college dorm. You do not need to don a robe and run down the hallway to shower in a shared bathroom with the other residents of your hall. You get your very own private bathroom – even though it's a small one.

Do I have to share a bathroom with other passengers? Thankfully, cruise ships are not hostels (phew!), so you will not have to share a bathroom with other passengers. Every cabin on a Royal Caribbean cruise has a private bathroom, where you'll find a toilet, sink, and shower. Suite category cabins also have a bathtub.

Crew members are not allowed to fraternize with guests or invite them into crew quarters. An illicit affair with a crew member might not leave you with more than a broken heart, but the crew member could lose his or her job for breaking this serious cruise ship rule.

What happens if you don't tip on a cruise? Most cruise lines work on the basis that the crew members' pay structure is based on receiving tips. If you choose not to tip, for whatever reason, you are impacting the salaries of the crew who have served you so well during your cruise.

In general, plan on giving $16–$23 in gratuities per day for each passenger. Note that the amount should be tabulated for each individual in your party—don't try to tip once per couple or group. So if you're planning to go on a 7-day cruise, expect to give a total of between $112 and $161 per person in gratuities.

There aren't any hard-and-fast guidelines for this type of tip since it's contingent on your experience, but $25 to $40 on behalf of a couple roughly works out to an extra $2 to $3 per person, per day, for a seven-night cruise.

There are no set limits on how much you can drink. One exception is that Carnival does limit those with drink packages to 15 alcoholic beverages per day. (It's not clear if that limit applies to those without the package.)

Drink Package Frequently Asked Questions

Each drink package purchased is per guest, and may only be used by the person buying it. This means a drink package cannot be shared by more than one person.

11. Don't buy drinks for anyone underage. The drinking age on all U.S.-based cruise lines is 21 -- even when sailing international waters. (Under special circ*mstances, some cruise lines allow 18- to 20-year-olds to purchase and consume alcohol with a parent's consent.)

Why can't you bring bottled water on a cruise? ›

The primary reasons that cruise lines impose strict regulations regarding bottled water revolve around their alcohol policies. Generally, water bottles have been seen as the perfect place to smuggle illegal alcohol on board.

Feel free to bring your Yeti stainless steel travel mug or other travel mug with you to use onboard the ship. There are certainly disposable cups and lids available at the drink stations for those who don't have a reusable cup, but you will see many guests with their own travel mugs, just for convenience.

Our Norwegian Cruise Luggage Tag holders assure that your bags arrive quickly and in style so you can start your cruise as soon as possible. You'll also receive two Cruise Lanyards with ID Holder items.

Balcony staterooms start at 200-square feet and come with all the standard amenities such as a TV, mini fridge, and a coffee maker; plus a bonus spacious sitting area.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Premium Beverage Package (formerly known as the Ultimate Beverage Package) includes a variety of spirits, co*cktails, wines by the glass and bottled or draft beer up to and including $15 USD and unlimited fountain soda and juices at all bars, lounges, restaurants and Great Stirrup Cay.

On a Norwegian cruise, you'll find unsweetened iced tea, lemonade, select juice, water, drip coffee and tea, and filtered water (no bottled) included with your cruise. Most of these drinks are available free of charge in the buffet and in the dining rooms and restaurants.

Since the company returned to sailing following the cruise pause, it has gradually returned to having more and more people on its ships. For instance, over all of 2022, NCLH saw a total occupancy of 72.8%. But that has continually increased. In just the last three months of 2022, occupancy was at 86.6%.

Water is always free of charge on most cruise ships. You may be asked to pay a fee for some versions of bottled water. However, you can likely ask for a jug of iced water in any restaurant or bar for no added cost. There are several water dispensers present on a cruise ship so that you can help yourself.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Premium Beverage Package is included with your Free at Sea perks. This package includes a variety of spirits, co*cktails, wines by the glass and bottled or draft beer up to and including $15 USD and unlimited fountain soda and juices at all bars, lounges, restaurants and Great Stirrup Cay.

What is included with the cruise fare? To start off, there are some drinks that are included with the standard cruise fare. Water, lemonade, fruit juices, coffee, tea, regular and chocolate milk are all complimentary.

Can you bring a reusable water bottle on a Norwegian Cruise? ›

Bring your own reusable water bottle –

Update: Guests are no longer allowed to bring water and soda on board. Bring a reusable water bottle to fill it up on the ship and carry it around with you while exploring the port.

UPGRADE TO PREMIUM PLUS BEVERAGE PACKAGE! Toast with the most while you're on board. OTHER BEVERAGES INCLUDED: ALL BEERS, FRESH JUICES, STARBUCKS® COFFEE, ENERGY DRINKS, SODAS AND BOTTLED WATER.

Cruise ship tap water in your stateroom is perfectly safe to drink. It likely won't be as cold as the water you'd get in the restaurants or from the dispensers around the ship, and since it isn't filtered as heavily it may not taste the same, but there's nothing wrong with it.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Free at Sea offer gives cruise passengers a chance to enjoy a free specialty dining package, free premium beverage package, Wifi minutes, and shore excursions credit, depending on which package they choose. Sometimes it includes free gratuities and free flights.

It is possible to remove gratuities on your cruise with NCL. According to their terms, the Guest Services team will ask to address any concerns you have prior to adjusting your gratuity payment – and “should your concerns not be met with satisfaction” you can change or remove them.

However, if you have the basic beverage package as one of your perks and want to upgrade to Premium Plus, that'll cost you $29 per person, per day plus the gratuity).

Is food included on a cruise, or do I have to pay extra? Your cruise fare always includes food for breakfast, lunch and dinner on a cruise ship. However, not all venues that offer food will be free.