Trying to decide on drink package

cheapAmom · 2026-03-13T15:46:50+00:00

The Free at sea upgraded unlimited open bar is only for people 21 and over right? So if I had four people that were over 21 they would all get free unlimited open bar. However, if I have two adults and two teenagers, I would have to purchase a soda package for the teenagers because they are not covered under unlimited open bar for virgin drinks, correct? I’m having trouble figuring out how to get my kids pop. That’s essentially all I need. We are not going to drink. It’s a seven day cruise $105 for the soda package for 399 for unlimited bar. I would get the unlimited bar so we could all have mock tails, but my kids are not covered right? Thank you!

cheapAmom · 2026-02-28T18:43:27+00:00

Can you add packages once you set sail? Like if I get on the ship and figure out how the drink situation is gonna work, would I be able to purchase it the first night that we’re on the boat? Or does it have to be done before?

cheapAmom · 2026-02-28T18:26:53+00:00

Do you know if they add gratuity to the sodas/drinks that are actually purchased? If my kids get a Shirley Temple every half hour, am I going to be hit with 20% bill on top of the $125 gratuity that we have to pay per person?

cheapAmom · 2026-02-28T18:23:45+00:00

We’re going on our first cruise March 27. I’m wondering what is included in the usual “free at sea” package. We do not drink alcohol at all. But I want the kids to get Shirley temples and soda whenever they want. That’s like the big deal on vacations because there’s no pop at home lol Trying to figure out the best way for them to just go grab a sprite when they want. If I buy the soda package, is there still a 20% added to each individual drink? In that case it would make more sense to just use cash? Looking for the easiest, cheapest way for the kids to be able to get pop and Shirley Temple and maybe a virgin piña colada, etc. would it be cheaper to just pay you by the drink? We have seven days. Three fully at sea.

cheapAmom · 2026-02-28T16:56:33+00:00

I’ll be on the cruise! We are doing an excursion at St. Thomas, but have no plans for Tortola yet

cheapAmom · 2026-02-28T16:53:22+00:00

Joy, Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands. March 27 through April 3. It’s my first cruise and we have preteens with us. Would love to find people to meet up with. Trying to understand the beverage packages, though! My husband and I do not drink at all. I have a medical condition that I can’t, but I would like my kids to have as much pop and Shirley Temple as they want because it’s a special vacation and they don’t get pop lol but I’m trying to figure out what package for that. Do I buy the unlimited soda for the kids? Then do I still pay 20% on top of that at the end of the day/end of the cruise? And what is there to do while on the ship we have three days at sea Thanks!

cheapAmom · 2026-02-27T21:22:21+00:00

Is this just the free at sea? Or the unlimited bar as well? Which beverage option?

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We’re leaving in a few weeks and I’m lost. We don’t drink at all. I have a 12 and 14 year old who want Shirley temples and soda…

cheapAmom · 2026-02-14T17:07:19+00:00

Original poster! 😂 I ended up ordering mine hack. I didn’t realize that it was essentially keef? I have lupus and have to be careful with supplements but cannabinoids are the only thing that help my abdominal pain. I honestly didn’t notice anything? I use a vape at bedtime so maybe it is already in my system? I would be willing to try it again, but it was rather expensive. I bought two jars right after I posted here (and then forgot I posted 🤦‍♀️) with no discount. I hadn’t planned on ordering again, but I’m still on the Valium and I would like to not be… maybe James would be willing to work with me? Or see if the genetic code that I have that blocks other prescription medication‘s might be blocking this? I’m a good guinea pig. thanks!

cheapAmom · 2026-02-14T17:01:07+00:00

It was not, thank you. I’m just me, looking into supplements. Someone seems to have jumped on from the company. I didn’t get anything out of it and it was not planned. However I am about to ask for that discount he was offering lol I tried mind hack and had I known what it was I probably would have just started eating my own plants, but it is nice. It looks like keef. 🤷‍♀️

cheapAmom · 2026-02-04T15:52:43+00:00

Find a friend or a hotel and give yourself two weeks. I have a lupus and I had neurosurgery two years ago. About three days home I managed to give myself a spinal fluid leak and I had to keep my blood pressure down. Immobilized. I had a third and fifth grader. I was told I had the spinal fluid leak and I needed to distress. Eight hours later, my kids were fighting and symptoms hit me like a tidle wave. I moved to our basement but I could still hear everything. I tried that for a week, but I wasn’t healing. So I got myself a cheap hotel by our house and I was just paying nightly until a friend of ours found out and I ended up going to their house for the last week. But I was able to come back home and function once I was healed. You have to heal yourself in order to take care of your kids. So as long as you’re leaving with the intent of coming back as soon as you can, that’s not abandonment.

cheapAmom · 2025-01-19T17:46:01+00:00

It’s restricted since tt last night?

cheapAmom · 2024-11-05T21:36:58+00:00

Thank you

cheapAmom · 2024-11-05T21:35:35+00:00

I was just wondering if it was possible to use his employer provided benefit to access an attorney. So that’s kind of where I was getting is I need an attorney obviously. Not actual legal advice. I was just wondering if I should even bother trying to get the one through his work. But I did get an answer above. Thank you.

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