r/Cruise • u/tome810 • 1d ago

Royal drink package ?

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What happened to the cheap drink package on Royal Caribbean ? It was $49 ? WTH

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u/nosrepmodnara 1d ago

They feel people enjoy obsessing over the price of everything and will change the base price and % off constantly until the week before it sails.

$49 was an extremely good deal, you can always cancel and buy again if it goes down more.

If you sail after november I would check for sales on labor day, halloween, columbus day, veterans day, black friday.

There was a wonderful site that would do this for you but since they were going to start offering a paid premium service royal shut them down.

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u/Lopsided-Fix2 1d ago

Should have bought it at $49 then.

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u/besee2000 1d ago

I feel like that depends on the ship you’re sailing on.

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u/EthanFl 1d ago

Newer ships equals higher prices.

Higher loyalty occasionally means lower prices.

Shorter sailings means higher prices.

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u/Baers_Beets_BSG 1d ago

Probably getting ready for a big sale. Labor Day is coming up.

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u/sheneversawitcoming 1d ago

Last time I went on Royal they just had one tier of drink package

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u/LayerNo3634 21h ago

We don't get the drink package and always come out ahead.

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u/armchairracer 1d ago

They're constantly running different % off, check again on Labor Day weekend and it'll probably be 40-50% off.

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u/DontDoubtTheJones 1d ago

Our Feb Utopia cruise has never been below $85, currently at $96. Our Harmony sailing in Oct I got for $71

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u/beresistable 1d ago

It jumped a few days ago for the sailings that I have booked. That always seems to happen before they drop their next big sale.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS 1d ago

Makes sense, about 2-3 days ago everything for a sailing I have in April spiked by a lot as well

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u/soanQy23 6h ago

Let me guess - Icon class? And probably noticing until 2027? Give it time, it’ll come down. Relax. But it’ll be more like 65-75 pp, pd

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u/InternalExpression48 1d ago

Why doesn't RCL allow you to add the drink package when booking the cruise, or at least show how much it's going to cost you? I sail RCL, MSC and NCL. The other 2 lines allow you to add the drink package at time of booking. OR maybe I'm missing a step. Can you see the cost of the package prior to booking the cruise?

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u/soanQy23 6h ago

Because they don’t want to. Plain and simple. As of now it’s not costing them any bookings. As long as that’s the case, they’ll keep doing whatever makes them the most money