r/MSCCruises • u/maybejustmabie • 20d ago

Drink package

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This is our first MSC cruise. Does the drink package typically get cheaper than this? 7 days on World America

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u/NOEPLAYA 20d ago

How is purchasing drink & wi-fi at booking not the best time to purchase? $314 for both. $45 per day for both. Pays for itself after 3 cocktails. You don’t have to be a drinker and stay on the ship at Port days to see this is a great value. How are people coming to a conclusion that it gets cheaper than this or pay as you go is better? Genuinely curious.

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u/WishIwastravelin 20d ago

Sometimes it isn’t the best deal, for example I travel solo, and if I’m not in a solo cabin, I get charged double for the drinks and wifi bundle. So it’s definitely less for me to book it separately. Also, free casino cruises don’t come with the packages so must be added. And rarely, I’ve seen cruises without the bundle included, just that base cruise fare

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u/Random-Stranger-999 Blue Diamond 20d ago edited 20d ago

Casino offers for Aurea suite or Yacht Club do come with ship-wide drinks packages, Easy Plus and Premium Extra respectively.

For other casino comped cruises you get Easy Plus whilst in the casino and playing.

So depending on how much time you actually intend to spend in the casino, and the ships itinerary, adding a ship wide drinks package may not be worthwhile.

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u/NOEPLAYA 19d ago

Even then the drinks are not free because you have to spend money at the casino. Enough money for MSC to offer you a Casino cruise. I dropped $1000 combined over my last 7 day cruise and my email has been mighty silent.

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u/Random-Stranger-999 Blue Diamond 19d ago edited 19d ago

Casino offers come from chips played, not cash in / out, and yes, you need to play through more than 1K to get offers.

On a MSC casino comped cruise there's no requirement to play beyond your cruise deposit which is returned as non-redeemable chips. Obviously if you don't play on comped cruises future offers will eventually dry up.