Anyone cruised Carnival and purchased the "Cheers" program

She didn't say anything about hidden fees. They did tip the bartender well, in which case he allowed the BF a few of her drinks when he maxed out. But I don't think that is standard.

Double check that the purchase of the package is not subject to automatic gratuity. You may get an extra 15% charge on top of the $400.
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For me personally, not worth it. I might drink 1-2 drinks a day - and that's a big MIGHT.

Like others said, check the gratuity, they usually automatically charge that on top of the purchase price. I know some of the lines have gone from the standard 15% to 18% as well now.

I googled it and it said 15 drinks per day, as long as the drinks were less than $10 each. And you can't pay for just one day. It's every day or not at all. I don't think it seems like a "no-brainer." If you were ordering $8 drinks, you'd have to drink at least 7 per day, every day, to make the plan cheaper than paying per drink. I don't know that I would do that.

I did Royal just last month. I was completely opposed to doing the beverage package. I am not a big drinker so I didn't think I would need it. Within an hour of boarding the ship both myself and my husband got the package. It cost us $350. It was money well spent. They had packages priced out. We did a max plan. The only thing it didn't include was select wines.

On our trip everything with the except of coffee, tea and lemonade were an expense. I would research that. It was the best choice we made on our trip. And the drinks by the pool go down very smoothly!!

Have FUN!!

I have not in the past but we plan on it for our November cruise.  We will have 3 sea days on this 8 day so I feel like it will be worth it.  My husband drinks beer and lots of it on a cruise.  I like the fruity drinks but sometimes I am hesitant on ordering one if I fear I might not like it.

With this I can order whatever and not have guilt if I do not like it.  15 seems like a lot, but my drinks usually cost me 8 bucks a piece so in order to break even with the $55/day that is less than 7.  7 to me is not that many when you figure in all day long.  We stay up late and go to the comedy shows and the deck parties and hang out in the casino too so we stretch 24 hours as long as we can.

I have only got sloppy drunk once.  That was in Cozumel at an all inclusive resort we went to for an excursion.  I still do not know how we made it back to the ship!

Dh is never sloppy drunk on beer.  Give him patron and that is another story....but that is a rare occurrence.

We went in February and did it as did almost everyone in our group. It was worth it for us and it does include gratuity. There are no hidden costs. We had a few favorite bartenders and chose to tip them extra every now and then but we didn't tip every bartender for every drink.

We were never ignored or treated any other way than excellent.

We were not sloppy drunk at all but I will say, I had a mimosa (or two) to start my day, every day! I'd have another drink before lunch. A few more in the afternoon and then "a few" in the evening. I think the most I had was 10 drinks in a day, and that was only once. I never got to 15.

We were on a 5 day cruise and only left the ship once and that was only for a few hours. The second port it was storming (rain, thunder, lightening) so we just stayed on the ship. We most definitely got our money's worth.