Category: Cruise Planning

The New Year brings changes to Carnival Cruise Lines.  Beginning January 1, 2018, Carnival Cruise Line has announced they will be increasing the price of their Cheers Program. The price will increase to $56.95 per person per day in addition to a 15% gratuity charge. If you choose to purchase the program prior to your cruise, you can pre purchase the program at a discounted price of $51.95 per person per day with an additional 15% gratuity charge.  If you are currently booked on a Carnival cruise, you have the option to pre purchase the Cheers program at the current price of $49.95 per person per day up until December 31, 2017.

For those of you that are not familiar with the Cheers program, here is a little information on the rules and what is included.

The Program includes up to 15 alcoholic drinks per day for a 24 hour period, starting at 6:00am, up until 6:00 am the following day. You must wait 5 minutes in between ordering drinks and sharing your drinks with others is prohibited. If one person in your cabin purchases it, then everyone 21 years of age and older sharing the same cabin must purchase it.  Cheers must be purchased for the entire length of the cruise.  Due to state laws, Cheers cannot be sold until the second day of the cruise when departing from Texas and New York ports.

Cheers is not offered for cruises leaving from Australia, 2 day cruises and purchases made in Half Moon Cay, Princess Cays in the Bahamas.

Here is what is included in the Cheer’s Program per Carnival cruise Lines…

~ All spirits, including cocktails, cognacs, whiskies and other spirits, as well as beer and wine (and Champagne) by the glass, with a $50 USD or lower menu price per serving 

~ Zero-Proof frozen cocktails (including smoothies), sodas (including specialty sodas) and juices 

~ Specialty coffees and hot tea served in the main dining rooms, specialty restaurants and coffee bars

Milkshakes, where applicable  

~ RockStar energy drinks, Powerade, Vitamin Water, Coconut Water and Honest Tea

~ 500ml bottled water and other non-alcoholic bottled beverages served in bars and lounges

~ Large format (1 liter and 1.5-liter) bottles of water in the main dining rooms and specialty restaurants

~ 25 percent discount off the menu price for any spirit, cocktail or wine by the glass, costing above $50 USD per serving

~ 25 percent discount off the menu price for wine and champagne by the bottle and larger format water bottles purchased outside the main dining rooms or specialty restaurants

~ 25 percent discount off beverage seminars and classes

Beverages excluded from the Cheer’s Program are per Carnival Cruise Lines…

~ Beverages promoted and sold in souvenir glasses

~ Bottles of liquor

~ Beverages offered at the gangway 

~ Beverages offered through room service, mini bars and/or other in-stateroom beverage programs

~ Sharing cocktails, floaters, pitchers, tubes and buckets 

~ Beverages offered through enomatic wine machines and self-serve beer stations

~ All other beverage-related programs including merchandise, cigars and cigarettes

~ Food items

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