Reply To: A Newbie Guide to Cruising AND getting there & back again
I, too, quit the drinking-to-get-drunk thing years (okay, decades. I’m old-ish at 43) ago. But I still consume for the flavor. Just have to know the limitations.
My post was really more intended for Sea Monkeys Onna Budget who hadn’t yet done the research into what kind of markup was involved in the on-board spirits delivery. You can figure on 300-400% markup on most of the wine bottles, too, vs. regular onshore retail. Cruise line has to make their money somehow.
Also, HAL doesn’t offer Lagavulin. Or Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
@hasselhofford: I agree that the bar pricing is pretty close to big-city “normal”, at least as I see it here in Houston.
@villicious: You’re a lush. 😛
@Angelastic: some of us Sea Monkeys are introverts with tremendous (read: near-paralyzing) levels of self-consciousness in public situations. Some have found that a wee dram or so is enough to knock said self-consciousness back to a more normal level. It’s a crutch, but a useful one when used intelligently. (Note: I haven’t been drunk enough to dance in public in 20-some years… that’s more than a crutch, that’s soused.)