Perhaps you’re in the process of organizing a Carnival cruise trip or researching whether this cruise line would align with your vacation budget. If you’re a fan of unwinding with a beer or cocktail while on vacation, you might be wondering, ‘What are the costs of drinks on a Carnival cruise?’
To assist you in planning your budget, we’ve created this comprehensive guide to the drink prices for 2023 on Carnival Cruise Line.
You can find numerous free beverages at the Lido Marketplace buffet on a Carnival cruise. These include lemonade, iced tea, milk, regular and decaf coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate, and ice water. In the morning, juices such as orange, apple, cranberry, and pineapple/orange/guava (POG) are also available.
You can find drink stations at many of the casual fast-food restaurants, like Guy’s Burger Joint and Blue Iguana Cantina. These typically serve juice (in the morning), lemonade, iced tea, and water. The same drinks are also available and included in the main dining room.
On Carnival’s private island, Half Moon Cay, you can also get ice water or lemonade for free.
Carnival Cruise Line offers a selection of PepsiCo products, which means you will find sodas like Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Starry, Mug Root Beer, and Bubly sparkling water. A soda costs $2.75, plus an automatic 18 percent gratuity.
A bottle of water costs $1.50, or you can purchase a 12-pack pre-cruise for $9.95. Bottled coconut water is available for $3.50. Other bottled beverages such as Gatorade ($4.95), Muscle Milk protein shakes, Starbucks iced coffee, and Naked juices are also available for purchase. Fresh juices are served during Seaday Brunch and in various bars for around $5 each.
Although basic coffee and tea are available for free on Carnival, you’ll pay extra for specialty beverages like lattes, frappes, cappuccinos, and milkshakes. JavaBlue Café is Carnival’s specialty coffee shop where you’ll find most of these beverages. Most of these drinks range from $2 to $5.50. JavaBlue also offers spiked coffees for $7.50 each.
Carnival Cruise Line serves non-alcoholic beers such as Sam Adams Just the Haze IPA and Coors Edge, which cost around $7 each. Many bar menus also include zero-proof cocktails, but some regular cocktails can also be made non-alcoholic. They cost $7 to $9.50 each.
Most beers cost between $6.50 and $8 per serving on Carnival Cruise Line.
The price range for glasses of wine on Carnival is wide; they start at $9.50 and go up to around $30. Most wines cost around $10 to $13 per glass.
Carnival Cruise Line stocks a broad variety of spirits to choose from, including multiple brands of vodka, tequila, whiskey, gin, rum, liqueur, brandy, cognac, scotch, bourbon, and more. Most servings cost between $9 and $12 each.
Carnival Cruise Line offers two drink packages to choose from: the non-alcoholic Bottomless Bubbles package, and Cheers package, which includes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
Bottomless Bubbles costs $6.95 for kids per day and $9.50 for adults per day, plus an 18 percent gratuity. It includes sodas and juices throughout the day.
Cheers costs $59.95 per person/day if purchased pre-cruise, or $64.95 per person/day if purchased once onboard, plus an
