In my experience then never check. I was on Arvia in the Caribbean last year and bought local rum in each port for presents to take home. I fully expected security to take them from me to be stored until Southampton but no one ever showed any interest so I ended up with 5 bottles of rum in my cabin
Hey, yes it’s seems very casual on the old drink checking interesting to see if it changes! Five bottles of rum now that sounds like a crossing I would enjoy 😁
We were amazed that you could take alcohol on! Talking as someone who used to work on ships, trying to get any alcohol on was a challenge! I think we'd take a package on a hot cruise, but definitely not on a cold one. Were not posh coffee drinkers. There are some crazy rules within the P&O packages! Great breakdown and one we'll be returning to before we cruise with P&O again. Cheers 🍻
Hey both! It’s such minefield I had to double check everything probarly still got something wrong. I agree would only get the package with a few sea days and in the sun. Look forward to finding out when your next cruise is!! Cheers both 🍻
Going on a p&o cruise soon. We booked this cruise last year. A few week’s ago we found out that spirits are no longer allowed. Out of principle now I won’t be drinking much and giving them my money. I wasn’t going to buy a drinks package anyway because (a) it’s expensive and (b) I won’t be drinking that much to make it worth my while
On Azura last year we brought drinks on at each port without any issue. On Ventura last week we couldn’t have the drinks package as it was only for 4 nights. We took 4 bottles of wine on (2 non drinkers helped us out) and loads of soft drinks. So we only spent £34.75 pppn!
@@cruisingwiththe4bs That’s great to hear 👍 I do wonder if they’ll cut what can be brought onboard again? Many thanks! We had such a great experience, probably our best P&O cruise 👍
We had the commodores wine package last time on Arvia and didnt bother with any other drinks package. We reckon we did the two week cruise for about £850 but apart from a bottle of wine with our evening meal had what we wanted when we wanted. usually vodka and cokes for my wife and Old Fashioneds for myself in the evenings (or a gin flight) .. cider or beer day time on sea days or after a shore day... we were definately better off financially and probably health wise doing it like this.
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. Commodores package is something I need to look into more. I totally agree on financially and health wise, when you get the package you tend to over drink and not really enjoy it
@@cruisingwiththe4bs this is so true. I’m a drinker and admit to being a big drinker on holiday but I still didn’t spend as much on pay as you go as the package would have cost. On our 14 night Transatlantic we actually saw drinks package people looking fed up grimly trying to drink their money’s worth day in day out (people by that stage were just abandoning drinks virtually untouched). Unless you have the drinking prowess of an Oliver Reed it simply isn’t worth it.
@@gerardmackay8909 💯 agree with you and think we can all be guilty of doing that on a drinks package and does enhance our cruise for most of us , no. Did you enjoy the transatlantic? it’s on a list at some point.
@@cruisingwiththe4bs cheers I really enjoy your content. We have done the QM2 a couple of times to New York and loved it and Arvia sailing back from the Caribbean in March 23 was great (luckily we had perfect weather and glass calm seas, from what I’ve seen of Ben and Gareth’s video the March 24 crossing was a lot bumpier) anyway the 6 days from the Caribbean to Tenerife is in gorgeous tropical conditions and just keep fingers crossed for the 4 days north and the Bay of Biscay. Anyway can definitely recommend it.
On azura last week we just took wine on but the chap in front of us bought gin, vodka and whiskey with all the mixers in shop after checkin and on boarding no-one checked anything. So we nipped off and got some aperol 😀 I'm guessing they are having a period of grace.
Hey Fred thanks for watching. It’s seems a lot more relaxed at the ports outside of Southampton be interesting to see how it pans out. Hope you enjoyed all the sprits 😁
The biggest change for us was the fact that we used to get the Refresh package for the kids free of charge with each paying adult. We tend to book 2 cabins, father and son in one and mum and daughter in the other (next to each other or opposite), but now we have to pay full adult price for both kids which is ridiculous. Of course if we all shared one cabin, we'd only have to pay for 2 adults and the kids drinks would be free, can't see the logic as we're already paying more to have 2 cabins!
Hey thanks for watching and commenting. Until I started researching the packages for this video I wasn’t aware of this and to be honest I was amazed. Like you probably in next few years will start having separate cabins and it seems crazy that a child would have to pay full price but benefit little from it! Seems a bit unfair on single parents as well, not a good change. Would this make think twice about the package?
@@cruisingwiththe4bs We stumbled across it when looking to book a 2026 cruise, the price to add drinks was double what we paid on our last one so I thought I'd better look into the new T&Cs. This made me panic as were going on Iona in August and I was hanging fire to buy the drinks package onboard with our OBC and didn't want to pay double, so I ended up paying for the drinks package on my card in 'My P&O Cruises' as that still was showing at the price we paid last time, so they obviously honour it on existing bookings! Phew..... 😅 The only problem now will be stopping the kids from spending all the OBC at the giftshop! 😉
@@cruisingandexploring that’s good for Iona! I absolutely hear you about the shop!! Ernest is determined to always buy the over priced Pringles and a teddy every time! 🤣
So I can take aboard unlimited fever tree tonics and buy a bottle of Bombay Gin, when required, from the room service menu for £26, which is cheaper than UK supermarkets (when not on offer)! Sounds good to me ...
Dont think you mentioned that the drinks package resrict you to 15 drinks over a given period ( 24 hours i think) basic rule is you need to drink 8/9 drinks per Day to make it viable , after that your in pocket !!
Hi thanks for watching. Yes you’re right I missed out the 15 per day drink rule, I was meant to put it in, was too late after it was uploaded. Agree with you on the 8/9 drinks!
Remember that, except for Spain, when you're on a ship there is no VAT or alcohol duty so you're paying 20-30% over the top for drinks. They are NOT similar to high street prices.
So at Lisbon you're supposed to check in any spirits as you come on board after security, They had a member of crew sitting there with a box waiting for said spirits, He's box was empty and we walked straight past with a carrier bag with port a whiskey in. And the terminal duty free shop was packed out, Don't think crew members get paid enough to care if you bring on booze and do P&O out of a few quid.
We don’t think it’s a bad think that they’ve changed the rules. Do any other cruise lines allow you to take spirits on board? We only ever take a couple of bottles of wine and we’re happy with that. The drinks package isn’t worth it for us
Hey both. Yes it seemed to be one of last lines that allowed it but I guess as it was this way for so long it caused such an uproar!! People will get used to it in time. As always thanks for watching.
The only surprise is that it took Carnival 20 years to bring P&O Cruises UK into line with the rest of the Carnival Corporation companies. for drinks, packages
@@cruisingwiththe4bs Yes, you're right. It will be interesting to see how they manage the new drink restrictions on P&O UK. As for me, it doesn't really affect me. I'm used to similar restrictions on other cruise lines, so quite often go on Princess and Cunard. and the similar restrictions on Fred Olsen Cruise Lines as well.
All passengers going ashore should return to the ship with one can of Beer/Lager, that would be a nightmare for P&O to admin. Just think about the chaos after around 6 port visits. :)
Drinks packages don't work for us,we have drinks when we want & end up with a bill well below the cost of a package. As for taking drink on board a litre of Jamesons Irish falling over water is cheaper on board than in most UK shops so there is no point!
I’m going away next week and this has just ruined my holiday. If there was anyway I could cancel I would. I literally can’t have a single drink on holiday all week because they don’t serve anything I like…. Great. Thanks P&O.
It's all TOO COMPLICATED. I hate how some companies try to fleece you once you have cornered. It's the same in the Maldives. Just as well we don't drink much at all. Sparkling water for me 95% of the time. So - they can keep their drinks packages.
Hi Max thanks for watching. I totally agree on it being to complicated, when putting the video together I would get headache half the time working it all out!
@@cruisingwiththe4bs I can imagine - I am spinning just listening to all the options. At the end of the day I just get the feeling it's all smoke and mirrors to get one over on the passengers. Just have two options for Gods sake, unlimited soft & hot drinks, or unlimited soft/hot drinks and alcohol. Everyone would know where they are then.
LOOK WATCH NEXT 👀👀👀👀
BIG MISTAKE??? P&O Britannia THE VLOG “going solo”
th-cam.com/video/QODz9ieMBxk/w-d-xo.html
In my experience then never check. I was on Arvia in the Caribbean last year and bought local rum in each port for presents to take home. I fully expected security to take them from me to be stored until Southampton but no one ever showed any interest so I ended up with 5 bottles of rum in my cabin
Hey, yes it’s seems very casual on the old drink checking interesting to see if it changes!
Five bottles of rum now that sounds like a crossing I would enjoy 😁
We were amazed that you could take alcohol on! Talking as someone who used to work on ships, trying to get any alcohol on was a challenge! I think we'd take a package on a hot cruise, but definitely not on a cold one. Were not posh coffee drinkers. There are some crazy rules within the P&O packages! Great breakdown and one we'll be returning to before we cruise with P&O again. Cheers 🍻
Hey both! It’s such minefield I had to double check everything probarly still got something wrong. I agree would only get the package with a few sea days and in the sun. Look forward to finding out when your next cruise is!! Cheers both 🍻
Going on a p&o cruise soon. We booked this cruise last year. A few week’s ago we found out that spirits are no longer allowed. Out of principle now I won’t be drinking much and giving them my money. I wasn’t going to buy a drinks package anyway because (a) it’s expensive and (b) I won’t be drinking that much to make it worth my while
@@jasonrowe5231 hi thanks for watching, yes bringing on no sprits was real let down for us as well as we always like to bring some on!
On Azura last year we brought drinks on at each port without any issue.
On Ventura last week we couldn’t have the drinks package as it was only for 4 nights.
We took 4 bottles of wine on (2 non drinkers helped us out) and loads of soft drinks. So we only spent £34.75 pppn!
Wow fantastic!! Rach has similar bill after her aurora cruise!!
Look forward to your Ventura vlogs.
Thanks as always for watching
@@cruisingwiththe4bs That’s great to hear 👍
I do wonder if they’ll cut what can be brought onboard again?
Many thanks! We had such a great experience, probably our best P&O cruise 👍
Cheers! Great review and personally, always go for the drinks package. Don’t have to worry then regardless of what I drink! 🍻🍹☕️
Hi James as always thanks for watching! You make a very good point, sit back relax and enjoy a pint
Let the smuggling commence ..Arrŕgh me heartys 😅 everything goes full circle ...Rum Runners was a thing back in the day 😊
All services will stop on board in Gibraltar then for the amount of cheaper booze is being confiscated now !! 😮
@@PatrioticDuty-cv6es haha rum runners certainly was, thanks for watching
Good review
We had the commodores wine package last time on Arvia and didnt bother with any other drinks package. We reckon we did the two week cruise for about £850 but apart from a bottle of wine with our evening meal had what we wanted when we wanted. usually vodka and cokes for my wife and Old Fashioneds for myself in the evenings (or a gin flight) .. cider or beer day time on sea days or after a shore day... we were definately better off financially and probably health wise doing it like this.
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. Commodores package is something I need to look into more.
I totally agree on financially and health wise, when you get the package you tend to over drink and not really enjoy it
@@cruisingwiththe4bs this is so true. I’m a drinker and admit to being a big drinker on holiday but I still didn’t spend as much on pay as you go as the package would have cost. On our 14 night Transatlantic we actually saw drinks package people looking fed up grimly trying to drink their money’s worth day in day out (people by that stage were just abandoning drinks virtually untouched). Unless you have the drinking prowess of an Oliver Reed it simply isn’t worth it.
@@gerardmackay8909 💯 agree with you and think we can all be guilty of doing that on a drinks package and does enhance our cruise for most of us , no.
Did you enjoy the transatlantic? it’s on a list at some point.
@@cruisingwiththe4bs cheers I really enjoy your content. We have done the QM2 a couple of times to New York and loved it and Arvia sailing back from the Caribbean in March 23 was great (luckily we had perfect weather and glass calm seas, from what I’ve seen of Ben and Gareth’s video the March 24 crossing was a lot bumpier) anyway the 6 days from the Caribbean to Tenerife is in gorgeous tropical conditions and just keep fingers crossed for the 4 days north and the Bay of Biscay. Anyway can definitely recommend it.
@@gerardmackay8909 I actually got the taste for it from Ben and Gareth excellent videos, the start of looked amazing but yes looked rough in the end
On azura last week we just took wine on but the chap in front of us bought gin, vodka and whiskey with all the mixers in shop after checkin and on boarding no-one checked anything. So we nipped off and got some aperol 😀 I'm guessing they are having a period of grace.
Hey Fred thanks for watching. It’s seems a lot more relaxed at the ports outside of Southampton be interesting to see how it pans out. Hope you enjoyed all the sprits 😁
The biggest change for us was the fact that we used to get the Refresh package for the kids free of charge with each paying adult. We tend to book 2 cabins, father and son in one and mum and daughter in the other (next to each other or opposite), but now we have to pay full adult price for both kids which is ridiculous. Of course if we all shared one cabin, we'd only have to pay for 2 adults and the kids drinks would be free, can't see the logic as we're already paying more to have 2 cabins!
Hey thanks for watching and commenting.
Until I started researching the packages for this video I wasn’t aware of this and to be honest I was amazed. Like you probably in next few years will start having separate cabins and it seems crazy that a child would have to pay full price but benefit little from it! Seems a bit unfair on single parents as well, not a good change. Would this make think twice about the package?
@@cruisingwiththe4bs We stumbled across it when looking to book a 2026 cruise, the price to add drinks was double what we paid on our last one so I thought I'd better look into the new T&Cs. This made me panic as were going on Iona in August and I was hanging fire to buy the drinks package onboard with our OBC and didn't want to pay double, so I ended up paying for the drinks package on my card in 'My P&O Cruises' as that still was showing at the price we paid last time, so they obviously honour it on existing bookings! Phew..... 😅 The only problem now will be stopping the kids from spending all the OBC at the giftshop! 😉
@@cruisingandexploring that’s good for Iona! I absolutely hear you about the shop!! Ernest is determined to always buy the over priced Pringles and a teddy every time! 🤣
So I can take aboard unlimited fever tree tonics and buy a bottle of Bombay Gin, when required, from the room service menu for £26, which is cheaper than UK supermarkets (when not on offer)! Sounds good to me ...
@@andyhastings7484 you certainly can….enjoy
Dont think you mentioned that the drinks package resrict you to 15 drinks over a given period ( 24 hours i think) basic rule is you need to drink 8/9 drinks per Day to make it viable , after that your in pocket !!
Hi thanks for watching. Yes you’re right I missed out the 15 per day drink rule, I was meant to put it in, was too late after it was uploaded. Agree with you on the 8/9 drinks!
Remember that, except for Spain, when you're on a ship there is no VAT or alcohol duty so you're paying 20-30% over the top for drinks. They are NOT similar to high street prices.
@@derekvenus good point although does depend where in the uk the high street is, massive variation. Thanks for watching
Procesco is included in both packages....why do you say it isn't?...even says so in and visible in your video on last menu!
No spirits, They dont check your suitcase, Stick it in that.
@@reecereed8131 no comment 🤔😁
I'm on Ventura tomorrow, Got some bottles off Amazon a few months ago and they come in some inflatable plastic things, New they would come in handy.
Went through security, Much the same as last time, Don't think they give a monkey's what drink you have.
So at Lisbon you're supposed to check in any spirits as you come on board after security, They had a member of crew sitting there with a box waiting for said spirits, He's box was empty and we walked straight past with a carrier bag with port a whiskey in.
And the terminal duty free shop was packed out, Don't think crew members get paid enough to care if you bring on booze and do P&O out of a few quid.
We don’t think it’s a bad think that they’ve changed the rules. Do any other cruise lines allow you to take spirits on board? We only ever take a couple of bottles of wine and we’re happy with that. The drinks package isn’t worth it for us
Hey both. Yes it seemed to be one of last lines that allowed it but I guess as it was this way for so long it caused such an uproar!! People will get used to it in time. As always thanks for watching.
I bought a litre bottle of Bells whiskey from room service 24 50 p I thought that was reasonable
Hi James. Yes definitely for a cruise ship, excellent. Could now be a good alternative, thanks for watching
The only surprise is that it took Carnival 20 years to bring P&O Cruises UK into line with the rest of the Carnival Corporation companies. for drinks, packages
I have to agree, everyone has got used to it, hence the massive uproar. As you see in video be interesting to see how this is enforced.
@@cruisingwiththe4bs Yes, you're right. It will be interesting to see how they manage the new drink restrictions on P&O UK. As for me, it doesn't really affect me. I'm used to similar restrictions on other cruise lines, so quite often go on Princess and Cunard. and the similar restrictions on Fred Olsen Cruise Lines as well.
All passengers going ashore should return to the ship with one can of Beer/Lager, that would be a nightmare for P&O to admin. Just think about the chaos after around 6 port visits. :)
😂😂😂
Yeh but we was buying it off the ship every port and brought it on
Hi thanks for watching. Yes it doesn’t seemed to have been stopped since covid
@@cruisingwiththe4bs I even told my dad if you get caught you'll be booted off and he started decanting it into fruit juice carton 😂
@@rajindernijjer 🤣
Drinks packages don't work for us,we have drinks when we want & end up with a bill well below the cost of a package.
As for taking drink on board a litre of Jamesons Irish falling over water is cheaper on board than in most UK shops so there is no point!
Thanks Peter for watching and commenting
I’m going away next week and this has just ruined my holiday. If there was anyway I could cancel I would. I literally can’t have a single drink on holiday all week because they don’t serve anything I like…. Great. Thanks P&O.
Hi thanks for watching. P&O have wide range of drinks and pretty good prices what do you drink?
@@cruisingwiththe4bs southern comfort. Don’t drink wine, beers, lagers. I can manage a cider if I have a gaviscon chaser. 😂
Pretty sure they do southern comfort onboard sure I saw it! If not just risk it and take a bottle 🤷♀️
@@shrimpti1974 just asked on Facebook sadly seems it’s not stocked onboard anymore, any close alternatives?
It's all TOO COMPLICATED. I hate how some companies try to fleece you once you have cornered. It's the same in the Maldives. Just as well we don't drink much at all. Sparkling water for me 95% of the time. So - they can keep their drinks packages.
Hi Max thanks for watching. I totally agree on it being to complicated, when putting the video together I would get headache half the time working it all out!
@@cruisingwiththe4bs I can imagine - I am spinning just listening to all the options. At the end of the day I just get the feeling it's all smoke and mirrors to get one over on the passengers. Just have two options for Gods sake, unlimited soft & hot drinks, or unlimited soft/hot drinks and alcohol. Everyone would know where they are then.
It’s such a joke you can only get a small latte not a large that is about 20p ( under £4:00) more but you can get a £15 cocktail 🤯
@@King.of.wishful.thinking agreed thanks for watching
Simply ignore this ridiculous "rule". 😊
@@michaelcartwright4012 🤣 tend to agree, thanks for watching
Cheers
Cheers thanks for watching
Terbuat dari sampah lebih bagus digunakan sebagai bahan bakar gas elpiji😊
Thanks for watching. Agreed LDG is better