Back from the cruise.

[lustindarkness]

2100 for the cruise

WTF? you did not ask for the military rate?! What the hell?!

[BuddhaRhubarb]

All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.

heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p

[garbon]

All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.

heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p

At least he didn't call it cottaging.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

All in all, it was absolutely great, and we will definitively go cruising again.

heh. Once you try it it's hard to go back isn't it? :p

At least he didn't call it cottaging.

[I Killed Kenny]

it's just 2,800€... not much

[Jacob]

600 for booze

btw you have a drinking problem.

Depends on the prices of drinks, doesn't it?

[ulmont]

600 for booze

btw you have a drinking problem.

My wife and I managed to run up a $600 bar bill on a 3-day cruise.*  Depending on how much Siege's wife was drinking, that may have been a rather lame total for 7 days.

*IMO, the only way to count a "million and one things to do on a Carnival cruise" is to count each mixed drink separately.

[Caliga]

My wife and I managed to run up a $600 bar bill on a 3-day cruise.*  Depending on how much Siege's wife was drinking, that may have been a rather lame total for 7 days

This reinforces my belief that cruises are, for the most part, designed for poors.

My last 'tropical' vacation was to an all-inclusive in Mexico, and my bar tab was $0.  I pretty much drank the entire time nonstop and I don't think I was sober until we'd been home a day or so.  They water the drinks down, but of course you just consume 3x as many drinks to compensate.

The reason I say that I think they're designed for poors is because I would guess they lure people in with a low "initial" fee and tack a shitload on afterward.  I'm not saying only poor people go on cruises, since that's definitely not true, but they would tend to be lured by a smaller upfront fee and once roped in and having fun not care so much about the extras.
It's similar to how so many poors were tricked by ARMs in the housing market.

In a similar vein, most of the people I know who were tricked into buying vacation timeshares are equally stupid about money.

[DisturbedPervert]

If I went on a cruise I'd fill up listerine bottles and flasks taped to my chest with vodka and sneak them on board.

[ulmont]

If I went on a cruise I'd fill up listerine bottles and flasks taped to my chest with vodka and sneak them on board.

Most cruiseliners have a duty-free store on board, which is likely a much cheaper option, if you want to go down this route.

[Barrister]

Huh - I always figured cruises were all-inclusive.  Guess I was wrong.

[Valmy]

Huh - I always figured cruises were all-inclusive.  Guess I was wrong.

Food is.  You have to buy booze and I think sodas and things like that.  I think if you just drink water and eat you are golden.

[The Brain]

What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?

[MadImmortalMan]

What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?

Then you can live in international waters and be your own king.

[The Brain]

What if you have your own cruise ship? Are the drinks free then?

Then you can live in international waters and be your own king.

It's good to be king.