Carnival Drinks Packages
Carnival Cruise Line offers several optional drinks packages, allowing guests to choose between alcoholic drinks, premium alcohol-free refreshments, unlimited soft drinks or a prepaid selection of wines. The standard cruise fare already includes non-bottled water, lemonade, unsweetened iced tea, hot chocolate and regular tea and coffee in selected dining areas, while packages add a much wider choice around the ship.
Which Carnival Drinks Package Is Right for You?
CHEERS! is Carnival’s most comprehensive package, combining alcoholic and premium non-alcoholic drinks. CHEERS! Zero Proof offers speciality coffees, bottled water, energy drinks and crafted alcohol-free choices, while Bottomless Bubbles focuses on unlimited soft drinks and eligible juices. Wine drinkers can instead prepay for three or five bottles with Cruise the Vineyard.
CHEERS! Beverage Package
CHEERS! includes beers, spirits, cocktails, wine and Champagne by the glass with a menu price of $20 or less per serving. It also covers Coca-Cola soft drinks, juices, zero-proof frozen cocktails, speciality coffees and teas, milkshakes where available, energy drinks, bottled water and other eligible non-alcoholic beverages.
Drinks above the $20 limit receive a 25% discount, as do eligible bottles of wine and Champagne and selected beverage seminars or classes. Brands and individual drink menus vary by ship and may change without notice.
CHEERS! Zero Proof
CHEERS! Zero Proof includes Coca-Cola soft drinks, standard juices, bottled still, sparkling and coconut water, premium coffees and teas, non-alcoholic frozen drinks, smoothies, milkshakes, energy drinks and bottled protein shakes. Alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic sparkling wine and handcrafted zero-proof cocktails are also covered, although guests must be 21 or over to order those particular products.
Bottomless Bubbles
Bottomless Bubbles is Carnival’s simpler soft-drinks package, providing unlimited Coca-Cola products and eligible juices throughout the cruise. Drinks are served one glass at a time, and the package cannot be shared. Bottled water, speciality coffee, premium tea and other non-alcoholic drinks outside the listed soda and juice selection are not included. Room service, minibar purchases and drinks ashore are also excluded.
Cruise the Vineyard Wine Packages
Cruise the Vineyard offers a choice of three-bottle and five-bottle wine packages, with standard and premium collections available. Selections can include sparkling, white, rosé and red wines from regions including France, Italy, California, Chile, Argentina and New Zealand. Exact wines vary by ship and availability.
Wine coupons can be redeemed at main bars, dining rooms and participating speciality restaurants. A 20% service charge applies, unused package value is not refunded and unopened bottles may be taken home at the end of the voyage.
How to Pre Purchase Your Drinks Package
Carnival drinks packages can be purchased through Cruise Manager before departure or onboard, subject to availability and sailing eligibility. Online CHEERS! purchases are generally accepted until 11.59pm Eastern Time on the evening before the cruise.
Pre-purchased CHEERS!, CHEERS! Zero Proof and Bottomless Bubbles can generally be cancelled until 10pm Eastern Time on the evening before departure. After that point, or once purchased onboard, the package is normally non-refundable.
Do Carnival Drinks Packages Work at Celebration Key?
CHEERS!, CHEERS! Zero Proof and Bottomless Bubbles cannot be used at Carnival's private island destination in the Bahamas, Celebration Key. Drinks ordered at the resort must be purchased separately, unless they form part of a specific paid experience such as an eligible Pearl Cove Beach Club package.
Bars and Lounges on Carnival
Carnival’s bars are as varied as its ships. Ask the mixologists at Alchemy Bar to prescribe a custom cocktail, order a rum punch beside the pool at RedFrog Rum Bar or step into the mysterious Fortune Teller aboard Mardi Gras. Beer fans can try small-batch brews made at sea at RedFrog Pub & Brewery on Carnival Vista, or pair smoked barbecue with ship-brewed ales at Guy’s Pig & Anchor Smokehouse | Brewhouse. From the two-deck RedFrog Tiki Bar to Carnival Celebration’s nostalgic Golden Jubilee, each venue brings its own flavour, music and atmosphere, so there is always somewhere new to raise a glass.
Carnival Cruise Line Drinks Packages FAQs
Non-bottled water, lemonade, unsweetened iced tea, hot chocolate and standard tea and coffee are available in selected dining areas. Alcohol, soft drinks, bottled water and speciality coffees normally cost extra unless covered by a package.
CHEERS! covers eligible beer, wine by the glass, spirits and cocktails, alongside soft drinks, bottled water, energy drinks, speciality coffees and other qualifying non-alcoholic refreshments. Menu limits and exclusions apply.
Guests can order up to 15 alcoholic drinks during each package day. Eligible non-alcoholic drinks do not count towards the 15-drink limit. Carnival can stop alcohol service earlier where a guest appears intoxicated.
When one guest aged 21 or over purchases CHEERS! on a US-based sailing, every other guest aged 21 or over assigned to the same stateroom must also purchase it.
No. Carnival beverage packages must be purchased for the complete voyage rather than for individual days.
No. Packages are assigned to an individual guest and cannot be shared or transferred. Drinks are ordered one at a time for the package holder.
No. Carnival’s shipboard drinks packages do not apply at land-based destinations such as Celebration Key. Drinks ashore must be purchased separately unless included within a specific booked experience.
Eligible packages can normally be purchased before departure or after boarding. Buying in advance may offer better value, but availability and purchase deadlines depend on the package and sailing.
Yes. Carnival adds a service charge to beverage package purchases. The full amount is displayed during the booking process, allowing the page to remain evergreen without publishing a fixed package price.