Carnival Now Charging for Popular Breakfast Beverages
There’s nothing quite so pleasant as a delicious breakfast to start another fun day on a Fun Ship cruise vacation. Along with that breakfast is a beverage of choice, but some beverages are now costing Carnival cruise guests a few dollars more.
Of course, specialty coffees have incurred an extra charge for several years, and no one is surprised that any alcoholic wake-up call – a mimosa or perhaps a bloody Mary – also costs more.
What is now surprising some Carnival guests, however, is that juices that were previously offered for free are now only available for an extra fee.
Carnival Cruise Line does offer several different juices as breakfast beverages, including orange, apple, tomato, pineapple, and grapefruit.
Previously, all juices were offered free during breakfast service in the Main Dining Room – but no longer. This has caught the attention of many recent cruisers.
Carnival’s brand ambassador, John Heald, has been besieged with questions about the new charge and whether or not it is true. Because the internet and social media can be filled with rumors and misinformation, reaching out to official cruise line representatives is always a wise step.
“Has something changed about the free fruit juice?” one guest asked Heald via his popular Facebook page. “Someone posted that there is a charge for some juice in the [Main Dining Room].”
Heald has received dozens of similar questions over the past few days, and he has confirmed the change and which juices it applies to.
“The free juice in the dining room continues to be orange, apple, and on Lido deck, the beautiful [orange-passionfruit-guava] juice,” he said.
To be clear, orange juice and apple juice are still provided free of charge in the Main Dining Rooms during breakfast.
This change appears to close a previous loophole about where juices were free and where the exact same juice was an a-la-carte priced item.
“There is the same charge at the bar now in the dining room for grapefruit and pineapple and tomato,” Heald explained. “We do charge at the bars for cranberry and pineapple and grapefruit, and that small charge will be applicable in the dining room as well.”
Many of the bars onboard Carnival ships have a variety of juices on hand for different cocktails. While cocktail prices vary from $10-15 depending on the size of the drink, its complexity, and which alcohols are part of the mix, juice is typically priced at $3-4 per 10-ounce glass.
Prices are always subject to change, and an automatic 18% gratuity is added to all beverage purchases – including juices.
Cruisers who like their juice should be aware of one incorrect statement that is being unfortunately circulated – that the orange-passionfruit-guava juice will now be available for free in the Main Dining Rooms during breakfast.
“Saw a video that Carnival is stopping free cranberry and other juices in the [Main Dining Room] for breakfast, but adding guava from the Lido,” one guest pointed out to Heald. “Can you validate?”
“I’m afraid that information was incorrect,” Heald responded. “The guava juice is only available on the Lido and not in the restaurant.”
Well, I know where I’ll be having breakfast – it’s not a cruise vacation until I’ve had my first glass of orange-passionfruit-guava juice!
Another Way to Get “Free” Juice on Carnival Cruises
Not all guests will be charged for juices on Carnival cruises, whether in the Main Dining Room or otherwise.
Unlimited juices are included in the cruise line’s Bottomless Bubbles non-alcoholic drink package, which also includes soda. No other non-alcoholic drinks, such as mocktails, milkshakes, or specialty coffees, are included.
Read Also: What Is the Carnival CHEERS! Drink Package?
The price of Bottomless Bubbles (including the service charge) starts at $8.20 per day for children, and $11.21 per day for adults. The package is not transferrable, may not be shared, and must be purchased for the entire length of a cruise.
Juice is also included in the Cheers! drink package, which covers most alcoholic beverages as well as non-alcoholic drinks. Cheers! pricing begins at $82.54 per person, per day. All adults traveling in the same stateroom must purchase the complete package if one cruiser wants to buy it.
Guests should be aware that neither beverage package is able to be used in ports of call, including Carnival Cruise Line’s private island destinations such as Half Moon Cay, Princess Cays, and the upcoming Celebration Key. Only drinks ordered onboard Carnival ships are included, subject to each package’s restrictions.