Our Signature package includes everything from our Quench Package along with your favorite premium beers, spirits, cocktails, and wines by the glass priced $11 and under.
The Elite Beverage Package includes premium spirits, cocktails, wines, beers, coffees, nonalcoholic drinks, bottled water and sodas (up to a $15 value each) for $63.19 per person, per day.
Guests are not allowed to bring beer, boxed wine, or other liquors and spirits onboard. Holland America Line reserves the right to remove all alcoholic beverages from any guest luggage that violates this policy. Any alcoholic beverage found will be removed and returned on the last evening of the voyage.
Holland America Beverage PoliciesA corkage fee will not be charged if you drink this bottle in your stateroom. Bottled water and soda is also allowed (no limit) as long as you carry it on board with you on embarkation day.
No, Holland America Cruise Line does not offer senior discounts.
For Android devices: Turn Data Saver on and make sure email is not selected to allow data usage in the background. At times when you don't want to use any cellular data, turn off Data Roaming in your device Settings.
The extra price for a balcony is worth it if you'll put it to good use. Your ship design places balcony rooms on higher decks. This means rooms with balconies have better views, especially on river cruises where lower rooms are close to the water line. If you want the extra space offered by a balcony room.
You Don't Agree With or Aren't Accustomed to Mandatory Cruise Tipping. However, most cruise lines are based in the U.S., where the crew members' pay structure is based on tips -- whether you like it or not. If you refuse to tip on principle, you are impacting the salaries of the people who have served you well onboard.
Jeans and baseball caps are not allowed in the restaurants for dinner. On informal nights, jackets (ties optional) for men are recommended, while women opt for dresses or pantsuits. Tuxedos, dinner jackets or dark suits for men and gowns or cocktail dresses for women are suggested for formal nights.
Flip flops and boat shoes are great daytime options for warm-weather cruises, but flip flops aren't allowed in the main dining room or specialty restaurants for dinner. At night, women should wear comfortable heals, sandals or flats; boat and dress shoes are good choices for men.
Guests on Holland America Line cruises can enjoy coffee and hot tea, as well as ice tea and water free of additional charge. These options are served at all restaurants during dining hours, as well as 24 hours a day in the Lido buffet restaurant or ordering the beverages from room service.
Don't wear flip flops, sleeveless shirts (for men), cut-off jeans, T-shirts or gym shorts. If you want to attend a “cruise elegant” evening, bring a fancier, more formal outfit. Men can wear suits or dress slacks with a sport coat and dress shirt.
One of the most popular is Electric White Night where everyone dresses in white and dances to the latest tunes presented by the cruise director and resident DJ.
Guests are prohibited from bringing alcoholic beverages on board with the following exception - at the beginning of the cruise during embarkation day only, guests (21 years of age and older) may bring one 750 ml bottle of sealed/unopened wine or champagne, per person, in their carry-on luggage.
In general, it's safe to budget between $12 and $15 per person per day of the cruise. So, for a family of four taking a four-night cruise, bring at least $240 just for onboard tips.
If your clothes are wrinkled from packing, it's only a few dollars to have the ship's laundry press your clothes. Some cruise lines (Cunard, Holland America and Carnival, for example) have self-service laundry facilities complete with washer, dryer, iron and ironing board.
Main Dining RoomHolland America has “As You Wish Dining,” which means you can choose to dine any time from 5:15 pm to 9 pm, or you can have a traditional dining time, either early seating at 5:45 pm or main seating at 8 pm.
Generally speaking, evening attire on Cunard is more formal than other cruise lines. In the restaurants, men should wear slacks and a sweater or collared shirt with a jacket and an optional tie. Women may enjoy a flowing skirt, cocktail dress or an elegant pantsuit.
Dress for a captain's dinner, toast or reception is fancy and formal. For men, at a minimum break out the sport coat, button-down shirt and nice tie, paired with khaki pants or solid-colored dress pants. Many men opt for a full two- or three-piece suit or tuxedo to make it a truly black-tie affair.
Day Wear
- Slacks, jeans, or shorts depending on the destination.
- Comfortable shoes or sandals to wear onboard the ship.
- Appropriate swimwear, including extra swimwear to wear while one suit dries.
- Swim covers if desired.
- T-shirts, tank tops, or other comfortable, loose clothing.
- Socks, lingerie, and other necessary garments.
Carnival Cruise Dress Code for dinner, formal night, breakfast, for kids. polo/sport shirts with sport slacks (dockers, khakis), jeans (cut-offs are not permitted), pressed long dress shorts with collared sport shirts and proper footwear (you're likely to be in the minority), jackets.
Hot Drinks on Us!We all know how much you love your favourite blend of tea or filtered coffee, we won't travel without it! MSC Cruises has taken this so seriously that they will now be offering a complimentary package of tea, water, and filtered coffee to all guests who book a new cruise!
Here's a general list of what to pack for a 7 day cruise:
- Daytime: Swimsuit, cover-up, 4-5 pairs of shorts, 5-6 shirts, and wardrobe essentials.
- Evening: Dress-casual slacks and collared shirts for men, and slacks/skirts with tops for women or dresses.
The captain and other professional officers do not get tips. That'd be like tipping your doctor. If you go along with the automatic tipping scheme, the $10- to $12-per-day fee will be added to your onboard account and then distributed to the tip pools for waitstaff and cabin stewards.
For casual nights, Royal suggests “jeans, polos, sundresses and blouses” but asks guests to “keep swimwear to the Pool Deck.” Shorts and tanks will be accepted for breakfast and lunch, but not in the main dining room at dinner.
Cruise ships are not the most environmentally friendly vacation destinations on the planet. These floating resorts dump over a billion gallons of sewage into the open ocean every year. In a sense, every cruise is a poop cruise.
There can be 1-3 formal nights during a sailing and is at the ship's discretion. Oasis and Allure use Day 2 and 5 on Western itineraries and Day 2 and 6 on Eastern itineraries. 14-night and longer cruises will have three formal nights.
Formal nights:3/4/5 night cruises - usually on Day 2. 6 night cruises - usually on day 2 and 5. 7 night cruises - are usually on Day 2 and 6. Oasis and Allure use Day 2 and 5 on Western itineraries and Day 2 and 6 on Eastern itineraries.
Today, Royal Caribbean lists three types of dress codes: casual, smart casual, and formal. Jackets, tuxedos/formal wear sports coats and blazers are also appropriate. Sailings that are 6-nights or longer still have formal nights. This includes Harmony of the Seas and all sister ships sailing 6+ night itineraries.
Each oceangoing cruise ship is required to carry body bags and maintain a morgue. When someone dies on a South Pacific sailing, his body will most likely remain in the ship's morgue until the ship returns to a more major port, as few, if any, of the islands on such an itinerary are equipped to handle repatriation.
