Is champagne still included as well as the 2 bottle bar set-up? If so can it be exchanged for wine?

Diane

Answer to your all your questions is yes.
You may only get one bottle if you request a "premium" brand but otherwise yes.

We did not like the brands of beer they gave us and had that exchanged too.

Champagne in addition to the two bottles? I don't think so. We got a bottle last time, but I believe that was because of some unknown perk they bestowed on us (this was on the PG.) Champagne instead of liquor, I'm sure you can do that. Nice if I was wrong...

On our last three cruises there was a bottle of
champagne sitting on the table in ice when we walked in, as well as the two bottles we requested and the beer in the mini frig.
Don't remember having the champagne on the PG.
Do know there was a bottle of wine we exchanged for Grey Goose as well as Crown Royal.

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Yes, we had bottle of champagne along with bottle of wine and bottle of rum for our cruise in Jan/Feb. Because we were on segments of the WC, we never opened any of them. Donated to the crew bar when we departed.

Wendy on every cruise I remember, there has been a bottly of bubbly on ice in my suite when I arrived. I always leave it unopened, but nice touch not wasted on me for creating a nice welcome. For continuity's sake, it should be there on every ship, PG no exception. A cheap way to tick people off if not there on the PG for a previous RSSC passenger. Have no idea whether it can be exchanged for wine, as I never asked.

We have always had the bottle of champagne on ice when we arrive. After the first night, the steward/butler dries it off and puts it on a shelf, where it lives out its lifetime. Except this last time, when it went home with Suzie and Marilyn.

We too have always had a bottle on ice. It was not there however on the PG. Yes, I wrote that in the mid cruise "how are we doing" form. Not that we needed any more anything, but we were a little ticked, as we always have a mimosa party in our room one morning on sea days. I really think it is a PG thing. I don't understnd it though.

I think it is a $7 problem that needs to be corrected! Cindyr was coming as a past pax, and missed it, as she usually has a mimosa party (oh, I always think of that, never do it). Too little money to tick off people, even though I think a lot of people get their intro to RSSC with a PG cruise.

Most time's it's been there - but it was not on last year's PG.

Although we, too, missed the champagne on the PG, in its place was a box of Godiva truffles. Pricing the box on our return, we found that it was worth many times the cost of the champagne.

Marc: Since I am not lover of champagne the Godiva truffles would have made me very happy! BUT if you hope to sip a mimosa on a sea day...well that's a disappointment - Joanna

Wow, Marc.........no Godiva for us!! That really was nice. Here is another example of some inconsistenies that really just create issues....I mean like Olivia said, it is a $7 problem.

There has always been a chilled bottle of Champagne along with Godiva truffles and a bar setup, in our experience. On our PG trip in November it was the same with a "reloading" on the B2B segment. The chocolate came home to be distributed as gifts. The bubbly met a different fate!

Donna
How did you donate to the crew bar? In October I tried this with the stewardess & she said no. "They" were really cracking down on this practice. So I left 3 unopened bottles behind. Guess they were just recirculated.

hrprof, to my memory, you get a premium suite on your cruises. Did this make the difference, as most of us usually book standard on other RSSC cruises, in the case of PG, the standard balcony suite.

Betty, I went to the Reception Desk and asked how I could donate the liquor to the crew bar (as well as two bottles of wine we were given on an excursion). They told me to inform our cabin stewardess which I did. Alan and I had intended to sort of scratch up the labels (especially the champagne) so that it would not be re-used for another passenger but we forgot to do it.

Darn - we are on the PG this June and I was really hoping we'd have a nice bottle of champagne on ice upon our embarkation...we have been spoiled with that on Silversea. There's something about popping open that "bon voyage" bottle that makes the cruise so special.

I didn't expect a box of Godivas, but that would be lovely too! :) This is our first RSSC cruise, so I guess I shouldn't anticipate either...

On a side note...Silversea has "bon voyage" gifts you can arrange for (purchase) prior to the cruise - does RSSC have this?

Yes, they will send you a form in your pre-cruise documents. YOu could ask for a bottle of champagne in lieu of one of your in room bottles, just depends on what you like.

Kristin, the Godiva truffles are available as "bon voyage" gifts; I thought about sending them to myself but I'm on a diet. Luckily, whoever put them in our suite didn't know about my diet.

When I filled in the butler request form on the RSSC site, one of the alcohol choices was "sparkling wine" which I checked. If we drink anything in our suite, it will be something like that, and I'm not about to try to bring any bottles across the Atlantic when we get off.

Pam: It was Mark - he knew you were on diet but thought for this cruise you could Godiva IT!!!!! Joanna

We did B2B on the PG beginning 5/21/05. No champagne on either leg. We've enjoyed that perk on our previous Radisson cruises. But it didn't happen on the PG. Interesting, though, some passengers got it. Others didn't. On our second leg, we had more RSSC days logged than any other of the cruisers. But no champagne. It wasn't a big deal to us, but we noticed! Also, on both legs of our B2B cruise, our in-cabin liquor order wasn't delivered until late Sunday afternoon, a full day into the cruise. That was certainly annoying and unique to the PG. And our wonderful, and I mean WONDERFUL, cabin attendants didn't introduce themselves and ask how we wished our frige to be stocked as they have on our previous Radisson cruises. We had to seek them out on Sunday to give them directions. Not their fault! This simply wasn't part of their cabin service protocol. None of the above is a huge deal, but reflective, in my opinion, of a drift toward mass market cruise standards on the PG. Don't get me started on food quality!!!

Patrick

Interesting Patrick, our cabin attendant never introduced herself either. We actually hung out for a few minutes waiting, as we didn't want to be rude, saw her walk by the room twice, and never cane in. She was darling, and very good, but we did think that was odd, and totally different from our other Radisson and Silverseas experiences.

Interesting, we had the opposite experience on the PG. Our wonderful cabin attendant, Daisy, stopped in and introduced herself promptly. It must have been within a few minutes after we first went to the cabin. We had not filled out any liquor preferences on the pre-cruise form, so she gave us a form. We filled it out and also asked for the sodas in the refrigerator to be stocked in a different way (all Diet Coke and club soda). The next time we left and returned to the room, everything was exactly as requested, and that continued throughout the week.

Though the cabin service we received was excellent, I agree consistency of service across the board is important and seems to be missing here.

BTW - we did not get an additional bottle of champagne or box of Godivas upon arrival, but it was our first RSSC cruise so really no reason for us to receive an extra "perk". I would have loved the truffles, but I have to say I was never really hungry, even for sweets, and was probably better off without them! :)

Dena

Hopefully when RSSC goes all-inclusive they will provide each cabin with a bon voyage bottle of champagne. Silversea does this, and also gives a (quite large, I think 32-piece) box of Godiva chocolates to those who book a Medallion suite & higher...also other stuff like included laundry throughout the cruise. We've definitely been spoiled! But it's all about expectations, and if we don't expect to have champagne, etc. on the PG, then we won't be disappointed.

jhp

Yes, you have a good memory. We place a premium on space (and take fewer cruises!) so usually get a larger suite. We were in OS on the PG and got the Champagne - haven't calculated the cost per swig!

I'm with you. I'd rather have CHOCOLATE anyday.

groannnnn...ok it's a good one!

32 pieces of Godiva?????????? Tony might take a bite of ONE and I'd be left with remaining 31 pieces - and I'd enjoy each one - NO SS Medallion suite for us!! - give me regular cabin with 10 Hershey kisses -

LOL!! I know it, Joanna, and then with turndown service, they give you another one of those little 2-piece boxes on the bed (which we would always promptly deposit into the larger box for later! Who can eat them after being loaded down with dinner and drinks!). We ended up eating most of them at the airport and the remainder at home, which brought back happy memories.

But, it was an appreciated touch...so much so, that when we had a "regular" suite on the next cruise, we bought the same box to be waiting for us upon embarkation. Hey, you only live once!!!

Joanna,

I too am quite happy with the regular cabin, but I would opt for peanut M & M's! ;)
Cheers, Pam

Some times things are just a mystery.

I normally get the RSSC brand of sparkling in the bucket on most sailings (never happened on the Song or some Diamond).

Last year on PIP Sheri and I got the Godiva truffles, a bottle of Veuve Cliquot, AND daily hors d'oeuvres (we were in the cheap seats). Why? My guess is that it was Sheri's third time on the PG and I had the most past passenger nights that sailing.

To answer the original question, I do not think you can exchange the bottle of RSSC bubbly, just the "normal" in room set-up. I view the bubbly as an extra perk.

Yes, Suzanne, it is a mystery. As you might remember, David and I also got those perks on our first week on Pip. We saw our name and cabin # on a list pinned to a bulletin board in the galley while we did the tour--who knows? We missed the daily hors d'oeuvres the second week, but still had lots of chocolate left to eat (but no champagne, as if we needed more!)