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The J2 package£32 per day pp is very good IF you both drink, ie you would need to take five Alcoholic drinks each per day to break even or ten tea/soft drinks/water The J2 Is unlimited for all drinks including the chocolate bar As Tea/coffee £2.50 a go Water £2.50 litre Wine £6 a glass Spirits neat £6 Mixer £2.20 If you do not take a drinks package, you do have constant access to chilled water, instant coffee, tea self made, ice cream and juices 24/7 for free plus you can have breakfast served to your cabin which includes beverages all free You have to buy the J2 two weeks before boarding, the X1 which is Lunch / dinner wine only can be bought on embarking along with the water package The J2 is restricted to drinks below £6.99, so you can not have a super alcholic drink (ie bombay sapphire gin or Glenmorangie whisky) but you can have Gordons Gin or Bells whisky at £6.99 each and you can order doubles ie you can not have a single Bombay sapphire gin at £7.30 but you can have a double Gordons gin at £13.98???,and seperately a can of Tonic, You can order a double Smirnoff Vodak, then order seperately a can of coke COMPLICATED but I nearly drowned on the J2 order a glass of wine for dinner, you get a bottle EACH BUT DO NOT even try to give it away to anyone other than yourselves, even other members of the Family NOT on the package Actually IF YOU PLAY FAIR then the waiters play fair with you (managers watching) So the drinks package is for YOU but if you become friends with others NOT on the package, as long as they reciprocate, then you can get a round up (How can I explain myself, You are allowed one drink per card for YOU only, so if someone NOT on the package buys you a drink, well the waiter, will have noted this so you can get your friend a drink back IF you try to keep buying all the drinks, then you will find they have been charged seperately to your account when you come to leave) Jimbo

Basic spirits are 5.50 plus 82 tip..... soft drinks 2.60 plus 39 tip...... Two vodka mixers cost 14.37 euros in total......XI only covers beer , soft drinks and wine while in the eating areas..J2 covers all drinks up to 7euros plus tips, any bar and wine in the MDR....There was a wine package starting from...4 bottles plus 7 bottles of water 69 euros including tip.....Hope it helps

The 'X1' drinks package only covers drinks at mealtimes, not shorts at the bar. There is a 'J2' package covering all drinks, but that is much more expensive. See: http://www.costaclick.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8DC6ED80-9D78-49AB-B71A-D905A015508E/19067/DrinksPackage_090710.pdf for full details.

Myself and hubby traveled on the Serena last October and paid for the drinks package....it is well worth getting as drink prices are extremley expensive otherwise.....e.g. 2 pints of lager the equivalant to £12...