Things that cost money and things that don't on the Fantasy

[cruisnfamily]

Trying to figure out how we will spend our onboard credit...what a terrible problem to have! Since we are not at all interested in the specialty restaurants or the spa and have booked excursions independently, just trying to figure out where we will spend our money. Can you add to my list?


$$$
Food at Palo & Remy
Coffee at Cove Cafe
Snacks outside movie theater
Spa treatments
Alcohol tastings classes
Cocktails/wine/beer
Excursions
Gratuities
Bingo
Laundry
Shutters-photos
Smoothies
Ice Cream??
Internet
Medical Care
Arcade
Tips for room service
Tips for luggage porters
Sports simulator
Gift shop purchases


Free
Food in main dining rooms
Food on deck
Food in cove cafe
Food on deck or outside the bars in evenings
Soda on deck
Soft serve ice cream on deck (Right? This is still free?)
Nightly shows
Room Service
Goofy golf and the Goofy sports deck (basketball court)
Midship Detective Agency
All movies in the theatre and on deck

 

[moko]

$$ Bingo?
$$ Laundry (ehhh. I know. I think I racked up $25 at the self service laundry even though I only recall doing laundry a few times.)

 

[bumbershoot]

Looks right to me.

 

[moko]

Thought of more $ things:
Rentals at Castaway Cay
Souvenirs from gift shop

 

[cruisnfamily]

$$ Bingo?
$$ Laundry (ehhh. I know. I think I racked up $25 at the self service laundry even though I only recall doing laundry a few times.)

Added bingo and laundry, thanks!

We will definitely not be doing laundry but may try bingo

 

[eskimoinparadise]

Smoothies and some ice cream on the pool deck (can't remember the name of the venue, but DW got a smoothie that cost her ~$5

 

[cruisnfamily]

Smoothies and some ice cream on the pool deck (can't remember the name of the venue, but DW got a smoothie that cost her ~$5

Really? I mean I guess I knew that smoothies might cost extra(never had one onboard) but Ice Cream? Where does that cost extra???? I am sad to hear that!

 

[over50visits]

How to spend more money on your cruise:

1. Alcoholic drinks at the bars and from roving servers (welcome aboard)
2. Wine by the glass or wine packages at meals
3. Spa treatments
4. Shore excursions (including cabanas and rentals at CC)
5. Purchases from the stores: clothing, sundries, jewelry, souvenirs, etc.
6. Adult dining (Palo, Remy)
7. Bottled water
8. Photos (individual and packages)
9. Onboard booking for future cruises
10. DVC membership (you can purchase on board)
11. Art (thank goodness those "auctions" are gone, but you can still purchase art)
12. Candy and snacks outside theater
13. Tips for room service
14. Internet
15. Room upgrades (usually at port, sometimes GS)
16. Bingo
17. Parking/transportation
18. Port porters
19. Alcohol and cigarettes for delivery at end of voyage
20. Welcome aboard packages (flowers, candy, etc waiting in your cabin)
21. Adventures by Disney (you can purchase on board)
22. Cameras from photo shop
23. Cellular phone calls (although it will be billed later to your phone bill)
24. Medical care
25. Cigars (Meridian bar)
26. Arcade
27. Hair Braiding
28. Nursery
29. Tastings and Mixology
30. Excursion tips
31. Soft drinks from room service or bar
32. Specialty coffee
33. Meeting room rental
34. Onboard or Castaway Cay wedding (currently $3000/$4000)
35. Vow renewal ceremony
36. Sports simulator
37. Laundry room and send-out laundry and dry cleaning
38. Tuxedo rentals
39. Room service sodas and candy (these have a charge)
40. Additional tip (over the automatic) for bar servers
41. Required gratuity added to spa services
42. Pins sold at trading pin sessions
43. Adventures by Disney trip (can be purchased on board)
44. Duties at customs at end of cruise if you've made a LOT of purchases abroad
45. Ship to shore calls from your room phone
46. Fuel supplement charge if the price of oil is above a certain level
47. Popcorn at theater

 

[lorimay]

Don't forget pictures, My first cruise I went way overboard. It was so nice to have all those family portraits, I had a hard time walking away from any of them, I think I spent $300 just on pics.

 

[diznymom]

Free
Room Service (except those marked as costing $$ such as soda, packaged snacks)
Favorites: All Hands On Deck (fruit & cheese platter), cookies & milk (Big Kahona cookie is a big choc chip cookie, the oatmeal cookie is reg size)

 

[cruisnfamily]

Smoothies and some ice cream on the pool deck (can't remember the name of the venue, but DW got a smoothie that cost her ~$5

Can anyone elaborate on this for me? Where do you pay for ice cream? We are big ice cream fans and need to know where we might be charged for that. I understand smoothies would cost extra

How to spend more money on your cruise:

36. Sports simulator

What is the sports simulator?

Free
Room Service (except those marked as costing $$ such as soda, packaged snacks)

Added room service to free, thanks!

 

[com_op_2000]

Room service delivery is free, a cash tip is expected by the CM making the delivery.
The sports simulator is a box on deck that you use in 30 minute increments to play golf, soccer, etc like a video game.

 

[keaster]

To Clarify...smoothies from Frozone you have to pay for. The self serve ice cream cones at Eye Scream are free.

Also $$$
Arcade (not sure if you'd use this one!)

Also free...
Goofy golf and the Goofy sports deck (basketball court)
Midship Detective Agency
All movies in the theatre and on deck

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Added room service to free, thanks!

While most items from room service don't have an actual cost - there is the tip you should probably allow for.

 

[melle]

While most items from room service don't have an actual cost - there is the tip you should probably allow for.

how much do you tip?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

how much do you tip?

Usually about $1 an item, up to $5 for a full meal.

 

[tvguy]

Usually about $1 an item, up to $5 for a full meal.

Years ago it used to be popular here to bring $2 bills for tipping. Banks haven't carried $2 bills here for years, so wasn't an option for me, but not a bad idea. The few times I have had a $2 bill and tried to spend it, some merchants claimed they weren't real!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Years ago it used to be popular here to bring $2 bills for tipping. Banks haven't carried $2 bills here for years, so wasn't an option for me, but not a bad idea. The few times I have had a $2 bill and tried to spend it, some merchants claimed they weren't real!

Yeah, I've read that many non-US banks will not accept $2 dollar bills. Same with the dollar coins. We just use 1s and 5s. Don't want to cause issues for the CMs if they send the money directly back home.

 

[cruisnfamily]

how much do you tip?

True, but we usually tip room service (and the bag porters at the port) in cash so I didn't list that since I was thinking of ways to use the onboard credit.

But just out of curiousity.....could you put the room service tip on your room charge?

 

[SnowWhite2]

Back to the original question - OBC can't be used for some of the items on the list such as tips for porters.