Carnival Cruise Line Drink Package Calculator

If you’re planning your Carnival cruise, you’re probably wondering if one of the cruise line’s beverage packages is worth spending money on—which is exactly why you’re here! Luckily, we’ve got all the details on Carnival’s drink package options plus our Carnival Drink Package Calculator, now updated to include the CHEERS! Zero Proof package.

This calculator will quickly show you whether buying a package makes financial sense based on what you typically drink in a day.

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Carnival’s CHEERS! Beverage Package (Alcoholic)

Carnival’s original CHEERS! package is an all-inclusive alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage package, available for a flat daily rate.

With CHEERS!, you can enjoy:

• All spirits including cocktails, cognacs, whiskies, and more
• Beer and wine by the glass (up to $20 per serving, including self-serve beer stations)
• Sodas, specialty sodas, juices, and zero-proof frozen cocktails
• Specialty coffees and hot tea in dining rooms, coffee bars, and restaurants
• Milkshakes (where available)
• Energy drinks
• 500ml bottled water and other non-alcoholic bottled beverages served in bars and lounges
• Packaged water in the dining rooms and specialty restaurants
• 25% discounts on drinks over $20, bottles of wine/champagne, and beverage seminars

Not included: bottles of liquor, beverages in souvenir glasses, room service drinks, minibar items, port purchases, and shared pitchers/tubes/buckets.

Daily cost:

• Pre-cruise purchase: $69.95 per person, per day plus 18% service charge
• Onboard purchase: $74.95 per person, per day plus 18% service charge

Each adult over 21 in the same stateroom must purchase the package, and guests are limited to 15 alcoholic drinks per day.

Carnival’s CHEERS! Zero Proof Beverage Package

For cruisers who don’t drink alcohol but want more than soda, Carnival recently introduced CHEERS! Zero Proof, a premium non-alcoholic beverage package. This package was highly requested, and it’s a big step up from the classic Bottomless Bubbles option.

What’s included:

• Coca-Cola sodas
• Juices
• Bottled water (still, sparkling, and coconut water)
• Premium coffees and teas
• Zero-proof cocktails (21+)
• Alcohol-free beer and sparkling wine (21+)
• Frozen non-alcoholic drinks
• Smoothies and bottled protein shakes
• Milkshakes
• Energy drinks

Not included: alcoholic drinks, beverages in souvenir glasses, room service, minibar items, and beverages purchased off the ship (including at Celebration Key).

Daily cost:

• Pre-cruise purchase: $29.99 per person, per day plus 18% service charge
• Onboard purchase: $34.99 per person, per day plus 18% service charge

CHEERS! Zero Proof is like the other packages, it must be purchased for the entire cruise and cannot be shared.

Carnival’s Bottomless Bubbles Package

If all you really want is soda and juice, Carnival still offers Bottomless Bubbles, their most affordable package.

What’s included: unlimited soda and juices like orange, cranberry, tomato, pineapple, and grapefruit.

Daily cost:

• $6.95 per child
• $9.50 per adult

Unlike CHEERS! and CHEERS! Zero Proof, Bottomless Bubbles does not include bottled water or specialty drinks.

Carnival Beverage Package Comparison Chart

Is a Carnival Beverage Package Worth It?

That depends on what—and how much—you drink each day. If you stick to sodas, Bottomless Bubbles may work for you. If you enjoy premium coffee, energy drinks, or non-alcoholic mocktails, CHEERS! Zero Proof is a huge value. And if you’re planning to sip cocktails, wine, and beer, the CHEERS! package can easily pay for itself after just a handful of drinks per day.

To take out the guesswork, use our Carnival Drink Package Calculator. Simply plug in how many cocktails, sodas, coffees, or other drinks you usually order in a day, and the calculator will show you whether a package—CHEERS!, CHEERS! Zero Proof, or Bottomless Bubbles—is worth the cost on your next Carnival cruise.

Carnival Cruise Line Drink Package Calculator

To help you decide whether the CHEERS! beverage package is right for you, use our Carnival Drink Package Calculator and enter the number of each type of beverage you plan on drinking each day.