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It's time to move on and move forward.
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The holidays are over so back to my insane planning! This may be a silly question but I am curious about the specialty drinks on board. ie: Bay Breeze,Calm Voyage is there a place I can find out what these drinks are made of.
thanks!
Happy New Year everyone
The only thing I could suggest is to google the name and see if you can find something similar. Once your on board you could ask the Bartender what is in it!
If your a Castaway Cay Member i know the Conch Cooler is on Disney Cruise's website.
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The drink-of-the-day is listed in the personal navigator but the interesting place where they had the drink ingredients listed was on signs in the elevators that listed the drink-of-the-day! I remember this quite clearly as I was reading the ingredients of a Stinger while taking the elevator from deck 3 to deck 9 and the elevator stopped at every deck so I had plenty of time to look around.
Their presentation of a drink / drink name is not what you would traditionally associate with a drink. For example, a standard Stinger is white creme de menthe and brandy. DCL version is more of a punch with rum, pineapple juice, sweet & sour and sprite. Disney's version is excellent, I might add! A perfect beach drink as it was our Castaway Cay day drink.
We also had a great encounter with a beverage server during our girls' cruise - he practically ended up being our own personal bartender so if there's a specific drink you'd like the ingredients for, let me know and I'll see if I have it!
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The holidays are over so back to my insane planning! This may be a silly question but I am curious about the specialty drinks on board. ie: Bay Breeze,Calm Voyage is there a place I can find out what these drinks are made of.
thanks!
Happy New Year everyone
Do you have food problems, or are you just like me and want to know what's in them?
EJ
No allergies just want to know. And as I thought disney would maybe call a drink that I am familier with but do their own twist. I also am trying to figure out my bar bill tee hee. I hate coconut and most tropical drinks have that in them. I like drinks on the tart side vs sweet.
Kathleen
I plan to have something cool and sweet in my hand every hour I am awake and onboard! I'll be on vacation, after all!
I think allearsnet and maybe PassPorter and maybe some other sites have the daily "Navigator"s that people have scanned. I think they have the 'drink of the day' and briefly what is in them. Enjoy!
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EJ
... I also am trying to figure out my bar bill tee hee. I hate coconut and most tropical drinks have that in them. I like drinks on the tart side vs sweet.
Kathleen
Well you're on your own for the bar bill, but I'm right there with you as far as not liking coconut. Blech! So from one fellow non-coconut-drink-person to another, I can assure you that you will not go empty handed! The drink-of-the-day is less expensive (budget $5 per drink to include tip) so I try to order that as often as I can but there are several drinks to avoid if you don't like coconut - Conch Cooler (specialty drink on Castaway Cay) and Bahama Mama for starters.
The drink-of-the-day will vary depending on what cruise you're on, and the order of ports and sea days. Not too many people realize the careful correlation between drinks and destinations! During sea days, you'll have probably have a Calm Voyage (literally and figuratively!) or Panama Hat. Pull into a port and the drink will depend on the location: Key West - Rusty Anchor; Grand Caymen - Land Ahoy; Cozumel - Pineapple Mojito; Castaway Cay - Apple Madras, as examples depending on your cruise. And some drinks are only served on specific cruises - you won't find the Planter's Punch served on the 7-night cruises as it is the Nassau-day drink. Watch out for the Planter's Punch though, it really packs a punch!
Enjoy!
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no planter's punch on the longer cruises! say it isn't so! (Loved the Planter's punch, but it did pack a punch!)
if you are picky - (and that's ok!) my SiL is picky with her drinks (not me -- bring me the drink of the day!) when we were in the lounge, she asked the bartender if he could create something for her since she didn't see anything she wanted -- he asked what types of drinks she liked and what she felt like and created her personal "drink of the day" for the discounted dotd price. Love Disney service!
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So from one fellow non-coconut-drink-person to another, I can assure you that you will not go empty handed! The drink-of-the-day is less expensive (budget $5 per drink to include tip) so I try to order that as often as I can but there are several drinks to avoid if you don't like coconut - Conch Cooler (specialty drink on Castaway Cay) and Bahama Mama for starters.
During sea days, you'll have probably have a Calm Voyage (literally and figuratively!) or Panama Hat. Pull into a port and the drink will depend on the location: Key West - Rusty Anchor; Grand Caymen - Land Ahoy; Cozumel - Pineapple Mojito; Castaway Cay - Apple Madras, as examples depending on your cruise. And some drinks are only served on specific cruises - you won't find the Planter's Punch served on the 7-night cruises as it is the Nassau-day drink. Watch out for the Planter's Punch though, it really packs a punch! 
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