The Celebrity
Add-On Value Evaluator

It depends on the price you paid and what you actually drink. At a typical price near $88 a day you would need roughly six to seven drinks a day at Celebrity's average bar prices to break even on alcohol alone. But both Celebrity beverage packages also cover specialty coffees, fresh juices, smoothies, mocktails and bottled water, so a guest having two cocktails, a glass of wine, a latte and a bottled water gets there much sooner. This tool counts all of it.

It is worth it when your realistic daily consumption, priced à la carte, exceeds the package price. For most guests that means roughly four to six drinks a day on Classic, fewer once specialty coffees, juices and bottled water are counted. If you drink lightly, no discount makes either package good value — price the consumption first, then judge the price.

Classic covers any drink up to $12 (higher on UK and Australian sailings), which is the large majority of the bar menu. Premium raises that cap to $19 and adds a wider spirits and wine list, plus a bigger discount on wine by the bottle. Most guests do fine on Classic; Premium mainly pays off if you regularly reach for top-shelf pours or reserve wines it unlocks.

No. Celebrity adds a 20 percent service charge to beverage and dining packages at checkout — two points higher than Royal Caribbean's 18 percent, and it applies to both lines' cruises since they share a parent company. On a seven-night sailing for two adults that surcharge alone can add well over a hundred dollars, so always budget it when comparing a package against paying à la carte.

Generally no. Unlike some Royal Caribbean Group add-ons that are genuinely capacity-limited, Celebrity's beverage packages, Wi-Fi and dining packages have no inventory cap — the only variable that moves is price. That removes the urgency RC's own capacity-limited passes create: there is rarely a reason to buy today purely to avoid missing out, though your sailing's own approach still matters for pre-cruise versus onboard pricing.

It depends what you'd have bought anyway. All Included bundles the Classic Beverage Package, Basic Wi-Fi and gratuities into the fare on most cabin categories — Retreat suites come with Premium instead. If you would have purchased at least the drink package regardless, the bundle is usually the cheaper route than paying separately; if you barely drink or already have reliable Wi-Fi elsewhere, a lower cruise-only fare can work out ahead.

A combined Premium Beverage Package and Premium Wi-Fi sold together at a lower daily rate than buying both separately — commonly starting around $85 a day before gratuity, against roughly $110 to $140 for the two bought apart depending on your ship. It suits anyone who already knows they want both; if you only want one of the two, price that one alone first.

Almost always cheaper before. Cruise Planner pricing runs below onboard pricing on beverage packages, Wi-Fi and dining — beverage packages alone have shown onboard markups above 30 percent. The Cruise Planner closes a few days before departure, so the practical window is the months before sailing, not the gangway.