Alcoholic beverages are typically not included in the services offered in a Caribbean cruise, but on the first day passengers can buy a package on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship that allows the consumption of beer, spirits and cocktails cold throughout the trip. "Whereas this cruise most customers are from the United States, what comes out is more beer and frozen drinks like margarita and piña colada.But, vodka and wine as well, "said the manager of food and beverage Oasis of the Seas, Errol Saldanha.

The assistant manager Maria bars Kellegher said the cocktails are among the most requested drinks. "This rum is very popular, so we have the Mojito as champion of applications," said Maria. But, she said, demand can vary greatly and the stock bars are designed according to the nationalities and cultures of the passengers, "a ship that travels through Europe will have a lot more wine and beer. If you go to China, we serve more tea, as in Australia, more beer, and Brazil will sell more beer than any other ship, "he explained.

The Royal Caribbean ships participating in the Bacardi Competition, and the last three years, bartenders company won the competition. "The Royal Caribbean cocktail that won us use on all ships and delivers every time someone asks for something different to prove," said Maria. The bartender Maxim Caras taught the preparation of three drinks popular in the Oasis of the Seas, check below.

Mojito 

Ingredients

1 tablespoon brown sugar 

4 lemon wedges 

4 mint leaves 

Ice 

1 shot of white rum 

Soda lime flavor

Preparation

Place sugar and lemons into a glass and squeeze them with the pestle. Beat the mint leaves between your hands to release the aroma and place them in the cup. With the pestle, lightly squeeze the leaves with the lemon and sugar. One must be careful not to squeeze too many leaves and release the bitterness. Add ice and rum and stir with a spoon. Finally, fill the rest of the glass with lemon soda.

Key lime pie 

Ingredients

40 ml Vodka 

40 ml syrup, cane sugar 

20 ml vanilla flavored vodka 

40 ml pineapple juice 

Ice

Preparation

Take a bowl fit for margarita or a glass and fill with ice cubes. Pour the contents into a shaker, add the vodka usual, the vanilla, syrup and pineapple juice. Shake well to mix and then pour the contents into a glass without dropping the stones of ice. "For a good drink in the shaker must have 50% ice and 50% drink, so it is comfortable to take," said Caras.

B52 

Ingredients

1 part coffee liqueur 

1 part Irish cream liqueur 

1 part orange liquor

Preparation

To make a layered drink, one must know the "amount of sugar and alcohol in each drink, to define what should be placed first. What has less sugar tends to rise, then, should be the last, "said Caras. First place the first layer of coffee liqueur. Hold a spoon with the concave part facing down and slowly pour the Irish cream liqueur to form the second layer. Repeat to make the last layer of orange liqueur.

Piña colada 

Ingredients

1 dose and a half of white rum 

3 doses of pineapple juice 

1 shot of coconut milk 

Ice

Preparation

Place the ice cubes in a glass and transfer them to a cocktail shaker. Add the rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk and a cocktail shaker and shake. Then pour the contents into a glass.