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Someone once asked me what is the most common misunderstood component of cruising and I told them is the myth of all inclusive cruises including alcohol. Having alcohol included in the price of a cruise was something that was available only back in the grand old days of cruising when the well-healed aristocrats walking above decks on their promenades as the lower class suffered below decks without as much as a port hole. Back in the day, cruising was a form of transport for holiday travelers that came at a very high price when the object was pleasure rather than necessity. Cruises as a form of vacation was by far, then most expensive activity available and because of such high fares, alcohol was included in the price of the cruise. My exhaustive research reveals that there were no such things as split fares or early booking discounts as there all today. The price was the price and there was no negotiation unless the person was a friend of a cruise line employee, friend of the cruise lines management or some famous people like movie stars and sport figures.