I've sailed Holland America on ships from the Maasdam in the mid-nineties to the Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam in the Signature class era. The line has always held an interesting position: more refined than mass-market, less expensive than true luxury, with a passenger list that leans toward the more experienced traveler. These are people who notice when something falls short.
Have It All is HAL's headline package. The name sets a specific expectation. Here's what it actually delivers.
What Have It All includes
Have It All bundles four things: a drink package, Wi-Fi, specialty dining, and a shore excursion credit. The package costs $60 per person, per day pre-cruise — $70 if you add it onboard. One rule upfront: Have It All applies to the 1st and 2nd guests in a stateroom only — third and fourth guests in the same cabin don't receive the package. It is also subject to HAL's standard cancellation terms and cannot be partially removed mid-cruise — if one guest wants out, both must cancel.
1. The Signature Drink Package
This covers alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages priced at $12 or under: cocktails, beer, wine by the glass, spirits, sodas, specialty coffees. The service charge — raised to 20% in April 2026 — is included in that cap; most comparable packages add it on top.
In practice, the $12 cap goes further than it sounds. Classic cocktails — martinis, gin and tonics, mojitos — are priced at $11 fleet-wide. Beer runs around $7.75. Most house wines sit at $11 or under. Where the cap bites is on premium craft cocktails ($13–$15+) and better wines by the glass ($13+); with the package, you pay only the difference, not the full price. HAL's bar pricing runs noticeably lower than most comparable cruise lines — the same $12 cap goes significantly less far on lines like Celebrity or Norwegian, where standard cocktails typically start at $13–$15.
Two things to understand before you board.
First, the daily limit is 15 beverages per 24 hours — and that includes everything. Your morning espresso, your afternoon sparkling water, your evening cocktail all count toward the same 15. On a sea day at pace, 15 goes faster than it sounds.
Second, the package does not work at Half Moon Cay. HAL's private island in the Bahamas is owned by Carnival Corporation, which operates the bars on the island separately. You pay out of pocket for every drink there, and you won't be warned about this prominently before you arrive. The shore excursion credit does work at Half Moon Cay — for activities and cabana rentals — which partially offsets it. But the drink package not working at the line's own private island is the most common complaint from Have It All guests, and it's a fair one. Restricting onboard drink packages at private islands is standard practice across the industry — MSC, Norwegian, and Princess all do the same — but that doesn't make it less inconvenient when you're standing at the bar.
If any adult of legal drinking age in the stateroom takes the drink package, all others must too — including a partner who doesn't drink. Also excluded: minibar, room service beverages, and purchases at The Shops onboard.
2. Wi-Fi Surf Package
Basic browsing: email, social media, news — no streaming, no video calls. If you need anything beyond that, upgrade to the Premium Wi-Fi package. Upgrading pre-cruise through HAL's Navigator app typically runs $25–$30 per person per day — worth doing before you board rather than waiting. Onboard pricing is approximately $35 per person per day. For most leisure travelers, Surf is adequate. For anyone who travels with a laptop open, it isn't.
3. Specialty Dining
Included nights scale by cruise length:
- 6–9 days: 1 night (Pinnacle Grill, Canaletto, or Tamarind)
- 10–20 days: 2 nights (one Pinnacle Grill, one Canaletto or Tamarind)
- 21+ days: 3 nights (one each at Pinnacle Grill, Tamarind, and Canaletto)
Tamarind is available on Signature and Pinnacle class ships only. On ships without it, a second Pinnacle Grill night substitutes.
Premium dining events are not included: Sel de Mer, A Taste of De Librije, the Cellar Master Dinner. If you board expecting Have It All to cover the entire specialty dining category, it doesn't.
4-Star Mariners receive 50% off specialty dining surcharges; 5-Star Mariners receive complimentary specialty dinners. If you've reached either tier, the specialty dining component of Have It All may already be covered by your loyalty status. Remove it from the value calculation before deciding whether the package makes sense.
4. Shore Excursion Credit
The credit scales by cruise length:
- 6–9 days: $100 per person
- 10–20 days: $200 per person
- 21+ days: $300 per person
This is per person, not per stateroom. It covers HAL excursions only — not independent operators, private tours, or transfers. If you habitually explore independently on port days, the credit is worth nothing to you.
What it doesn't include — and what that costs
Have It All does not include gratuities for US guests. As of April 2026, the daily rate is $18 per person for standard staterooms, $20 for suites. On a 7-night sailing for two guests in a standard cabin, that's $252 added to your bill before a single drink is poured.
Those rates increased in April 2026 with no formal announcement — passengers discovered the change by logging in to prepay gratuities and finding the number had gone up. The onboard service charge on beverages, specialty dining, and spa services also increased in April 2026, from 18% to 20%. Unlike crew appreciation, which guests can technically reduce at Guest Services, this charge is fixed.
Club Orange — HAL's third tier
Club Orange is a separate add-on. It costs $25 per person per day on most ships, or $35 per person per day on Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam, and Rotterdam — the three Pinnacle-class ships with a dedicated Club Orange dining room. On cruises longer than 13 nights, the rate drops to $15 per person per day on standard ships; verify with HAL whether the $35 Pinnacle-class rate also reduces on longer sailings, as sources are inconsistent.
What it includes: priority embarkation and disembarkation, a cabin upgrade within your booked category, access to a dedicated or priority dining venue, an expanded breakfast menu, sparkling wine at embarkation dinner, upgraded bathrobes, and a souvenir tote bag.
The ship-dependency matters more than the marketing implies. On Koningsdam, Nieuw Statendam, or Rotterdam, Club Orange guests dine in a separate, quieter room with an expanded menu — a meaningfully different experience from the main dining room. On every other ship in the fleet, the dining benefit is priority seating with a marginally enhanced menu option. The first is a real upgrade. The second is a convenience.
Check your ship before deciding. Neptune and Pinnacle Suite guests receive Club Orange benefits as part of their booking — everything except the stateroom upgrade and special onboard event — at no extra charge.
The real number — 7 nights, two guests
The comparison below covers package components only. Gratuities are shown separately — they apply whether you take Have It All or buy everything individually.
| Option | Components | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Have It All | $60 × 7 nights × 2 guests | $840 |
| Signature Drink Package (standalone) | ~$61/day × 7 × 2 guests | $854 |
| Surf Wi-Fi (standalone) | ~$25/day × 7 × 2 guests | $350 |
| 1 specialty dinner each | ~$35–$50 per person × 2 | $70–$100 |
| Shore excursion credit | $100 per person — not available separately | $200 value |
| A la carte total | Before the $200 excursion credit | ~$1,274–$1,304 |
| Gratuities — both options | $18 × 7 nights × 2 guests | $252 |
The saving on components alone is roughly $430–$460 for two guests, before the shore excursion credit adds further value. For two guests who drink regularly, use Wi-Fi, and book at least one specialty dinner, the package does what it says it will do.
During major HAL promotions — Wave Season, Black Friday — Have It All is sometimes bundled into the fare at no additional daily charge. If it's already included in your fare, the calculation changes entirely. Check before running the numbers.
When it works — and when it doesn't
- Both guests drink at a moderate pace — four to six beverages a day
- You book at least one HAL shore excursion per port
- Basic Wi-Fi covers your needs
- You plan a specialty dinner and aren't focused on the premium dining events
- One guest drinks regularly and one doesn't — both must take the package
- You explore independently on port days — the credit is worthless
- Your itinerary includes Half Moon Cay and you plan to spend the day there with drinks
- You need streaming-quality internet
- You're a 4-Star or 5-Star Mariner — recalculate the specialty dining value first
The verdict
Have It All is a comprehensive package for a premium cruise line. Four components, scaled by cruise length, with the service charge on drinks included — that's more than Celebrity offers at a higher daily price. For the right guest on the right sailing, the value is there.
The name sets an expectation the package can't fully meet. Gratuities aren't included — and increased in April 2026 without announcement. The drink package goes dark at the line's own private island. Club Orange is a different product on different ships.
None of this makes Have It All a bad package. It makes it a good package with a name that does more work than the fine print can support.
How it compares to Celebrity All Included
Celebrity occupies the same premium tier as Holland America. Their bundled offer — All Included — is simpler: drinks and basic Wi-Fi only. No specialty dining credits, no shore excursion credit. The price is higher: approximately $90 per person per day for the Classic tier. Celebrity also excludes gratuities for US guests at $18 per person per day — identical to HAL's current rate.
HAL's Have It All is the more comprehensive product at a lower daily rate. Celebrity's All Included is cleaner: two components, no scaling by cruise length, no exclusions by ship or island. Both lines leave the same gap between the package price and the total bill once gratuities are added.
If you're choosing on package value alone, Have It All offers more. If you're choosing on simplicity and fewer moving parts to misread, Celebrity's offer is harder to get wrong.
Before you book either, it's worth running the full numbers on your specific sailing — including gratuities, which neither package covers. The CruiseClarity calculator handles that in about 30 seconds.