11 Cruise Cocktail Recipes You Can Make at Home

If you’re anything like us, you’re getting pretty stir-crazy at home. We’ve come up with a fun way to pass the time and experiment by stirring up a few cruise line concoctions. Last week our article on cruise recipes you can make at home was such a hit that we figured, what better companion than a list of favorite cocktails? Without further ado, here are eleven popular cruise cocktails you can make right in your own kitchen. Be sure to post a picture of your creations and tag us on Instagram and Facebook, or share it on our forum!

1. Cucumber Sunrise — Carnival Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• 2 cucumber wheels (muddled)
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 2 oz. Absolut vodka
• 2 oz. watermelon syrup
• 2 oz. orange juice
• 1 cucumber wheel garnish

Instructions:

• Add muddled cucumbers, lime juice, vodka, syrup and orange juice into glass.
• Shake contents.
• Strain excess pulp.
• Pour into separate glass with ice.
• Garnish with a cucumber.

Served at the Alchemy Bar.

2. Coco Loco — Royal Caribbean

Ingredients:

• .75 oz. dark rum
• .75 oz. coconut rum
• .5 oz. orange juice concentrate
• .5 oz. pineapple juice concentrate
• .5 oz. papaya juice concentrate
• .5 oz. coconut cream
• .25 oz. grenadine
• Pineapple wedge garnish

Instructions:

• Add ingredients, along with a half-cup of crushed ice, into a blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour mixture into cocktail glass.
• Garnish with pineapple wedge.

Inspired by and found on Perfect Day at CocoCay, but is also available on the ships. 

3. Negroni — Holland America

Ingredients:

• 2 orange wedges
• 1.5 oz gin
• .5 oz sweet vermouth
• .5 oz Campari
• 1 oz soda

Garnish:

• A strip of lemon zest

Instructions:

• In a cocktail shaker, hand press orange wedge with a muddler.
• Pack with ice to the top and add all other ingredients.
• Shake & pour into an old fashioned glass with a strip of lemon zest for garnish.

4. Kiss on the Lips — Carnival Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces peach schnapps
• 5 ounces frozen mango chunks
• 1 tablespoon grenadine
• 2 cups crushed ice

Instructions:

• Put the peach schnapps, frozen mango and crushed ice into a blender.
• Blend in spurts until smooth.
• Pour the grenadine into the bottom of a cocktail glass.
• Pour the blended mixture in over the top of it.
• Garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry.

5. Konk Kooler — Disney Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ounce dark rum
• 3/4 ounce light rum
• 1 ounce passion fruit juice
• 1 ounce piña colada mix
• 1 ounce orange juice

Instructions:

• Pour everything into a blender and turn it on at full speed for a few seconds to mix all ingredients together.
• Pour over crushed ice.
• Garnish with orange wedges and maraschino cherries.

Found on Disney's private Bahamian island, Castaway Cay.

6. Mocha Chocolate Getaway — Carnival Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• 3/4 oz Irish Cream
• 3/4 oz Dark Rum
• 1/4 oz Butescotch Schapps
• 1/4 oz Kahlua
• 2 1/2 oz Ice Cream Mix
• Chocolate Syrup

Instructions:

• Line the inside of glass with chocolate syrup.
• Combine all ingredients in blender. Blend with ice until smooth.
• Top with whipped cream and a cherry.

7. Purple Rain — MSC Cruises

Ingredients:

• About .5 oz of Grenadine
• 1.5 ounces Bacardi Oakhart Rum
• 1.5 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce peach schnapps
• 3.5 ounces sweet n sour mix
• .5 ounces gin
• .5 ounces blue curaçao

Instructions:

• Pour Grenadine in the bottom of a glass.
• Mix the rum, vodka, peach schnapps, sweet and sour mix in a shaker and pour into the glass slowly and at an angle, so as not to mix it with the Grenadine.
• Mix the gin and Curacao and float it on the top.

8. Rebellious Fish — Norwegian Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• .75 oz. Passoa passion fruit liqueur
• .75 oz. Russian Standard vodka
• .25 oz. triple sec
• 2 oz. prosecco
• 2 oz. Orange juice
• Fresh berries (garnish)

Instructions:

• Combine passionfruit liqueur, vodka, triple sec and orange juice in a mixing glass.
• Shake contents.
• Pour mixture into glass, over ice.
• Pour prosecco (sparkling wine) through strainer into 12 oz. serving glass, over ice.
• Float berries on top.

9. Hot Mulled Wine (Glühwein) — Viking

Ingredients:

• 3 (750 ml) bottles dry red wine (zinfandel, pinot or Burgundy)
• 1 cup sugar
• 12 whole cloves
• 2 pinches allspice
• 2 pinches mace
• 1 pt brandy
• 1 qt dry white wine
• 1 med orange, cut into wedges
• 1 med lemon, cut into wedges

Garnish:

• 2 med oranges, sliced
• 12 cinnamon sticks

Instructions:

• Pour red wine into a 3-gal pot (or larger) and heat gently; add sugar and spices, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add remaining ingredients and steep for 1 hour over low heat.
• To serve, remove fruit wedges and strain out cloves, garnishing with orange slices and a cinnamon stick.

Serves 12. 

10. Paradise Punch — Princess Cruises

Ingredients:

• 3/4 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
• 3/4 oz Amaretto
• 1/3 oz Lime cordial
• 1 oz Grenadine
• 2 oz Pineapple juice
• 1 oz Orange juice

Instructions:

• Shake and strain over ice.
• Garnish with orange and cherry.

11. Miami Vice — Carnival Cruise Line

Ingredients:

• 5 oz Bacardi 151
• 1 can Frozen Pina Colada Mix
• 1 can Frozen Daiquiri Mix

Instructions:

• Mix the pina colada with 2 1/2 oz rum & ice.
• Mix the daiquiri with 2 1/2 oz rum/ice.
• Add the pina colada to a cocktail glass, then add the daiquiri on top.

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