Champagne?

[tip]

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I do not drink by choice, but my wife enjoys champagne. We received a bottle from our TA as a gift on a previous cruise and she enjoyed it over several days on our balcony before we went to dinner.

 

Can we bring on a bottle (or two) of champagne on board and will we have to pay a corkage fee if it is only to be consumed on our balcony?

[Astro Flyer]

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I do not drink by choice, but my wife enjoys champagne. We received a bottle from our TA as a gift on a previous cruise and she enjoyed it over several days on our balcony before we went to dinner.

 

Can we bring on a bottle (or two) of champagne on board and will we have to pay a corkage fee if it is only to be consumed on our balcony?

Each of you can bring one 750ml bottle of wine or champagne per cruise to enjoy in your cabin or balcony without any fee. If you want to have it outside of your cabin there is a $15/bottle fee. You may bring more than the 2 bottles which would be subject to a $15/bottle fee no matter where you drink it. I plan to pay the fee for the extra bottles & if it's not charged then that's more money for me to spend onboard for other things. :)

 

Call room service to ask them for champagne glasses to be delivered to your cabin.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Astro Flyer

[wizard-of-roz]

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I do not drink by choice, but my wife enjoys champagne. We received a bottle from our TA as a gift on a previous cruise and she enjoyed it over several days on our balcony before we went to dinner.

 

Can we bring on a bottle (or two) of champagne on board and will we have to pay a corkage fee if it is only to be consumed on our balcony?

 

You may bring more than one bottle and there will be no corkage fee if you're consuming it in your cabin.

When you board call room service and ask for some champagne or wine glasses. I believe your Steward may even be able to assist you with this. Also, ask him to leave the glasses in your cabin.

If you choose you may take your glasses of champagne to dinner with you. If you bring the bottle with you you will be charged a fee. But, your server can keep it in the refrigerator for you and bring it out each evening at dinner.

[tip]

Thank you. Your replies are appreciated.

[skynight]

You may bring more than one bottle and there will be no corkage fee if you're consuming it in your cabin.

 

When you board call room service and ask for some champagne or wine glasses. I believe your Steward may even be able to assist you with this. Also, ask him to leave the glasses in your cabin.

 

If you choose you may take your glasses of champagne to dinner with you. If you bring the bottle with you you will be charged a fee. But, your server can keep it in the refrigerator for you and bring it out each evening at dinner.

 

This is not totally accurate

 

Yes, you can bring one 750ml bottle per person over 21 on board, without a corking charge, for consumption in your cabin. Any additional bottles will be charged a corking charge regardless of where they are consumed. The bottles are marked.

 

While some do walk around with filled glasses of wine and show up in the DR with them, it is policy that you don't do this. You may bring any bottle of wine into the DR for which a corkage fee was paid and the bottle has been so marked by Princess.

[chrysalis]

While some do walk around with filled glasses of wine and show up in the DR with them, it is policy that you don't do this. You may bring any bottle of wine into the DR for which a corkage fee was paid and the bottle has been so marked by Princess.

 

Just curious because we see people doing that too.....where do you see that "policy"? Written or verbal?

 

Thanks

[caribill]

Just curious because we see people doing that too.....where do you see that "policy"? Written or verbal?

 

 

There is no way to tell if the people you see have brought the wine from their own cabin supply or have just purchased it at a bar.

[Pam in CA]

There is no way to tell if the people you see have brought the wine from their own cabin supply or have just purchased it at a bar.

I'm not a big nor fast drinker and have been known to bring my drink with me to dinner. It's never been a problem. As Bill says, there's no way to tell if what's in the glass is from another bar or your cabin.

[chrysalis]

There is no way to tell if the people you see have brought the wine from their own cabin supply or have just purchased it at a bar.

 

Yes, I realize that. I was interested in the "policy" statement.

[beg3yrs]

While some do walk around with filled glasses of wine and show up in the DR with them, it is policy that you don't do this. You may bring any bottle of wine into the DR for which a corkage fee was paid and the bottle has been so marked by Princess.

 

Just curious because we see people doing that too.....where do you see that "policy"? Written or verbal?

 

Thanks

 

I think Sknight meant to say "glasses of wine filled in your cabin from your free allowance" rather than simply "filled glasses of wine." That would be against existing published policy. I don't think it was meant to include wine purchased at another ships venue although it certainly read that way.

Edited December 19, 2013 by beg3yrs

[wizard-of-roz]

I have NEVER had a bottle be "marked" and I've brought more than one bottle onboard. And, no one will say a word to you about walking around with a glass of wine and bringing it to the dinner table......NO ONE!

They don't know if you purchased that glass of wine at a nearby bar and couldn't finish it and chose to carry it with you. And, they can't be bothered to question you about it or take the chance of insulting or discouraging you from dining with your glass of wine.

Enjoy your cruise and don't worry about one or two bottles of wine, just remember to pack it very well because your luggage will be thrown, pushed and shoved!

[Dudleydog73]

There is no way to tell if the people you see have brought the wine from their own cabin supply or have just purchased it at a bar.

 

It is pretty obvious that it isnt a professional pour if its filled all the way to the rim of the glass, but otherwise correct.

[geoherb]

There is no way to tell if the people you see have brought the wine from their own cabin supply or have just purchased it at a bar.

Generally if the wine is in a glass tumbler that looks like the tumblers in my cabin, I can probably assume the person did not purchase it in a bar. We had a tablemate do that on a HAL cruise last year.

[pablo222]

Yes, I realize that. I was interested in the "policy" statement.

 

The rules say that you may bring one bottle per person on board with out a fee 'for consumption in your cabin'. Obviously drinking it in the dining room is not in your cabin.

[pablo222]

I have NEVER had a bottle be "marked" and I've brought more than one bottle onboard. And, no one will say a word to you about walking around with a glass of wine and bringing it to the dinner table......NO ONE!

 

 

Does being about to get away with it somehow make it right? I think this is the basis of all shoplifting.

[chrysalis]

The rules say that you may bring one bottle per person on board with out a fee 'for consumption in your cabin'. Obviously drinking it in the dining room is not in your cabin.

 

Right....thank you for that.

[skynight]

I have NEVER had a bottle be "marked" and I've brought more than one bottle onboard. And, no one will say a word to you about walking around with a glass of wine and bringing it to the dinner table......NO ONE!

 

They don't know if you purchased that glass of wine at a nearby bar and couldn't finish it and chose to carry it with you. And, they can't be bothered to question you about it or take the chance of insulting or discouraging you from dining with your glass of wine.

 

Enjoy your cruise and don't worry about one or two bottles of wine, just remember to pack it very well because your luggage will be thrown, pushed and shoved!

 

Sticker on the bottle? Refer to this Dec 15th, 2013 CC thread where passengers report it is being done. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1956515

 

 

Carry a glass from your no corkage fee cabin supply. Of course anyone can do what they wish, but here is Princess' written policy in part ...

Additional wine or champagne bottles are welcome, but will incur a $15 corkage fee each, irrespective of where they are intended to be consumed....

 

 

Follow it or don't follow it, that is up to you.

[Astro Flyer]

Sticker on the bottle? Refer to this Dec 15th, 2013 CC thread where passengers report it is being done. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1956515

Here's a stamp used on a bottle of wine:

[caribill]

Here's a stamp used on a bottle of wine:

 

 

I wonder if the stamps and ink pads are available on E-bay yet.

[Astro Flyer]

I wonder if the stamps and ink pads are available on E-bay yet.

Nothing would surprise me! :eek:

 

Was it you who posted that soda stickers change to prevent abuse? If stamps become a problem they might come up with a variety of stamps or colors to fight against "counterfeit" stamps. ;) Maybe it's already been a problem & is why most are reporting stickers. Although it may be possible to remove stickers to be reused.

 

Circumventing the rules isn't for me & I'm thankful that Princess allows us to bring more than 1 bottle per person.

[wizard-of-roz]

Nothing would surprise me! :eek:

 

Was it you who posted that soda stickers change to prevent abuse? If stamps become a problem they might come up with a variety of stamps or colors to fight against "counterfeit" stamps. ;) Maybe it's already been a problem & is why most are reporting stickers. Although it may be possible to remove stickers to be reused.

 

Circumventing the rules isn't for me & I'm thankful that Princess allows us to bring more than 1 bottle per person.[/quote]

 

My thoughts exactly!

[woodley]

On past cruises we have asked the bar staff for the correct glasses for the drinks we have in our cabin each day and they have willingly provided them to us. Also the cabin steward has kept our wines on ice each day and never questioned how the one bottle each lasts all week or longer.

 

I am aware of the rules and if charged the fee for wines in excess of two bottles would pay it. However if they do not follow through on their policy I am going to enjoy the wine and spend the money saved in the spa or the casino.:)

[skf]

I believe your Steward may even be able to assist you with champagne or wine glasses.

Yes, your steward will do this, you need not call room service.

Edited December 21, 2013 by skf

[JimmyVWine]

I wonder if the stamps and ink pads are available on E-bay yet.

 

While I can't say that I have spent a minute of time thinking about how to "beat" the current rules, it seems to me that owning your own stamp would be pointless. If you stamp your bottles before you board, then when the folks at the wine table inspect your bottles they will see the stamp and say: "Nice try, pal!" and charge you $15 for each bottle over the free one. And if your intention was to stamp your bottles after boarding, well, what's the point in that, as you would have already paid to get the wine on board to begin with? All you could accomplish is to afix a stamp to your one, free, unstamped bottle after boarding so that you could carry it to a public venue for free consumption. Is anyone really so cheap as to try to game the system to cheat PCL out of $15 while on their $1000 cruise? And if so, all they have to do is pour the wine from their unstamped bottle into a rinsed out, empty stamped bottle and carry that to the public area. Can't really see how owning a stamp would help anyone.

Edited December 21, 2013 by JimmyVWine