LALAFRANCE Posted October 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I know you can bring wine onboard, but do you have to pay a corkage fee if you drink in your cabin??? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted October 3, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes, it makes no difference where you drink it. You can bring as many as you want and pay the $15 per 750ml bottle and drink it wherever you want. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes, it makes no difference where you drink it. You can bring as many as you want and pay the $15 per 750ml bottle and drink it wherever you want. Cheers This. (Make sure the stickers don't fall off of the bottles.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin&Relaxin Posted October 3, 2014 #4 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I know you can bring wine onboard, but do you have to pay a corkage fee if you drink in your cabin??? :confused: No need to be confused. It is pretty simple really. You pay the corkage fee regardless of where it is consumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myscruf Posted October 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted October 3, 2014 do you have to carry it on? can you send it with checked bags? Where do you pay the corkage fee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish1c Posted October 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted October 3, 2014 It's not a matter of them opening it for you. It's a matter of them losing money because you aren't drinking their booze. I'm not sure about maritime regulations but land based liquor licenses have provisions where alcohol has to be regulated on the licensed premises and should be purchased through the license for that property. Special occasion bottles can be brought in limited quantities but the corkage is a way to track consumption for liability reasons. Similar considerations may be at play at sea but they aren't as important because no matter how much you beg & plead they probably won't let you drive the ship. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 3, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 3, 2014 do you have to carry it on? can you send it with checked bags? Where do you pay the corkage fee? It's better to have it in carryon because in checked baggage they might send you to the naughty room. You will be directed where to go at checkin to have the corkage charged to your onboard account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfRiver Posted October 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted October 3, 2014 We normally bring 7 bottles and pay the corkage for 5 of them. We do not pay the corkage for the 2 bottles we'll drink in our room. Never had a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted October 3, 2014 #9 Share Posted October 3, 2014 We normally bring 7 bottles and pay the corkage for 5 of them. We do not pay the corkage for the 2 bottles we'll drink in our room. Never had a problem... Hm, curious how that goes at the corkage fee table.. "Oh skip those two." "Ok sir." Or the naughty room; "Sir, would you please open your suitcase? Are those bottles of wine?" "Yep, but we only.." "It's ok sir, off you go, enjoy your cruise!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted October 3, 2014 #10 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes, I'd interested in that scenario as well since the rules are that regardless of where you're drinking your wine, you pay the $15 corkage fee and just to be clear "corkage fee" has nothing whatsoever to do with a crew member opening your bottles of wine. So, if you can do it... why can't I do the same? :confused: Please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfRiver Posted October 3, 2014 #11 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) They don't look at your carry on. 5 bottles in my bag that I bring to the corkage table. 2 bottles in my wife's bag... And obviously you bring the stickered bottles to the restaurants... Edited October 3, 2014 by WolfRiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa522 Posted October 3, 2014 #12 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They don't look at your carry on. 5 bottles in my bag that I bring to the corkage table. 2 bottles in my wife's bag...And obviously you bring the stickered bottles to the restaurants... I found myself laughing out loud when I read, the other 2 bottles are in my WIFE'S BAG. :eek: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calex Posted October 3, 2014 #13 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They don't look at your carry on. 5 bottles in my bag that I bring to the corkage table. 2 bottles in my wife's bag...And obviously you bring the stickered bottles to the restaurants... They may not physically look in your carry-on bags, but every cruise I have been on starting in North America they required carry-on items to go through the scanner. In Seattle, the couple in front of us had a couple of wine bottles in their carry-on suitcase. They got diverted out of the line to pay the required corkage fee. Maybe they do not catch 100% of the wine brought on board, but they seem to do a pretty good job. If you place liquor in your checked luggage and your bag does not arrive in your room on embarkation day, expect a written invitation to the 'naughty room' later in the day... been there, done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 3, 2014 #14 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They may not physically look in your carry-on bags, but every cruise I have been on starting in North America they required carry-on items to go through the scanner. In Seattle, the couple in front of us had a couple of wine bottles in their carry-on suitcase. They got diverted out of the line to pay the required corkage fee. Maybe they do not catch 100% of the wine brought on board, but they seem to do a pretty good job. If you place liquor in your checked luggage and your bag does not arrive in your room on embarkation day, expect a written invitation to the 'naughty room' later in the day... been there, done that. They do scan the bags, but the people that scan the bags don't communicate with those charging the corkage fee, making it an honor system that people will correctly report the number of bottles they are bringing on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfRiver Posted October 3, 2014 #15 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They may not physically look in your carry-on bags, but every cruise I have been on starting in North America they required carry-on items to go through the scanner. In Seattle, the couple in front of us had a couple of wine bottles in their carry-on suitcase. They got diverted out of the line to pay the required corkage fee. Maybe they do not catch 100% of the wine brought on board, but they seem to do a pretty good job. If you place liquor in your checked luggage and your bag does not arrive in your room on embarkation day, expect a written invitation to the 'naughty room' later in the day... been there, done that. Please keep in mind that on Norwegian, at least in New York, they scan your bags before you get go to corckage table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvsullivan Posted October 3, 2014 #16 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Wow, to save $30!! How sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwayscruising Posted October 3, 2014 #17 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If you do not open and consume some of the bottles can you get the corkage fee refunded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luddite Posted October 3, 2014 #18 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If you do not open and consume some of the bottles can you get the corkage fee refunded? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russianmom Posted October 3, 2014 #19 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If you do not open and consume some of the bottles can you get the corkage fee refunded? Yes. On the last night we took the bottle to guest services. They refunded our $15 and held the bottle at the bar until the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMH15 Posted October 4, 2014 #20 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wow, to save $30!! How sad. Like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted October 4, 2014 #21 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Wow, to save $30!! How sad. I so agree, really sad. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnino Posted October 4, 2014 #22 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I so agree, really sad. :( Pshaw. The best tasting booze is smuggled booze. Always has been, always will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 4, 2014 #23 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Pshaw.The best tasting booze is smuggled booze. Always has been, always will be. Still sad. And it doesn't really taste any different, it's just your psychology telling you that it tastes different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisingal22 Posted October 4, 2014 #24 Share Posted October 4, 2014 They may not physically look in your carry-on bags, but every cruise I have been on starting in North America they required carry-on items to go through the scanner. In Seattle, the couple in front of us had a couple of wine bottles in their carry-on suitcase. They got diverted out of the line to pay the required corkage fee. Maybe they do not catch 100% of the wine brought on board, but they seem to do a pretty good job. If you place liquor in your checked luggage and your bag does not arrive in your room on embarkation day, expect a written invitation to the 'naughty room' later in the day... been there, done that. So exactly what happens if you get sent to the "naughty room" for having liquor in your checked bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 4, 2014 #25 Share Posted October 4, 2014 So exactly what happens if you get sent to the "naughty room" for having liquor in your checked bag? 1) you waste time standing in line in order to retrieve your bag, 2) they confiscate any liquor found, if it's in original unsealed container they will hold it for you to pick up disembarkation morning (again wasting more time in line unless you decide to contibute it to the trash pile), otherwise they dispose of it. I am not sure if they will allow you to pay the corkage fee for any wine found in your checked bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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