Bring wine on HAL

[jbccruiser]

One bottle of wine per person per cruise. Booked 3 cruises back to back on the Koningsdam Dec-Jan 2016-17 out of FLL. Can we bring 3 bottles of wine on the first embarkation without the $18 corking fee.

Edited September 25, 2016 by jbccruiser

[CruiserBruce]

Probably not. If they are booked separately. ..3 different booking numbers, maybe, but probably better to buy between cruises.

[jmf123]

jbccruiser, I would suggest doing a Search or posting your question on the HAL forum here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=171. Enjoy the new Koningsdam! :)

[capriccio]

jbccruiser, I would suggest doing a Search or posting your question on the HAL forum here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=171. Enjoy the new Koningsdam! :)

 

Excellent advice. I know we have been allowed to bring additional bottles on Princess when doing a B2B. All we had to do was bring both boarding passes and show them to the staff at the 'wine desk.'

[jbccruiser]

Probably not. If they are booked separately. ..3 different booking numbers, maybe, but probably better to buy between cruises.

 

We booked 3 different cruises to get better fare with mariner discounts.

 

Not easy to purchase anything in FLL after having to stay on board until ship is cleared. Taxi ride negates any savings. Thanks for the reply CruiserBruce.

[Krazy Kruizers]

You can pay the $18 corkage fee for the extra bottles on embarkation day.

But you will not be allowed to declare the extra bottles for your 2nd and 3rd cruises to be your free ones.

Also remember that if you take the "free: bottles to the dining room or a bar/lounge, you will pay the corkage fee.

[jbccruiser]

I thought as much, $18 cork fee for our good bottle which would cost over $60 off their wine list. Thanks for the info. Looking forward for to spend the holidays on the new Koningsdam.

[geoherb]

Not easy to purchase anything in FLL after having to stay on board until ship is cleared. Taxi ride negates any savings.

When we've taken back-to-back cruises on Princess, we could get off the ship before it clears. We've chosen to stay on until after lunch, however, and that still left time to walk to Total Wine.