Can I bring a bottle of wine on embarkation?

[Carol28]

I guess my title says it all. Some ships allow two bottles upon embarkation. Does Celebrity?

[Bo1953]

I Am sure you must have missed this at X's website:

 

Can I bring alcoholic beverages on board?No beer or hard liquor may be brought onboard for consumption. If you wish to bring personal wine onboard with you on the day you board your cruise, you may do so, limited to two (2) 750ml bottles per stateroom. When enjoyed in any shipboard restaurant, bar or dining venue, each bottle shall be subject to a corkage fee of $25.bon voyage

[MixerDave]

I Am sure you must have missed this at X's website:

 

Can I bring alcoholic beverages on board?No beer or hard liquor may be brought onboard for consumption. If you wish to bring personal wine onboard with you on the day you board your cruise, you may do so, limited to two (2) 750ml bottles per stateroom. When enjoyed in any shipboard restaurant, bar or dining venue, each bottle shall be subject to a corkage fee of $25.bon voyage

 

Wonder what the screw cap fee is? Or if you bring an open bottle with you? I am more than capable of pouring my own wine - retired bartender who has poured thousands of bottles of wine :D

[jonsmum]

Pretty sure this is nothing new. We've been cruising with X for nearly 6 years and am virtually certain this has always been the case.

[fshagan]

Celebrity is pretty good in this regard, although they limit the number of bottles you can bring on board. You can bring on two bottles at no charge, but a $25 corkage fee is charged when you take the bottle to the dining room or a bar.

 

Some lines charge the corkage fee no matter where you consume the wine, but they don't limit you as much. Princess, I believe, allows you to bring on as many bottles as you want, with the first one free. All additional bottles are charged a corkage of $15 no matter where they are consumed. NCL allows you to bring on as many bottles as you like, but each bottle is charged a $15 corkage.

 

I think all lines, except Disney, limit you to taking bottles on for consumption at embarkation only. DCL allows you to bring on wine from port stops as well, with a limit of two per cabin per port I believe.

[cruisestitch]

Corkage is the name of the fee....really nothing to do these days with uncorking or opening a screw top

[Cruise Junky]

Corkage is the name of the fee....really nothing to do these days with uncorking or opening a screw top

 

And a retired bartender should be fully aware of that.

[casper106]

The corkage fee doesn't apply if you open it yourself in the room. The minute you bring it into the MDR,there is the charge regardless of cork or screw top.

[MixerDave]

And a retired bartender should be fully aware of that.

Actually, in Pennsylvania, there are many BYOB restaurants. I never paid a "fee" to bring a bottle with me. ( so as a retired bartender, I know a lot more than you!!!!)

[Gonzo70]

Actually, in Pennsylvania, there are many BYOB restaurants. I never paid a "fee" to bring a bottle with me. ( so as a retired bartender, I know a lot more than you!!!!)

 

Big difference if it is a restaurant that sells wine versus a restaurant without wine for sale. At the former corkage is the norm (and restaurants that sell wine rarely regularly permit people to BYOB without corkage), at the latter no-corkage is common (and in some locales it is illegal to charge corkage if the venue is not licensed to sell wine). A corkage fee is a compromise; it permits patrons who want to bring in a special bottle of wine not on the restaurant's wine list to do so, but enables the restaurant to recoup money lost by not selling said patron a bottle of wine of their own. Has nothing to do with the actual physical act of removing the cork. Really shocked a retired bartender does not know this already; very basic, common knowledge.

[Bo1953]

Wonder what the screw cap fee is? Or if you bring an open bottle with you? I am more than capable of pouring my own wine - retired bartender who has poured thousands of bottles of wine :D

 

MD - LOL, I never thought of that aspect, then would it be called the 'screwage' fee?

 

bon voyage

[Lastdance]

MD - LOL, I never thought of that aspect, then would it be called the 'screwage' fee?

 

bon voyage

 

 

Hahahaha! Good one! Live and learn; that's what I always say! I really don't know a lot about all these things, but this month I am actually bringing one bottle onboard. Does it have to be packed away in my luggage? A friend had a packed couple of bottles and one broke! So, can I bring it in a type of shoulder the bag? Otherwise, I have 20% off coupon that i can use at Cellar Masters, maybe? Yes, I know that the price will be much more, but it is for a wine tasting party onboard...so MC and drink packages are really a waste on me, but specialty coffees and such are great. A glass of wine or one drink is all I can handle.

[Gonzo70]

Hahahaha! Good one! Live and learn; that's what I always say! I really don't know a lot about all these things, but this month I am actually bringing one bottle onboard. Does it have to be packed away in my luggage? A friend had a packed couple of bottles and one broke! So, can I bring it in a type of shoulder the bag? Otherwise, I have 20% off coupon that i can use at Cellar Masters, maybe? Yes, I know that the price will be much more, but it is for a wine tasting party onboard...so MC and drink packages are really a waste on me, but specialty coffees and such are great. A glass of wine or one drink is all I can handle.

 

Better to bring as a carry on than checked luggage; both to lessen the risk of breakage as well as if placed in checked luggage, on x-ray it may appear to potentially be a liquor bottle and result in your luggage being detoured to the "naughty room" for further screening.

[Lastdance]

Better to bring as a carry on than checked luggage; both to lessen the risk of breakage as well as if placed in checked luggage, on x-ray it may appear to potentially be a liquor bottle and result in your luggage being detoured to the "naughty room" for further screening.

 

 

Thank you, Gonzo!

 

 

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[AuntieSasa]

Can these bottles you can bring on at embarkation be champagne/sparkling wine as well or only regular wine?

[WestLakeGirl]

Sparkling wines aRe allowed

[AuntieSasa]

Sparkling wines aRe allowed

They ARE!! Thank you! I will be bringing on 2 bottles then!