dabear Posted May 10 #1 Share Posted May 10 I know you can bring on a bottle of wine per person at embarkation. Can you instead bring wine on board that you purchased at a cruise stop without it being put in the hold until the end of the cruise? We will be stopping near Bordeaux France & intend to go on a winery tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted May 10 #2 Share Posted May 10 Not according to the rules. But I do it every time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted May 10 #3 Share Posted May 10 Officially no, and when going through security if found, they will hold it for you until the final night. Please note that I said "officially". Your results may vary. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted May 10 #4 Share Posted May 10 I wouldn't count on keeping it, but I wouldn't be surprised if you do. We came back on board a few years back in Cozumel with some really nice tequila and nobody even looked at us. YMMV. The rules are no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitbob Posted May 11 #5 Share Posted May 11 We returned last month from B2B New Zealand and Southern Australia cruises on Edge participating in multiple wine tasting excursions. We didn’t bring wine back on, but I returned with others each time that did. As others have said the rules are no, but I walked on each time with people who had bottles in brown bags, winery bags, and in back packs, and just placed them on the scanner belt. No one was stopped or questioned that I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted May 11 #6 Share Posted May 11 Hello, It was quite a few years ago on Constellation but I did an 'Extensive Wine and Food' cruise to France and Spain. The menus on board were supposed to be indicative of our ports of call. It was officially stated by X that we could bring on-board wine from our various ports of call. Whilst I have many France and Spain cruises under my belt, none since have been called the above. Regards, Cublet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerlover2 Posted May 11 #7 Share Posted May 11 We too bought bottles of wine in Southern Australia last year as well as at the wineries near Picton, New Zealand just a couple of months ago. Both times, we brought all of them to our cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tudy Posted May 11 #8 Share Posted May 11 We, too, were able to keep our wine with us. I think they are more lenient in certain countries and if the cruise is specifically labeled as "Wine Cruise." Not that Celebrity is known for it's logical reasoning, but if you think about it, if you have a drink package, any wine of your own that you drink is wine they don't have to pay for. Also, if you have a drink package, you do not have to pay a corkage fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StopTheWorld Posted May 11 #9 Share Posted May 11 I have brought onboard wine and liquors from various ports around the world. Never been an issue. I would have been quite happy to turn it in until the end of cruise, but this was never requested of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcallender Posted May 11 #10 Share Posted May 11 I never had a problem bringing a bottle of wine back on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaKnowWhen Posted May 11 #11 Share Posted May 11 I think the answer is a definite “maybe.” I have done this several times. Have never tried to hide anything, just carried the wine aboard. I remember one time in Argentina, a wine shop set up at the end of the pier, we bought a couple of bottles, carried it aboard in the clearly labeled Wine Shop bag. A fairly senior security staff member we had sailed with a few times was monitoring the x-ray processing. I held up the bag to show her, she nodded and said nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lena11033 Posted May 11 #12 Share Posted May 11 In Greece went to a winery, came back with two bottles and it was clear it was wine in a holder, scanned and I mentioned it and was just nodded on. Feb went to duty free in Mexico, came back and told security I had alcohol, they let me take it to my room. Only one they held until last night was the one I bought on the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_dream Posted May 11 #13 Share Posted May 11 I agree the answer is maybe. I've had a bottle of liquor confiscated, and then broken before returning to us. They gave us some cheap c**p in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted May 11 #14 Share Posted May 11 9 hours ago, Tudy said: We, too, were able to keep our wine with us. I think they are more lenient in certain countries and if the cruise is specifically labeled as "Wine Cruise." Not that Celebrity is known for it's logical reasoning, but if you think about it, if you have a drink package, any wine of your own that you drink is wine they don't have to pay for. Also, if you have a drink package, you do not have to pay a corkage fee. The ability to bring wine back on board used to be the actual policy on a cruise designated as a Wine Cruise. Maybe the spirit of it is still alive, even if the policy isn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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