GirlGoneTexan

My experience has been: at the port there is a table where they count your bottles and put stickers on them showing you paid corkage. They charge it to your onboard account.

We were on the Amsterdam for 2 weeks to Alaska in June 2017. I found the inside temperatures to be normal - definitely not as cold as outside. While inside on the ship, my husband wore shorts with long sleeved tshirts most of the time. He'd keep a fleece with him in case we decided to go outside. I wore jeans and t-shirt. I wore a strappy cocktail dress almost every night to dinner (we like to dress up) and was only cold when I had to run to the sport court to make my teen to go to bed - with no real nighttime, those kids would try to play ball all night! The covered pool area was warm, especially when the sun was out. Kids swam with no problem. I sat out in shorts. I would definitely bring layers. I overdressed on our Duck Tour on Ketchikan. It was sunny and mild, and I was sweating in the close quarters of the duck-mobile. We lunched outside, and we all were down to our lightest layer. Some days it was so cold I had to wear a fleece AND my puffer, especially by the glaciers. And then some days it was mild and pouring rain... light clothes and a raincoat. You never know in Alaska!