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Absolutely in MDR. Make sure you have it labeled with name and cabin #.

7 minutes ago, kazu said:

 

Good to mention this.  I’ve seen them also say I can’t bring wine on in a port as well.  We simply said we were indeed allowed if we paid corkage.  We waited until they checked and then they charged us corkage and we took the wine with us 😉 

Discussed this with our HAL rep in Seattle and she is sending me a copy of their policy which she suggested we keep handy. It's straightforward and might be useful.

9 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

We did a b2b in Caribbean last spring.  On turnaround day I went to Total Wines in Fort Lauderdale to pick up fresh supplies! When we got back to the ship there was no one manning (personning?!) the beverage desk, so I walked on with 6 bottles of wine.  I was quite prepared to pay the corkage, but no one asked!  Drank it most nights in Lido and no one questioned the bottle sitting on the table. Maybe because I already had a wine package in force, maybe......?

Thanks. Between our schlepping, wine package and b2b restock, I think we've got a plan. Comments from all here have been extremely helpful. Cheers

17 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

We took a case of wine on the Volendam back in the days where the only corkage fee was if you took one of the bottles to the MDR, drink it in your cabin and no corkage fee was due. This was a 10 day cruise and we ran out on day 6 thanks to all of my volunteers helping us. We tried to restock in Costa Rico and the wine selection at a store near the port was horrible. Had to break down and order bottles on board at the overly inflated prices. I remember a bottle of Sutter Home White Zinfandel (something I would never drink) was $29 in the MDR. That wine at that time retailed for less than $5 a bottle so $29 was a 600% markup by HAL.

 

HAL's wine policy for brining unlimited wine aboard back in 2001 was the main reason we booked on a HAL cruise, with their policy today I probably never would give HAL a try the first time. Since 2001 I have seen the wine quality go way up on HAL ships and pricing especially in their wine packages has gotten much more reasonable so if this was a result of the corkage fees, I would have to say it is a good thing.

Our working plan is to schlep on board 12 bottles of serious red for consumption at a very measured pace in MDR. We'll pay corkage for 10 of these. I've been collecting wine for a couple of years and wife is over-joyed that the inventory is going down: " Bring more and get rid of that stuff. It's collecting dust." For the room, we'll do a level 2 6 bottle package.  According to our HAL rep the trip b2b are considered to be 2 separate voyages so we'll pick up a 2 in Civitavecchia. 

42 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

 

You are required to take it on as a carry on. Not in your checked luggage.  This is stated on the luggage tag when you print it out.

Is it the April 7th TransAtlantic?  Have you been on the Roll Call?  If you need help with the wine........... (drinking it, not carrying it!)

Yes we're on the April 7th departure and are ongoing for the first Med and Adriatic leg. Your kind offer of assistance is greatly appreciated and you will be first on the wait list should we decide our supply exceeds current demand. Ladbrokes is currently offering 1000 to 1 on the likelihood of this event. We are on roll call.

Thanks for the advice. We have a slew of the cloth PUBLIX bags and hitting Amazon for the "wine suitcase". 

We fully intend to pay corkage. I'm looking for suggestions from folks who have done similar to make the process as easy as possible.

We're leaving on 22 day transat and Med cruise and want to bring aboard a case of very good wine. What is the process, to do this from checking it in, paying the corkage and getting it intact to our cabin. What can we do to make it as "trouble-free" as possible. All advice and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Question. We are leaving on a transat on the Konigsdam and were planning on bringing a case of excellent wine with us and paying the corkage. What is the process to do this and any suggestions to make it as easy as possible.