dguiltinan

The waiter can bring you wine. Sometimes we would stop at a bar and get a glass to carry in with us (or a cocktail) to sip while we ordered. The waiter will bring them as quickly as you like, and yes, you can order different ones to come with different courses. I've never experienced an issue with the wait time on more wine- usually they were really quick with the refills in both the specialty restaurants and the main dining room. In the MDR though, there was usually a "house red" and "house white" that seemed to vary, that were REALLY available- like the busboys were coming around with it like water- and then the ones you had to order. That was my experience on two cruises last year- on the Gem with UBP and on the Sky with the open bar.

Perfect, thanks so much for your reply... Dave

I have a question. Let's say my wife and I are dining at Le Bistro on the Epic and we order a glass of wine using our UBP. Do we need to order it through the sommelier? Or can the waiter take our order? 20 minutes later, we are ready for another glass. Do we then have to patiently have to wait for the sommelier to come by? or, if the waiter can take our order, will it be another 10-20 minutes before we see our second glass of wine? We like wine with dinner but don't want to have to order bottles since we have this great beverage plan. Thanks for your help!