Taking Drinks Onboard

[wardy86]

Hi All,

 

First timer for HAL

 

Can anyone just clarify the rules for taking drinks onboard HAL? I think I've read you can take wine onboard, but do they allow you to take a bottle of spirits onboard?

 

Also do they allow you to take cans of soda onboard?

 

Thanks

[HookedAfterOne]

I am a first timer as well on HAL as well ... but an avid reader and researcher ... I do believe that you may NOT bring spirits or beer onboard, but is available for purchase. I think soda and water is OK, but I too would like clarification on that from those who know, too! :)

[jtl513]

Right now you can bring on as much as you like of any beverages except beer and hard liquor. From every port. There are rumors swirling that a quantity limit may be placed on wine in the near future.

[Krazy Kruizers]

At the present time you can take as much wine, champagne, bottled water, soda, mixers as you want onto HAL ships.

There is talk that HAL wants to limit how much wine you take onto a ship -- but no one knows if and when this will happen.

You can buy alcohol and beer for in-cabin consumption through HAL's site, through Ship Services at 1-800-541-1576 or through room service once you are on the ship.

 

I also forgot to say that there is an $18 per bottle corkage fee if you take your wine to any bar/lounge or the dining room.

 

AQnd right now you can also buy wine in the ports to take onto the ship.

[Krazy Kruizers]

SPIRITS -- 1 Liter bottles -- prices below include the 15% gratuity

　

Cutty Sark -- $33.35

Kahlua -- $39.10

Vodka: Belvedere -- $72.45

Vodka: Tanqueray Sterling -- $36.80

Cognac: Remy Martin VSOP -- $102.35

Cognac: Remy Martin XO -- $228.85

Whiskey - Irish: Jameson --$44.85

Cognac: Hennessy VS -- $96.60

Tequila: Jose Quervo Gold -- $35.65

Sherry: Harvey's Medium --$59.80

Sherry: Tio Pepe --$59.80

Vodka: Stolichnaya --$31.05

Vodka: Skyy --$29.90

Vodka: Absolut --$33.35

Vodka: Chopin -- $72.45

Vodka: Grey Goose -- $71.30

Vodka: Finlandia -- $31.05

Vodka: Smirnoff -- $28.75

Rum: Bacardi White -- $36.80

Rum: Bacardi Gold -- $35.65

Liqueurs: Tia Maria --$52.90

Liqueurs: Southern Comfort --$39.10

Liqueurs: Sambuca -Opal Negro -- $47.15

Liqueurs: Grand Marnier -- $79.35

Liqueurs: Drambuie -- $63.25

Liqueurs: Cointreau -- $58.65

Liqueurs: Baileys Irish Cream -- $48.30

Liqueurs: Amaretto -- $54.05

Gin: Bombay Sapphire -- $44.85

Gin: Tanqueray -- $43.70

Gin: Beefeater -- $33.35

Whiskey: Seagrams V.O. -- $31.05

Whiskey: Seagrams 7 --$31.05

Whiskey: Canadian Club -- $33.35

Whiskey: Crown Royal --$44.85

Bourbon: Jim Beam -- $35.65

Scotch: J. Walker Black Label --$79.35

Scotch: J. Walker Red Label -- $37.95

Scotch: Dewar's White Label --$50.60

Scotch: J&B Rare -- $37.95

Scotch: Ballentines -- $41.40

Scotch: Chivas Regal - 12 Y.O. -- $67.85

Rum: Myers -- $33.35

　

BEER

Miller Genuine Draft domestic beer: 6-pack -- $26.45

Bud Light domestic beer: 6-pack -- $26.45

Budweiser domestic beer: 6-pack -- $26.45

Corona imported beer: 6-pack -- $29.90

Amstel Light imported beer: 6-pack -- $29.90

Heineken imported beer: 6-pack -- $29.90

Miller Lite domestic beer: 6-pack -- $26.45

　

WINE PACKAGES

Navigator's Wine Package: 3-Bottle -- $102.35

Navigator's Wine Package: 5-Bottle -- $171.35

Admiral's Wine Package: 3-Bottle -- $135.70

Admiral's Wine Package: 5-Bottle -- $228.85

Cellar Master Package, Single, 11+ Days -- $259.00

Cellar Master Package, Double, 11+ Days -- $323.00

　

WINE AND CHAMPAGNES

Mumm, Cordon Rouge, Brut, France -- $74.64

Cuvee Dom Perignon, Brut, France -- $251.74

White Zinfandel, Beringer, CA -- $36.69

Zonin Moscato -- $36.25

Grant Burge Benchmark Shiraz -- $36.25

Luigi Bosca La Linda Malbec -- $36.25

Merlot, Northstar, Walla Walla, WA -- $112.59

Bon Voyage Red Wine -- $24.04

Bon Voyage White Wine -- $24.04

Rudi Sodamin Chef's Selection Chardonnay -- $36.69

Rudi Sodamin Chef's Selection Cabernet Sauvignon --$36.69

Rosemount Estate Shiraz -- $49.34

Silverado Cabernet Sauvignon -- $99.94

Cline Cellars Zinfandel -- $44.28

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough -- $56.93

Ruffino Pinot Grigio -- $49.34

Robert Mondavi Private Selection Merlot -- $46.81

Beringer Founder's Estate Cabernet -- $49.34

Veuve Cliquot, Yellow Label -- $112.59

Ferrari-Carano Alexander Valley Chardonnay -- $87.29

[wardy86]

Thanks for your reply Krazy Kruizers.

 

If you pre-order bottles of Spirits, do you know what size they are?

 

Thanks

[Krazy Kruizers]

1 Liter size bottles.

[sail7seas]

You will find any liquor you order waiting in your cabin when you board.

 

It is rare for them to not all be delivered morning/early afternoon of embarkation day.

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

If you decide to order alcohol via HAL's site, mark it to be delivered "At Sea".

This is so that if you are sailing out of Ft Lauderdale you avoid paying their sales tax.

Only once did we not have our alcohol in our cabin when we embarked.

[PathfinderEss]

Welcome to Cruise Critics Wardy.

 

Have fun bring on as much wine, champagne, soda and water as you can carry.

 

Have a wonderful cruise.

[jumpingbeans]

So, if they let you take wine onboard how do they know if I have a bottle of wine or a bottle of gin in my suitcase when I board the ship?

[jtl513]

So, if they let you take wine onboard how do they know if I have a bottle of wine or a bottle of gin in my suitcase when I board the ship?

The OP isn't asking if it's possible to smuggle - she's asking what the rules are.

[AndrewM]

Probably one of my top 3 reasons for sailing HAL is the ability to bring my own wine on the ships. I will likely start sampling other cruise lines if their policy changes.

[snowmc]

We have been able to bring beer onboard the last two years without problem. Policy does not state no beer...only no liquor. We will do this again this year....maybe we just got lucky, but I don't think so.

[jtl513]

We have been able to bring beer onboard the last two years without problem. Policy does not state no beer...only no liquor. We will do this again this year....maybe we just got lucky, but I don't think so.

The policy states the only alcohol allowed is wine and champagne - therefore no beer. Yes, you got lucky.

 

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BROUGHT ON BOARD

Except for wine and champagne, alcoholic beverages

purchased in the ship’s stores or otherwise brought on the ship

cannot be consumed on the ship. Bottles and other containers

will be collected for safekeeping and delivered to your

stateroom on the last day of the voyage.

[tasha99]

Probably one of my top 3 reasons for sailing HAL is the ability to bring my own wine on the ships. I will likely start sampling other cruise lines if their policy changes.

I found 4 similar priced cruises for my dates, and went with HAL because of their wine policy.

[Boytjie]

We have been able to bring beer onboard the last two years without problem. Policy does not state no beer...only no liquor. We will do this again this year....maybe we just got lucky, but I don't think so.

 

No, the policy only states that wine and champagne are allowed. Beer is not wine. ;)

 

Can I Bring Alcoholic Beverages Onboard?

 

Except for wine and champagne, guests cannot bring hard alcohol on board for private consumption. Hard alcohol purchased on board in the duty free shops or in port will be collected, stored for safekeeping and delivered to your stateroom on the last day of the voyage.

 

Guests can bring as much wine and/or champagne as they choose on board at embarkation or purchased in port. A corkage fee of US$18.00 applies to wine and champagne brought to the shipboard restaurants or bars for consumption. Wine and/or champagne brought on board cannot be consumed in any public venue. If a guest is drinking a beverage carried on board and in a public venue they will be asked to return it to their stateroom.

[snowmc]

We have carried on beer in Copenhagen, Vancouver, Seattle and Juneau. Guess we have been very lucky then. ;)

[cavecreekguy]

You will find any liquor you order waiting in your cabin when you board.

 

It is rare for them to not all be delivered morning/early afternoon of embarkation day.

 

 

It is not always true that you will find any liquor you order waiting in your cabin when you board. In neither of my HAL cruises has that been the case. On my last cruise a bottle I didn't order was there and when I called room service to report it I was told they have until sail away to fill the orders. I just didn't want them to think they had filled my order.

[sail7seas]

I suppose they are not supposed to deliver liquor to cabins prior to international waters or they should be charging sales tax (when sailing from FLL).

 

Unofficially, they deliver the liquor.

We do a great many b-to-b's and watch the carts go by mid morning loaded with all the liquor/wine orders.

 

Sorry, HAL, if this post gets you in trouble with State of Florida....or any other embarkation port. :D

 

[catl331]

We have carried on beer in Copenhagen, Vancouver, Seattle and Juneau. Guess we have been very lucky then. ;)

They will be more lenient at en-route ports than at the embarkation port, particularly if the beer you're bringing on isn't sold on board - but that doesn't change the official policy, so don't act surprised if they refuse to allow it at some point.

 

We were on one cruise where a passenger was handing out free beer at the bottom of the gangway, provided you stood there and drank it with him! Apparently he was told he had to have it held until disembarkation.

[Typhoon1]

As you can see from KK's info, the HAL prices are pretty competitive. You don't have to smuggle, and you have the convenience of your order waiting in your cabin when you arrive.