Princess and Alcohol

[kitty52]

We are cruising for first time with Princess. Are you allowed to take wine on board on first day at embarkation. Also can you take water aboard.

[more cruises]

Water is unlimited. Wine is 1 bottle per adult. After that you pay a corkage fee. Alcohol is not allowed.

[elled70]

I read somewhere that you can take two bottles of wine. It may have to be with carry-on, not sure.

 

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[waltd]

You will find this on the Princess website.

one bottle of wine or champagne per adult of drinking age (no larger than 750 ml) per voyage, which will not be subject to a corkage fee if consumed in the stateroom. Additional wine or champagne bottles are welcome, but will incur a $15 corkage fee each,

[eandj]

No fees......One bottle of wine per adult. Two in a room..two bottles of wine.

You can carry as many more that you want, but you will be charged a $15 corkage fee for each extra bottle. That allows you to drink those anywhere on the ship without added fees.

Sometimes it is better financially to pay the corkage on the bottles you bring than paying the Princess price. Sometimes not. Depends on what you want to drink and if it's even available onboard.

[Colo Cruiser]

Every ship is different, there have been reports where several bottles of wine were in checked luggage and nobody said a word and others where they have been summoned to the naughty room.

[JimmyVWine]

Every ship is different, there have been reports where several bottles of wine were in checked luggage and nobody said a word and others where they have been summoned to the naughty room.

To clarify, the enforcement on every ship is different, (and I'm not certain if it is the ship or the port that is the variable here). But the rule is the same for every ship, and that is as stated by waltd.

[SKAGGS1234]

If you carry them on, when do they asses the corkage fee? Thanks

[JimmyVWine]

If you carry them on, when do they asses the corkage fee? Thanks

If they follow their own rules, the fee is collected after you go through the screening process before boarding. After your carry-on bags are scanned, you take them to the payment table, pay, and get stickers put on your bottles to show that you have already paid. If the rule is not enforced at boarding, then you would sign a slip at the table when dining. And if you keep your wine in your cabin and drink it there, it never gets charged.

[Kathiebrown]

In a few days I'll be boarding the Emerald Princess at Port Everglades.

 

At Port Everglades have they enforced the $15 corkage fee for extra wine bottles you carry on at Port Everglades recently?

 

Is it hit and miss, sometimes?

[Duane T]

If they follow their own rules, the fee is collected after you go through the screening process before boarding. After your carry-on bags are scanned, you take them to the payment table, pay, and get stickers put on your bottles to show that you have already paid. If the rule is not enforced at boarding, then you would sign a slip at the table when dining. And if you keep your wine in your cabin and drink it there, it never gets charged.

 

I agree. We've seen the written rules enforced on one ship/cruise and then something else on another ship/cruise. We just got off the Golden Princess and we stood next to some people who brought 5-6 bottles of wine through security and did not have to check anything. Likewise, we bought 1-2 bottles as different ports, no one said anything at security and we took it to our room to drink in the evenings.

[kitty52]

Thanks for that info.