Bringing wine onboard

[sjde]

I read on one of these boards that the wine you bring onboard doesn't have to be consumed in your stateroom-that you can bring a glass anywhere on the ship, including the dining room, with the exception of bars. Is this correct?

[time2cruise1]

You pay the corkage you can take it anywhere including the bars.

[sjde]

I'm talking about without paying a corkage fee. Glasses are ok, but bringing the bottle incurs the fee?

[mjkacmom]

Every bottle brought onboard is charged a $15 corkage fee, regardless of where you drink it.

[Cubechick]

All bottles of wine brought on board are subject to the corkage fee of $15 per 750ml bottle.

 

If you plan on bringing wine on board, be prepared to pay the corkage.

 

Once on board, you can bring your wine where ever you like.

[TravelDiva88]

Related BYOW question: If I take my own wine to a restaurant, and we do not finish it that evening, will they store the wine and retrieve it for us the following evening as they do with wine purchased onboard?

[SteveH2508]

Related BYOW question: If I take my own wine to a restaurant, and we do not finish it that evening, will they store the wine and retrieve it for us the following evening as they do with wine purchased onboard?

 

Yes, provided it has the corkage paid sticker on.

[garycarla]

Related BYOW question: If I take my own wine to a restaurant, and we do not finish it that evening, will they store the wine and retrieve it for us the following evening as they do with wine purchased onboard?

 

Yes they will.

OR - you can fill up the glass and take it with you

OR - take the bottle with you

OR - turn around and offer me the rest

[lpglarry]

some cruise lines let you bring one bottle wine per adult passenger, I gues ncl doesnt

[garycarla]

some cruise lines let you bring one bottle wine per adult passenger, I gues ncl doesnt

 

Nope.

 

And some limit you to 1 or 2 bottles.

And some allow none.

And some do not allow any except on the original boarding.

And some...

 

Well, different rules on different lines.

[rvsullivan]

some cruise lines let you bring one bottle wine per adult passenger, I gues ncl doesnt

 

 

Nope, NCL allows you to bring on all the wine you want. Just pay the corkage and bring on cases if you wish. Just carry them on, don't put them in checked bags or you'll be making a trip to the "naughty room", paying the corkage and then dragging your own luggage to your room.

[acesa]

Can you pay the corkage in cash as you are getting on board?

[MeHeartCruising]

Can you pay the corkage in cash as you are getting on board?

 

Not that I have ever seen. I've never seen them have a cash drawer as such. They just create a hand-written receipt with your name/cabin info on it and it shows up on your account a day or two later (usually as a bar or restaurant fee). You could immediately go on the ship and pay them $15 per bottle by having the money placed on your account. The effect would be as if you paid cash for it.

Edited June 4, 2014 by MeHeartCruising

[garycarla]

Can you pay the corkage in cash as you are getting on board?

 

Like everything else, it goes on your onboard account.

 

At the risk of getting flamed and hurt...why is cash an issue?

[Squidward Q Tentacles]

Yes they will.

OR - you can fill up the glass and take it with you

OR - take the bottle with you

OR - turn around and offer me the rest

 

Was that you on the Pearl I gave my half a bottle of wine to?

 

Instead of "Corkage fee" they should call it "wine carry on fee". You can bring on as many bottles as you want, just pay $15 for each 750ml bottle. At the end of the cruise you can ask to be refunded for any un-opened bottles. The only wine I bring on is one bottle of a very good port that I like to drink a glass of at dinner time.

[deschoolie]

Was that you on the Pearl I gave my half a bottle of wine to?

 

Instead of "Corkage fee" they should call it "wine carry on fee". You can bring on as many bottles as you want, just pay $15 for each 750ml bottle. At the end of the cruise you can ask to be refunded for any un-opened bottles. The only wine I bring on is one bottle of a very good port that I like to drink a glass of at dinner time.

port... what if you are sitting starboard?

[medicalma'am]

I love the corkage fee policy. I can have my favorite wines that NCL does not carry, and take them anywhere I wish. We drink red, so always keep it in our room.

[Squidward Q Tentacles]

port... what if you are sitting starboard?

 

Never sit starboard! I always sit port unless I am my bike, then I sit on the keel line. :D

[BuffetPantsPls]

Never sit starboard! I always sit port unless I am my bike, then I sit on the keel line. :D

 

as long as you pass it to the left.

 

wouldn't want to name you a bishop of norwich!