bringing some wine

[misslots]

is it true that ncl doesn't allow u to bring a bottle of wine to have in your room when relaxing.? other cruise lines allow a bottle on board with u.

[WaldosPepper]

misslots - it is NOT true. You are welcome to bring a bottle or two of your own wine onboard. You will be charged a corkage fee of $15.00 per bottle. ;)

[garycarla]

For LOTS more information on this topic, try a search or scan through the past two weeks. Lots of great info.

[misslots]

misslots - it is NOT true. You are welcome to bring a bottle or two of your own wine onboard. You will be charged a corkage fee of $15.00 per bottle. ;)

 

 

i thought a corkage fee is when u bring your own bottle to the dinning room?

thanks for the info

[cruiser01]

no the corkage fee is charged for brining your own wine onto the cruise, regardless of where you drink it.

[WaldosPepper]

i thought a corkage fee is when u bring your own bottle to the dinning room?

thanks for the info

 

Corkage fee is paid whether you consume the wine in your stateroom or in the diningroom. You'll pay your corkage fee at embarkation if the wine is in your carry-on bags, or shortly afterwards when you go to retrieve your luggage from the contraband room (assuming they find the wine bottle during x-ray). If the wine does not show on the x-ray, you got lucky and won't pay the corkage fee at all! ;)

 

Hope that helps.

[EileenN]

If the x ray does pick it up, you are notified openly with a note on the door. It has proved embarassing to many.

[WaldosPepper]

If the x ray does pick it up, you are notified openly with a note on the door. It has proved embarassing to many.

Which is precisely why it makes much more sense to just take it along in your carry-on bags. No need to visit the "contraband" room, and have all your neighbors snickering when they see the contraband notice on your cabin door! ;)

[cesar]

Don't they x-ray the carry-on's as well?

[WaldosPepper]

Don't they x-ray the carry-on's as well?

 

But of course they do! ;)

[garycarla]

the thought here is that with the carry on, if they catch it, you can handle it right then without the notice on the door

 

And of course many have indicated they do not always catch it.

[KeystoneCruiser]

Of course, you could just be honest upfront and tell them you have it in your carry-on and pay the fee instead of trying to sneak it on board.

[Shine]

We just got off the Spirit and brought 3 bottles of wine with us in our checked luggage. Sure enough, there was a note on our cabin door telling us to come down to Deck 3 to verify the contents. We opened the luggage, showed them it was wine, and there was a wine steward there who then charged us the $15 per bottle fee. We weren't at all embaressed and didn't see anyone snickering at us.....in fact, there was probably 50 or more suitcases there waiting to be picked up. Took all of 5 minutes.....

[lesleyfb]

When we were on the Dream last year and they took ALL wine etc off you at security on embarkation. No mention of paying corkage.

They also notified people their luggage was awaiting them and when they turned up to collect it were confronted with security ready to take the alcohol off them out of their suitcases. It was like the gestapo. Honestly, it put me right off NCL.

[wibeachbum]

We would like to relax with a beer on our balcony. I'm thinking plastic beer bottles wouldn't show up on X-ray. We aren't planning on bringing cases, maybe two six-packs. Any thoughts?

[kathas2boys]

If you are really that desperate to get your alcohol onboard without a corkage fee, put it in an empty scope bottle...lol vodka with a little blue food coloring:D :D :D

[Glamourgal]

Can you get beer anywhere on board, by the case/6-pack for your cabin? I ordered wine, but my husband is a beer drinker and it would be nice to have cold beer in the cabin for him.

[Dr. J]

What all ends up in the contraband room?

[newmexicoNita]

If the x ray does pick it up, you are notified openly with a note on the door. It has proved embarassing to many.

You knew or know it is against company policy so if you get caught all I can say is "you should know better" We do bring a little bit of the good stuff to consume in our room, we have been lucky, but we also know if we get notified we are breaking the rules they will put a note on our door. It wouldn't embarrass me at all. NMnita

[newmexicoNita]

When we were on the Dream last year and they took ALL wine etc off you at security on embarkation. No mention of paying corkage.

They also notified people their luggage was awaiting them and when they turned up to collect it were confronted with security ready to take the alcohol off them out of their suitcases. It was like the gestapo. Honestly, it put me right off NCL.

I am a bit confused: we have traveled on NCL several times, out of Texas as well as Miami, etc and never have they kept the wine we have carried on. They do charge the $15 cockage fee and they do convescate the alcohol in your luggage, but not the wine. This must have been a one time occurrance. BTW, Celebrity would not allow booze to be carried on either: we got busted in San Juan. They did let us bring our wine on, but even then they gave us a hassle. I think they are stricter embarking in San Juan than in the states. NMnita