bringing wine onboard Celebrity- corkage fee?

[j3000]

I see the policy is you can bring (up to) 2 bottles of wine onboard.

Do they automatically charge you the $25 corkage fee if you do, OR only if you bring them into the dining room? (hic!)

[RTShaker]

I believe it is only charged in a dining venue and then only if you don't have a beverage package.

[kathynorth]

At current it’s 2 bottles pp of drinking age. No charge if the bottle stays in your cabin. You can fill your glass in your cabin and bring it with wherever you want, even into a dining room. As mentioned above, no corkage fee if you have a drink package and you bring a bottle into the dining room.

Edited March 7, 2023 by kathynorth

[davekathy]

7 minutes ago, jargey3000 said:

I see the policy is you can bring (up to) 2 bottles of wine onboard.

Do they automatically charge you the $25 corkage fee if you do, OR only if you bring them into the dining room? (hic!)

No corkage fee for bringing your two 750 ml bottles of wine onboard. No corkage fee if you have a  beverage package when bringing the bottle(s) into a dining venue or bar. Corkage fee may be charged if you don't have a beverage package in the dining venue or bar.  

 

Edited March 7, 2023 by davekathy

[j3000]

ok. thanks.

we never get the beverage package.

we'll just sip the wine in our room(wink, wink)

[davekathy]

Just now, jargey3000 said:

ok. thanks.

we never get the beverage package.

we'll just sip the wine in our room(wink, wink)

You can take your glasses of wine you poured in your stateroom into any of the venues. 🍷 

[j3000]

UPDATE: please clarify

we're doing just a 4-night trip. Is it still 2 bottles per person, on a 4-nighter?

[davekathy]

Just now, jargey3000 said:

UPDATE: please clarify

we're doing just a 4-night trip. Is it still 2 bottles per person, on a 4-nighter?

Yes. 

[George C]

As said it’s 2 bottles per person, no corkage if you drink it in cabin or if you have a drink package, in same document as luggage tags it says that but we were hassled a little we will bring the doc with us saying it’s 2 bottles Per person.

[NutsAboutGolf]

Technically you can bring as many bottle as you want as you get the excess back on the last night

[Arizona Wildcat]

Suggest the OP go to the FAQ on the Celebrity website.  

There is no corkage fee if one has a beverage package.  If one does not you may have a corkage fee when you bring on board.

Wine definitely needs to be carried on as putting it in your checked luggage usually results in a delay getting your stuff to verify the contents in the "naughty room."

[j3000]

28 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said:

Technically you can bring as many bottle as you want as you get the excess back on the last night

understood.👍

[j3000]

26 minutes ago, Arizona Wildcat said:

Suggest the OP go to the FAQ on the Celebrity website.  

There is no corkage fee if one has a beverage package.  If one does not you may have a corkage fee when you bring on board.

Wine definitely needs to be carried on as putting it in your checked luggage usually results in a delay getting your stuff to verify the contents in the "naughty room."

(yes....been to the "naughty room" below decks once...lol)

[miched]

Do they charge corkage fee if it is a twist off cap?   🤷‍♂️🤪🤗

 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

[jelayne]

5 hours ago, miched said:

Do they charge corkage fee if it is a twist off cap?   🤷‍♂️🤪🤗

 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

You know the answer to that😃

[Belgian fry]

10 hours ago, miched said:

Do they charge corkage fee if it is a twist off cap?   🤷‍♂️🤪🤗

 

 

They also charge a corkage fee even if they mishandle the wine and pour you a glass full of sediment

[mac66]

We bring wine every time. Sometimes we have a beverage package, sometimes not, Never, ever been charged a corkage fee.

[George C]

1 hour ago, mac66 said:

We bring wine every time. Sometimes we have a beverage package, sometimes not, Never, ever been charged a corkage fee.

We also always take wine but almost always had to pay the 25 corkage fee , only time we didn’t sommelier in Luminae had asked if he could taste our wine . Loved bringing on 4 bottles on last cruise. Haven’t been charged corkage on rccl in at least a decade.

[dacrow]

When bringing wine to dinner onboard, how do you actually do it? Do you bring it to the dining room before dinner and then they present it to you? Do you just carry it in with you and place it on the table? Do you let them know when you check-in that you're bringing wine or just let your waiter or sommelier know? I'm curious about the best / proper way to do this.

[George C]

1 hour ago, dacrow said:

When bringing wine to dinner onboard, how do you actually do it? Do you bring it to the dining room before dinner and then they present it to you? Do you just carry it in with you and place it on the table? Do you let them know when you check-in that you're bringing wine or just let your waiter or sommelier know? I'm curious about the best / proper way to do this.

We just bring it in and place it on the table .

[iceleven]

Has it always been 2 bottles per person or is it two bottles per cabin?

[DaKahuna]

34 minutes ago, iceleven said:

Has it always been 2 bottles per person or is it two bottles per cabin?

 

 It use to be two bottles per cabin but was recently changed to two bottles per person. 

 

[sunonfire]

Instead of bottles can you bring a boxed wine equal to the 4 750 ml bottles? A box of wine would be a lot lighter to carry than 4 bottles.

[DaKahuna]

10 hours ago, sunonfire said:

Instead of bottles can you bring a boxed wine equal to the 4 750 ml bottles? A box of wine would be a lot lighter to carry than 4 bottles.

Nope .. it's not total quantity it's two bottles, up to 750ml each, per person.  

 

[Arizona Wildcat]

On 3/7/2023 at 4:21 PM, miched said:

Do they charge corkage fee if it is a twist off cap?   🤷‍♂️🤪🤗

 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Same if the "cork" is plastic.

The policy recently changed.  Now apparently $25 if you do not have a beverage package.  Sometimes charged and sometimes not.