Beer - Go -No Go?

[Sailor Gal]

Does anyone know if you can bring beer onboard like you can wine, soda and champagne?

[Sir PMP]

Does anyone know if you can bring beer onboard like you can wine, soda and champagne?

 

I could on my last cruise on the Zuiderdam in Europe in May this year..

[Sailor Gal]

Did you check it with your bags or carry on?

[Stock Cop]

I enjoy bottles of beer rather than cans.

I always carry my beer in the same bag I carry on for my medicines.

 

Rich :cool: :cool:

[Sailor Gal]

I had no idea you could bring on beer. Never tried that. My husband will be so happy if he can bring on a case of beer.

[Stock Cop]

I have never tried to bring a case of beer onboard.

Usually, I just bring on a six-pack and purchase buckets

of beer on the ship.

 

Rich :cool: :cool:

[JimVrhovac]

Company policy is that beer and hard liquor cannot be brought on to the ship. Enforcement is spotty at best but they can make you leave it at the dock. I have seen them do that.

 

Ruth & Jim

[Palms2Pines2Sea]

I believe that beer is still a no-go in the HAL rule book. But I also believe that rules get overlooked by some crew in some locations on some ships at some times.

 

We made a transatlantic crossing with Celebrity not long ago when the rule was 2 bottles of wine per cabin. I boarded with 4 cases (carried on)...no questions asked.

[jtl513]

Company policy is that beer and hard liquor cannot be brought on to the ship. Enforcement is spotty at best but they can make you leave it at the dock. I have seen them do that.

 

I believe that beer is still a no-go in the HAL rule book. But I also believe that rules get overlooked by some crew in some locations on some ships at some times.

Sir PMP has said on other posts that he was expressly permitted to bring beer onboard, receiving a letter to that effect in his cabin. Maybe that was a test run of some sort. We all waiting to see if this becomes the policy fleet-wide.

 

(BTW I have openly brought hard liquor on board, on two different ships, to take home as gifts, and have not had it taken from me.)

[catl331]

If BYO beer is someday allowed fleet-wide, I wonder if there will be a pop-age charge in the dining room and bars? :)

[Sir PMP]

Sir PMP has said on other posts that he was expressly permitted to bring beer onboard, receiving a letter to that effect in his cabin. Maybe that was a test run of some sort. We all waiting to see if this becomes the policy fleet-wide.

 

(BTW I have openly brought hard liquor on board, on two different ships, to take home as gifts, and have not had it taken from me.)

 

I don't sent cases of beer to the ship, because the cost of that would be more than buying a bucket on the ship, a case of wine yes, that makes sense, I just like to buy a couple of local beers where ever I am, Croatia, Greece,etc. and I was able to do that on my last cruise which I appreciated.

[Scorpiorose]

See the next to last reply that was on my thread about wine:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=806438&page=3

 

The answer about beer - NO

[jtl513]

See the next to last reply that was on my thread about wine:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=806438&page=3

 

The answer about beer - NO

Yes, that is still the official policy. But apparently Captains and Hotel Managers and Food & Beverage Managers have a pretty wide latitude on deviating from official policy. You MAY find on your cruise that BYO beer is permitted expressly, or allowed through non-enforcement of the rules.

[crule]

So if I show up at the gate with a 6 pack and say "you can't bring that on board" I may be forced to just drink them right there! :)

[jtl513]

So if I show up at the gate with a 6 pack and say "you can't bring that on board" I may be forced to just drink them right there! :)

I heard a story once on CC where a guy passed out beers to people behind him in line, and they had a little impromptu party!

[Sailor Gal]

I didn't think beer was a go! Buying a couple buckets onboard will do just fine. THX

[gilew]

Does anyone know if you can bring beer onboard like you can wine, soda and champagne?

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Hi:

I asked ship services about bringing beer onboard..here is their reply:

 

You are allowed to bring wine, champagne, soda and bottled water onboard. Beer and hard alcohol are not allowed.

Ship Services

Holland America Line

1 800 541 1576

[Sir PMP]

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Hi:

I asked ship services about bringing beer onboard..here is their reply:

 

You are allowed to bring wine, champagne, soda and bottled water onboard. Beer and hard alcohol are not allowed.

Ship Services

Holland America Line

1 800 541 1576

 

That is incorrect, my paper said no Hard Liquor allowed.

[DesertDogs]

That is incorrect, my paper said no Hard Liquor allowed.

 

What paper??

[Boytjie]

That is incorrect, my paper said no Hard Liquor allowed.

 

And you are the only one that has seen that paper. Perhaps someone played a prank on you?

[jtl513]

That is incorrect, my paper said no Hard Liquor allowed.

Tell us more about this paper, or "note" as you described it in another post. Was it addressed to you individually as opposed to everyone on the ship? What I'm getting at here: was an exception made for you specifically because, as you said on another thread, "I have complained enough to Seattle that it really is discrimination, wine ok, beer no, why?"

I have a feeling that you're just not telling us the whole story.

[Stock Cop]

And you are the only one that has seen that paper. Perhaps someone played a prank on you?

 

 

with the price the cruise line charges for bottled water in the room,

water will be the next casulty on the bring onboard list.

 

water is just another profit center.

 

Rich:cool: :cool:

[gilew]

That is incorrect, my paper said no Hard Liquor allowed.

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You say potato and I say potahto...the bottom line is you can't

bring it on!

[Boytjie]

with the price the cruise line charges for bottled water in the room,

water will be the next casulty on the bring onboard list.

 

water is just another profit center.

 

Rich:cool: :cool:

 

The water coming out of the tap in your cabin is just as good as - if not better than - most of the water you can buy in a bottle. And HAL gives it away for FREE. :D

[Sailor Gal]

OK. I got it. No beer - no hard liquor. Thank goodness I can bring on my wine! :D