Pre-ordering stuff to room/corkage fees

[ArkansasFish]

Carnival has a link to be able to order gifts to be sent to a room beforethe cruse. Does NCL have this link?
Also if I take a bootle of Chapaign on board, where would I pay the corkage fee?

[basketballmom]

Try this link: http://www.ncl.com/more/bon_voyage.htm

I am not sure on corkage fees as we usually just purchase on board.

[smeyer418]

Carnival has a link to be able to order gifts to be sent to a room before the cruse. Does NCL have this link?
Also if I take a bootle of Champagne on board, where would I pay the corkage fee?

If you get a gift of champagne from NCL or from someone on the ship, I don't believe there is a corkage fee. The only fee if you are allowed to bring it on board(see another thread) and then take it to the dinning room. There are no extra fees in your cabin....You can preorder by calling I am not sure if you can do it on line. BTW the honeymoon package of wine/fruit A Bisto dinner with wine etc is available for anyone and is a good deal too!

[kchartsf]

Along these same lines, as a birthday gift, my father is ordering us a bottle of wine to have with dinner for each night of our cruise from the NCL Bon Voyage gifts. Should I have it sent to the dining room? Or should I have it sent to my room and take a bottle with us to dinner? If I do that, will they charge me a corkage fee even if I ordered the wine from NCL? I appreciate anyone's knowledge about this. Thanks.

[smeyer418]

again if its from NCL no corkage fee. Its too bad your father doesn't give you the money and let you buy it directly cause on the ship if you buy 5 bottles of wine in the dinning rooms(any of them) the sixth is free...just keep your recepits and they will happily get you the free bottle(I think is the average price of the 5 you bought).

[Chris16]

Do they still charge a corkage fee if your wine bottle has a twist top? Sometimes with my lobster tails I like to have a few pulls off of an ice cold bottle of night train. Will drinking right out of the bottle be frowned upon in the dining room? I will be more than happy to wrap it in a paper bag.

(please excuse the sarcasm, I just wish the liquor rules were a little less harsh)

[DivaG]

:D I would most definitely excuse your sarcasm - if I could stop laughing long enough!!!!

What a wonderful post! I couldn't believe what I was reading and just want to say thank you for making my day.


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[F5Loar]

Other lines have a corkage fee if you bring your own bottle of wine from home and ask them to serve it to you in the dining room. Does NCL not have this charge?
HAL went from $10 per bottle to $15 last month plus a 15% tip so your $2 bottle of TwoBuckChuck will now cost you $19.25 if you bring it from home to drink at dinner. I believe it's cheaper to buy their house wine which does not have a corkage fee attached.

[ArkansasFish]

I went to that site but of the two kinds that I like, they are not listed.
Does anyone remember if they have asti-spumante of these brands?
Roo-nee-tee? Ru-something, do not know spelling
Ballitore?

[mbuenzli]

I went to that site but of the two kinds that I like, they are not listed.
Does anyone remember if they have asti-spumante of these brands?
Roo-nee-tee? Ru-something, do not know spelling
Ballitore?
Riunite, Ballatore

NCL's wine list only shows the following Asti Spumantes- Capetta, Domaine St. Michelle and NCL Private Label (which I'd wager is equivalent to either the Riunite or the Ballatore)

[newmexicoNita]

Chris, the scarcasm is just fine with many of us. I agree the liquior restrictions on NCL are awful. Celebrity did bust us for flaunting the booze we bought duty free in San Juan last year. We didn't mean to, but it did look that way, but to check as closely as NCL does just to keep us from enjoying a little wine or before dinner drink deserves us finding every way we can to smuggle it on board.

NMNita

[Zeno]

Do they still charge a corkage fee if your wine bottle has a twist top? Sometimes with my lobster tails I like to have a few pulls off of an ice cold bottle of night train. Will drinking right out of the bottle be frowned upon in the dining room? I will be more than happy to wrap it in a paper bag.

(please excuse the sarcasm, I just wish the liquor rules were a little less harsh)
LMFAO Chris - Personally I prefer a little pre-dinner aperitif of Mad Dog 20 20 (straight from the bottle of course). Do you think they will charge corkage when I pass the bag around ? I just want to be convivial to our tablemates.
Excuse my sarcasm - but the liquor rules are silly !

[patandcd]

Chris16,

Brown paper bag definitely required! What a hoot...now I can see someone really doing that! LOL

Smeyer,

About buying wine aboard...just how do you do that? I know they offer wine at dinner...but how and where do you buy the 5 bottles to get the 6th?
And how does it get to your dinner table without assigned seating? Sorry for the 21 questions, you just seem to know about all of this. Thanks and I agree with you about that honeymoon package.

[newmexicoNita]

It's easy to do the 5 bottles, sixth free: you purchase a bottle and keep the receipt (at least that's how it's worked for us) anyway ofter 5 bottles, the 6th will be free based on the price average of the first 5. Five bottles at $20 each does not earn you a $50 bottle. That probably goes without saying.

NMNtia

[gardencat]

patandcd

When we travelled on NCL they had a very efficient system of storing the wine. If you bought a bottle and did not use it all in one evening, they stored it somewhere in the bowels of the ship with your cabin number or something on it. The next night, whatever restaurant you showed up at, you just told your waiter you had a partial bottle and he found it for you.

[Chris16]

Hey - I'm glad I got a few laughs, I'll be here all week. Seriously, I totally understand that NCL needs to make money on booze. But, I think they could be a bit less restrictive when it comes to BYOB. I for one, will probably run up at least a $500 bar tab on my cruise. Even if I could BYOB, when I'm up on the sun deck during the day, there's no way I'm running back to my room everytime I want a drink. Plus there's nothing like crushing frozen 'boat drinks' while on the cruise, and unless you plan on packing a blender & all the mixers, you're out of luck. And I see no reason why you can't open a bottle you purchased on the ship or at a port, especially if it's something you want to try. Nothing wrong with one quick cocktail in your room before heading out, if anything, that will make me drink MORE once I get to the ship's bar. Also, I enjoy espresso with sambuca after my meals. It'd be nice to be able to flask along the sambuca (which I will probably do anyway), all these little things are the difference between a $500 bar tab (wife a little upset with me) and a $1000 bar tab (divorce papers slid under cabin door). Come on NCL, help a guy out.

[helpme]

Last time we were on NCL in the dining room if you ordered a certain wine the promo for that evening you got a free souvenier glass which was lopsided its real amusing when given to a guest who's had one too many at the table. Ended up with a set of four. Also we ended up with a bottle of wine with NCL Logo on it. So ask what freebies they are giving with the speciality wine for that night.

[newmexicoNita]

Chris, it has been my observation that those of us who wish to bring some booze on board are the bigger drinkers and still support the bar! I think that's pretty much what you are saying as well. For those who drink a glass of wine with dinner only or maybe a fruity sweet drink out by the pool once in awhile what difference does it make? For those of us who enjoy drinks in our cabin, around the pool, for dinner and at the show we will still keep the bar in business with or without the strict liquior laws. Because it is almost impossible anymore to bring liquior on ship we just drink less. NMNita

[Chris16]

Chris, it has been my observation that those of us who wish to bring some booze on board are the bigger drinkers and still support the bar! I think that's pretty much what you are saying as well. For those who drink a glass of wine with dinner only or maybe a fruity sweet drink out by the pool once in awhile what difference does it make? For those of us who enjoy drinks in our cabin, around the pool, for dinner and at the show we will still keep the bar in business with or without the strict liquior laws. Because it is almost impossible anymore to bring liquior on ship we just drink less. NMNita

Yeah, that's exactly the point I am trying to make. I will not go over a certain dollar amount on my bar tab - no matter what. So, by bringing my own booze on board I will still run up the same NCL tab, but I will just drink more.

[patandcd]

Thanks Nita and gardencat for the explanations, and Chris for the humor.
In all honesty tho, we bought liquor at every port last year and did not have a problem taking it back on the ship. It went thru the scanner but no one said a thing. I was much too timid to try that the first trip but after being on the boards and reading all about it I thought ...."What the heck, they won't eat me!" And yes, we ran up a huge bar tab too. Absolutely right about that Nita.