corkage fees

[hotrod610]

sailing on Norweigen dawn if we bring wine on board we will need to pay a corkage fee we are Ok with is. when we pay this do we bring our bottle to the dining room ourselves or does the cruise line take the wine you pay corkage on and serve it at your table

[CruiserBruce]

Far better to research this on the NCL board, here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=107

[luddite]

whenyou boardtheshiptheywillassess thecorkagefeeand putastickeronto the bottle intheMDRthey willneedtoseethestickeronthebottle

[Keith1010]

Originally Posted by hotrod610

sailing on Norweigen dawn if we bring wine on board we will need to pay a corkage fee we are Ok with is. when we pay this do we bring our bottle to the dining room ourselves or does the cruise line take the wine you pay corkage on and serve it at your table

This is from the NCL web site and is the corkage fee.

Wine & Champagne Policy
Guests may bring bottles of wine and champagne on board. When bottles are brought on board and served or consumed in any restaurant, public room area or in their stateroom, a corkage fee will be charged according to bottle sizes noted below.
750 ml Bottle: $15.00
1,000 ml Bottle: $ 20.00
1,500 ml Magnum: $30.00

Keith

[rvsullivan]

Pay the corkage, get a sticker on the bottle. You can then keep it with you and take it where you like, or, take it to a bar or dining room and give it to them. They will give you a ticket and anywhere on the ship, they will retrieve it and serve it.

[rvsullivan]

Pay the corkage, get a sticker on the bottle. You can then keep it with you and take it where you like, or, take it to a bar or dining room and give it to them. They will give you a ticket and anywhere on the ship, they will retrieve it and serve it.

[paul929207]

In the unlikely event you have a bottle or more left over, you can get a refund of the corkage fee.

[Karysa]

I brought two bottles in my carry on last march on the Dawn. If I were to do it again I would pull them out and show the security staff prior to my bag being screened. They acted like they had found contraband. I am a picky wine drinker so I was glad to have my chosen wine but if you are not that fussy it is probably easier and not that more expensive to just purchase it while on board.

[Bonnie J.]

A while back we took wine in my carry on. NCL charged us the corkage fee before we even got on the ship!

[RYMOMA]

if there is no cork, do they still asses the fee?

only thinking of a few brands out there that have screw tops.....

[Keith1010]

Originally Posted by RYMOMA

if there is no cork, do they still asses the fee?

only thinking of a few brands out there that have screw tops.....

Yes. You pay the same fees cork or screw top.

Keith

[luddite]

Originally Posted by RYMOMA

if there is no cork, do they still asses the fee?

only thinking of a few brands out there that have screw tops.....

yesevenifitusesacorkthey will assess thefee

[rvsullivan]

Corkage fee's have nothing to do with how the bottle is sealed. It's a term used to cover lost revenue to to the ship. Some restaurants on land do the same thing if you bring your own.

[RYMOMA]

Originally Posted by Keith1010

Yes. You pay the same fees cork or screw top.

Keith

Originally Posted by luddite

yesevenifitusesacorkthey will assess thefee

Originally Posted by rvsullivan

Corkage fee's have nothing to do with how the bottle is sealed. It's a term used to cover lost revenue to to the ship. Some restaurants on land do the same thing if you bring your own.

awww nuts
i wasnt planning on bringing any wine anyway, it was just an odd question floating in my head

wish there was a beer fee instead

[luddite]

Originally Posted by RYMOMA

awww nuts
i wasnt planning on bringing any wine anyway, it was just an odd question floating in my head

wish there was a beer fee instead

sadlythereisnobeerfee availableforifthere was therewouldbe alotoftakers

[LadyShiva]

Originally Posted by luddite

sadlythereisnobeerfee availableforifthere was therewouldbe alotoftakers

luddite, stop posting until you can get off that iPad and onto a real computer with a REAL space bar.

[Corby114]

It's so much easier to purchase a wine package onboard than having to carry a few bottles with you. They would rather have you buy from them than charging you the corkage fee. I would only bring wine with me if I was that fussy because they didn't sell the brand that I really liked. On a seven day cruise a five bottle wine package is the way to go. On a recent Carnival Dream cruise in August on the first day my wife wanted a glass of white wine before sailaway. The bartender told her she was better off purchasing a bottle for twenty five dollars instead of a glass for eight. She purchased the bottle and my cousin and his wife finished it off in our cabin a few days later.

[spookwife]

Originally Posted by Keith1010

This is from the NCL web site and is the corkage fee.

Wine & Champagne Policy
When bottles are brought on board and served or consumed in any [...] or in their stateroom, a corkage fee will be charged according to bottle sizes noted below.


Keith

wow. in the stateroom?! even if you do the honors yourself?! I am not morally opposed to corkage fees for public venues, but this seems a bit greedy even for the cruise lines.

[CraftyEC]

Originally Posted by LadyShiva

luddite, stop posting until you can get off that iPad and onto a real computer with a REAL space bar.

Made me giggle

But mainly because that was exactly what I was thinking

[hotrod610]

too bad norweigen doesn't offer wines packages i still think your better off bringing your own if the bottle costs 10 dollars and corkage is 15 dollars its is still cheaper than what the cruise is charging usually cheapest bottle is 31 dollars