Can I bring a cork screw

Carry on or checked luggage?

I've put one in my carry on and never had a problem

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So if you do bring one then do you not get charged for a cork fee? How does that work? Is it if you bring it to dinner? Seen it on a form or two and did not understand the whole cork fee.

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Whatever I've brought on board I have poured in my room, have never taken a bottle to dinner. I'm not sure, but I do believe if you take a bottle to the dining room then you will pay the fee but you don't have one for what you open in your cabin.

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When I used to bring a cork screw, I put it in a check in luggage. Will use it anyway in the cabin. You can also ask from a steward one.

I always bring a corkscrew with me. it's usually in checked luggage but I have carried it on as well with my wine. if you happen to forget, just ask your steward, he/she can bring you one.

As far as the corkage fee goes, I have carried a bottle of wine to dinner several times and I've never actually been charged the corkage fee. It is the ship's discretion to do so and I accept the possibility any/every time I bring wine. Sometimes, I open the bottle in the cabin and have a glass while I'm getting ready for dinner and pour myself another as I head out of the cabin for dinner. I carry a glass in with me to dinner and I have never had an issue.

When I used to bring a cork screw, I put it in a check in luggage. Will use it anyway in the cabin. You can also ask from a steward one.

Stewards dont have one these days have to get from room service.

These days take swiss army knife with corkscrew attachment in suitcase.

So if you do bring one then do you not get charged for a cork fee? How does that work? Is it if you bring it to dinner? Seen it on a form or two and did not understand the whole cork fee.

 

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We always bring a corkscrew for use it our cabin. Cork fees "CAN" be charged if you bring an unopened bottle of wine into the MDR.

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We carry a corkscrew in our wine tote with the 2 bottles we bring onboard. Never an issue.

We always bring a corkscrew for use it our cabin. Cork fees "CAN" be charged if you bring an unopened bottle of wine into the MDR.

 

 

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All depends on the policy of the MD.

We always bring a corkscrew, for cabin wine and wine purchased and drank in ports...

Carry on or checked luggage?

Our cruising corkscrew lives in my husband's toiletry bag so we never have tho think about it.

We always open our bottle of wine in the cabin. They we go to a bar neat the dining room and ask for two wine glasses and an ice bucket. (We tip him/her each time.) We put the wine in the ice bucket and carry it and the wine glasses to our table. We've not been charged a corkage fee by doing it this way.

All depends on the policy of the MD.

Agree' date=' that is why I said can. We have never been charged, actually had one bar staff start to charge me and he was approached by both the head waiter and Asst Maitre'd and nothing happened.

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Agree, that is why I said can. We have never been charged, actually had one bar staff start to charge me and he was approached by both the head waiter and Asst Maitre'd and nothing happened.

 

 

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We typically ask the head waiter first and usually he will say they have to charge us. As a result we will open wine bottle in our cabin and pour off glasses of wine and bring that to DR.

Our cruising corkscrew lives in my husband's toiletry bag so we never have tho think about it.

 

We always open our bottle of wine in the cabin. They we go to a bar neat the dining room and ask for two wine glasses and an ice bucket. (We tip him/her each time.) We put the wine in the ice bucket and carry it and the wine glasses to our table. We've not been charged a corkage fee by doing it this way.

Interesting.

The term 'corkage fee' doesn't really pertain to the opening of wine. Just like 'greens fee' doesn't have to do with using the putting greens in golf. (My mother once asked, "If I never hit it to the green or putt, do I still need to pay the greens fee?") The corkage fee is simply the charge for extra wine that is not purchased from the ship.

Each adult is allowed to bring one bottle of wine at embarkation for no corkage fee. If more is brought on board, then the corkage fee should be applied.

TSA has taken a corkscrew from us before that we had in a carry on, so if you fly make sure it is in your checked bag.

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"Each adult is allowed to bring one bottle of wine at embarkation for no corkage fee. If more is brought on board, then the corkage fee should be applied."

....wrong / Carnival's policy regarding the corkage fee is as follows:

At the beginning of the cruise during embarkation day, guests (21 years of age and older) may carry on in their hand luggage, one 750 ml bottle of sealed/unopened wine or champagne per person. A $15 corkage fee (a charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises), per 750 ml bottle, will be charged should guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in a main dining room, steakhouse or bar.

In practice, I have only seen the staff try to charge the fee once.... It was one of the bar tenders who tried to charge the fee at the casino bar. Found another employee standing within 20 feet of the first one willing to do it for free. Gave the 2nd employee (who opened the wine) a $5 cash tip, and made sure the 1st employee was aware that he lost out on that tip due to his effort to attempt to charge the fee.

I pack two small bartender corkscrews for our cruise. One in the checked luggage, and one in the carry on, and never had a problem. Usually one gets loaned out to a family member who forgot theirs.

I always leave my "cruising" corkscrew in my suitcase. After you get to your room, you can always ask your room steward to bring you a pair of wine glasses. We open the bottle in our cabin and fill up our glasses on our way to the MDR. Since the wine glasses belong to the ship, they have no clue if you bought it at a bar or brought it from your room.

I just wish they would let you bring the smaller 4-packs of wine onboard as long as you don't exceed the ml limit. They are much easier to deal with and no corkscrew required.

Just remember to put it back into your checked luggage. On our last night we have a carry on bag with bare necessities. My wife saw the corkscrew still by the ice bucket and threw it in the bag. The next day as went thru security tsa shouted.."sir do you have a sharp object in your suitcase" i froze and had no idea ..

They delayed us and found the offending object..then my wife remembered...oh well live and learn never to let your spouse pack your carry on. As for cork fees. So far i have been lucky. I always wonder what happens to the full bottles i leave in my room.

We typically ask the head waiter first and usually he will say they have to charge us. As a result we will open wine bottle in our cabin and pour off glasses of wine and bring that to DR.

By far the easiest approach

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By far the easiest approach

 

 

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Would prefer to leave it in DR but not worth paying almost double in corkage what the wine cost us in the first place.

I always take one, sometimes in carry on, sometimes checked. Once I bought a cheap bottle of wine, under $6, got onboard and the stupid thing had a cork!

To understand the corkage fee, it helps to think of the main dining room as a restaurant. If you brought a bottle of wine to a restaurant on land, regardless of the type of closure or if you brought your own corkscrew, they would charge you a corkage fee. On the other hand, if you open the wine in your cabin, pour it into a glass, and carry the glass to dinner (or wherever), there will be no fee. Hope that helps :)