Liquor Questions

[PattyCruise]

We are on the Windsurf April 3. I have checked if we can send a bottle as a bon voyage gift and they do not have Bottles of Rum or Gin available. Can you take stuff on board when we get on in Cozumel??????????What are prices of drinks on board and cost of beer. They probably don't offer buckets of beer????

Thanks PattyCruise

[lovecruisingtoo]

Have never had a problem taking liquor on board. My wife and I have take both hard liquor on (for in the room) and bottles of wine to have with dinner. On our cruises, the wine steward charged the corkage fee the first night but then did not charge for other nights.

 

Have a good cruise.

[johnnycruise]

You can bring your own liquor on board. They will not confiscate it. We traveled on the WindSurf in December and asked the steward to empty our minibar. He did so and we filled it with cokes, cranberry juice and two bottles of Champagne. We also brought on a bottle of vodka and didn't even finish it.

 

There is a corkage charge for wine brought into the restaurants. We found, however, certain wines were nearly as cheap as you can find in a store at home (Sebastiani Chardonnay was $12) while others were much more expensive (Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay ... I believe it was $32). Most mornings you can order wine at a 10% discount around 8:30 a.m. next to reception.

 

Liquor drinks are moderately priced (most $5 - $6). They do not add an additional gratuity to the charge. The cocktail waiters make it a point to get to know you. Many people who have ordered several drinks throughout the cruise offered a gratuity on the last night of the cruise to their favorite cocktail waiter, but that is optional. At all cocktail parties they have trays full of glasses of a vile sparkling wine (Chase-Limogeres). They don't offer them, but you can ask for any kind of cocktail/mixed drink and they will bring that to you instead, or even a glass of decent wine.

 

Most people on our cruise drank very little so a "live and let live" attitude toward alcohol importation and consumption prevailed; as no one abused it, it was not an issue. I'm wondering if that will change on the cruises in 2005 which include wine and beer.

[PattyCruise]

Thanks for the info. Do you have to pack the liquor in the suit case or just carry on.???Thank Again

Patty

[johnnycruise]

We arrived a day early and shopped at a local grocery store. Brought the liquor/wine on board in a paper bag because our suitcases were full of bottled water:D . Put it through the X-ray and proceeded upstairs to the main lounge for check-in.

 

They simply don't make it an issue. It was so refreshing how differently we were treated on the WindSurf. When we went to check out the snorkeling gear the first day they didn't ask for our name, cabin number, or anything ... just asked our shoe size, we tried it on and off we went. Who would want to take home used snorkeling gear as a souvenir anyway?

 

This isn't liquor related, but you'll also appreciate the fact that the passengers don't hog the deck chairs. Wind Star is so different than the megaships. Even the ship's drill lasted ten minutes tops. On our cruise there were only 249 passengers on board. You will have a wonderful, relaxing time. The crew was very cheerful and they seemed to get enough time off. They never appeared sleep-deprived and we saw at least a couple dozen ashore on every island.