Can you bring beer on board at embarkation?

[Xtchr]

I just learned that you can bring unlimited wine on board at embarkation... what about beer and/or soda? Is that allowed by HAL too?

[maxout]

Soda, water, wine and champagne Yes. Beer, liquor no. Though some say they have had no problem doing it, it is not allowed by the "rules".

[fsdj1097]

I just learned that you can bring unlimited wine on board at embarkation... what about beer and/or soda? Is that allowed by HAL too?

 

Except for wine and champagne, alcoholic beverages purchased in the vessel's shops or otherwise brought on the ship cannot be consumed on the ship. Bottles and other containers will be collected for safekeeping and delivered to your stateroom on the last day of the voyage.

 

A corkage fee of US$18.00 applies to wine and champagne brought to the restaurants or bars for consumption.

 

Room Service offers reduced-price stateroom beverage packages for in-stateroom consumption of alcoholic beverages.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Price list that you can either order from Ship Services (1-800-541-1576) or from room service when you get on the ship.

 

Note: 15% gratuity included:

 

Alcohol and Spirits -- the Alcohol bottles are 1 liter size.

 

 

VODKA: CHOPIN $70.15

VODKA: STOLICHNAYA $29.90

VODKA: ABSOLUT – CITRON $32.20

VODKA: SMIRNOFF $27.60

VODKA: SKYY $28.75

VODKA: ABSOLUT $32.20

VODKA: GREY GOOSE $69.00

VODKA: FINLANDIA $29.90

VODKA: BELVEDERE $70.15

VODKA: TANGUERAY STERLING $35.65

 

 

Kahlua $36.80

Vodka & Tonic Package $34.50

One bottle of Smirnoff or Stolichnaya, 3 Cans of Tonic Water

 

Bourbon & Coke Package $39.10

One bottle of Jim Beam, 3 Cans of Coke

 

Rum & Coke Package $39.10

One bottle of Bacardi, 3 cans of Coke

 

SHERRY: HARVEY'S MEDIUM no price found

 

SHERRY: TIO PEPE $57.50

 

TEQUILA: JOSE QUERVO GOLD $34.50

 

COGNAC: HENNESSY VS $93.15

 

COGNAC: REMY MARTIN VSOP $97.75

 

COGNAC: REMY MARTIN XO $225.40

 

WHISKEY - IRISH: JAMESON $42.55

 

Cutty Sark $32.20

 

WHISKEY: CANADIAN CLUB $32.20

 

WHISKEY: SEAGRAMS V.O. $29.90

 

WHISKEY: CROWN ROYAL $42.55

 

WHISKEY: SEAGRAMS 7 $29.90

 

Scotch & Soda Package $36.80

One bottle of Cutty Sark, 3 Cans of Soda Water

 

Gin & Tonic Package $36.80

One bottle Beefeaters Gin, 3 Cans of Tonic Water

 

6-pack Bud Light domestic beer no price found

 

6-pack Miller Lite domestic beer $21.85

 

6-pack Amstel Light imported beer $23.00

 

6-pack Corona imported beer $23.00

6-pack Miller Genuine Draft domestic beer $21.85

 

6-pack Heineken imported beers $23.00

Sherry Harvey's Med - $57.50

6pack (Domestic) Budweiser, Bud Light - $21.85

3 X soft drinks (any soda) - $4.89

All minibar Liquor Items, each - $5.69

 

Missed Whiskey/Scotch:

Jim Beam - $34.50

J&B Rare, Johnnie Walker Red - $36.80

Ballentine's - $40.25

Dewars - $48.30

Jack Daniels - $55.20

Chivas Regal (12yrs) - $66.70

Johnnie Walker Black - $77.05

GIN:

Beefeater - $32.20

Tanqueray - $41.40

Bombay Sapphire - $42.55

LIQUEURS:

Kahlua, Southern Comfort - $36.80

Bailey's Irish Cream - $46.00

Sambuca (Opal Nera Black) - $47.15

Tia Maria - $49.45

Amaretto - $51.75

Cointreau - $55.20

Drambuie - $58.65

Grand Marnier - $74.75

RUM:

Myers - $32.20

Bacardi Gold - $34.50

Bacardi White - $35.65

[whosyer12]

The price for some vodkas, whiskeys and a few of the liqueurs don't seem too bad, given the circumstances----but $22 for a Miller Lite six pack? Get Outta Town!!!

 

Comparatively--I might pay $10--but otherwise, I'll keep sneaking a twelve pack or case in my luggage, thank you!

[tcook052]

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=18576079

[Gunther1]

I brought a six pack .....twice (Alaska Ale)........on board in Juneau. Both times I made no attempt to hide it. Both times no one batted an eye. Of course, this was at a port and not at embarkation.

[JavaJunkie]

My husband and I are some of the youngest cruisers on Holland America (28 and 30), so I think if anyone was going to have an issue bring alcohol aboard it would be us. Just the opposite, we hand-carried a fifth of Scotch on at embarkation in Florida, and to prove a point in Mexico DH carried on a 40-ounce bottle of beer -- no bag, just the bottle. No one questioned it either time, but the bottles did have to go through the x-ray machine.

[Silver sailor]

Does anyone know what HAL considers O' Douls

It's a non alcoholic drink and assume there should not be a problem bring some on board

[ccruisequeen]

link doesn't work, tcook

[Riversedge]

Does anyone know if they have wine glasses in the cabins (we have an inside) or if we should bring our own for consumption in our cabin?

[navybankerteacher]

Does anyone know if they have wine glasses in the cabins (we have an inside) or if we should bring our own for consumption in our cabin?

 

HAL cabins are all furnished with ice buckets, wine and straight glasses -- but no corkscrew, so you should bring your own, as well as means of securely restopping unfinished bottles.

[maxout]

Does anyone know if they have wine glasses in the cabins (we have an inside) or if we should bring our own for consumption in our cabin?

 

You should have glasses there, if not ask you room steward to get you some.

[jtl513]

-- but no corkscrew, so you should bring your own,

We have found a corkscrew in some cabins when we arrived, and once we got one from our steward. But it's safer to bring your own.

[tcook052]

link doesn't work, tcook

 

No problem. :)

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1220002&highlight=beer

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1170256&highlight=beer

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1140956&highlight=beer

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1088787&highlight=beer

[jtl513]

Does anyone know what HAL considers O' Douls

It's a non alcoholic drink and assume there should not be a problem bring some on board

Actually O"Douls and othe "n.a." beer does contain a small % of alcohol, so technically they could disallow it ... but I doubt there would be any challenge.

[RuthC]

Does anyone know if they have wine glasses in the cabins (we have an inside) or if we should bring our own for consumption in our cabin?

Whether or not an inside cabin has glasses depends on class of ship. The S- and R-class ships do not have glassware. The Vista and Signature classes, as well as the Prinsendam, do.

 

Basicly, it comes down to whether or not your inside cabin has a fridge. The cabins with a fridge also have the glassware.