Does the size of the bottle of wine

[mymel]

Does the size of the bottle of wine that you bring aboard matter? Do they really check the size?

[sail7seas]

Oh my......

 

:) What are you planning on bringing? A barrel?

HAL would not care what size you brought. Maybe Carnival does?

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

You really need to check with the cruise line that you are going to sail on.

Rules vary by cruise lines.

[sandancer]

NCL definately does. Unlike other cruise lines NCL charges the seapass card right there and then and not when you go to the dining room. Sliding scale of charges depending on the size of the bottle. Not worth the extra cost for corkage or the aggravation. We did not try to smuggle, we carried our 2 bottles on quite openly expecting to be charged corkage. They treated us like criminals. Never again.

[rvsullivan]

"Criminals", really? How was that? When and where, did they put you in handcuffs, take you to security? Not sure what being treated like a criminal means. Our experience has been, they tell you the charges, have you sign, put on a sticker on each bottle and welcome you aboard. Was this on your cruise in 2006?

[cuyahoga11]

Does the size of the bottle of wine that you bring aboard matter? Do they really check the size?

 

750 ml on Carnival and yes they do check

[runner15km]

I had one 1.5 liter bottle of wine for the two of us for a Carnival cruise and POM security took it away. They said two 750ml bottles only is allowed. On the last night of the cruise the wine was delivered to our cabin.

[Jimnbigd]

Note that Royal Caribbean does not allow any carry on wine.

[Glaciers]

Princess is no larger than 750ml too.

 

"As provided in the Passage Contract, passengers agree not to bring alcoholic beverages of any kind onboard for consumption, except one bottle of wine or champagne per adult of drinking age (no larger than 750 ml), per voyage.* Princess Cruises reserves the right to remove any alcoholic beverage in excess of the above stated policy thresholds from both passenger suitcases and hand-luggage. Alcohol will be stored for safe-keeping during the course of the voyage and will be delivered to the passenger's stateroom on the final day of the cruise."

[5326jan]

Princess is no larger than 750ml too.

 

"As provided in the Passage Contract, passengers agree not to bring alcoholic beverages of any kind onboard for consumption, except one bottle of wine or champagne per adult of drinking age (no larger than 750 ml), per voyage.* Princess Cruises reserves the right to remove any alcoholic beverage in excess of the above stated policy thresholds from both passenger suitcases and hand-luggage. Alcohol will be stored for safe-keeping during the course of the voyage and will be delivered to the passenger's stateroom on the final day of the cruise."

 

I have never seen this enforced in the US or in Europe. We've carried on a 3 liter Black Box of wine plus 3 bottles of "good" wine and no one blinked an eye. We buy wine from the ship for dinner, so we don't have to pay a corkage fee on anything we bring.

 

This may not be true in Australia, where I believe they do enforce the rule.

[Tralynn]

Size always matters!

[Karysa]

NCL definately does. Unlike other cruise lines NCL charges the seapass card right there and then and not when you go to the dining room. Sliding scale of charges depending on the size of the bottle. Not worth the extra cost for corkage or the aggravation. We did not try to smuggle, we carried our 2 bottles on quite openly expecting to be charged corkage. They treated us like criminals. Never again.

 

I felt the same way. The way I had read it on cc is that I would simply bebe directed where to pay for my corkage fee. Instead the security personnel doing the screening called over another security worker and in a loud voice reported that there were 2 bottles that needed checking. The 2nd worker called me over to a table and told me that if I wanted to have the bottles in my room I would have to pay a $15 corkage fee per bottle and I told him yes that is why I brought them with me. He the told me to follow him and he personally escorted me to the desk where I was to pay the corkage fee and told the worker that I had 2 bottles of wine. That worker asked me if I knew that I needed to pay $15 for each bottle for corkage fees. I said yes I know that. I then asked him if I had done this properly because it seemed like I had been "caught sneaking" the wine instead of simply declaring it. He told me that i had done it correctly. I am fussy and really enjoy this wine so I am glad that I brought it but I am certain that others behind me in line that had never gone through declaring wine on NCL must have thought that I tried to smuggle it and got caught.