Corkage Fee??

[mymichelle1]

I want to bring a bottle of wine on my cruise. If I bring 1 bottle of wine on the ship will I have to pay the $10 corkage fee? I will be drinking the wine in my room not in the dinning rooms. I'm confused :confused::confused:

[andynapril]

I believe that only applies if you have them open & pour it for you at dinner. But, even then I have opened my own bottle, carried to dinner & the waiter served it for me. I have never been charged the corkage fee.

[nitro2448]

If you drink it in you're room, no corkage fee. Only in the dinning room.

[All4fun&fun4all]

We bring our own wine tool with us.

[tef43]

And even if you did bring it to the MDR, it's hit or miss. We were not charged last month when we brought our (unopened) bottle to dinner. The sommalier saw it on the table, and opened it.

[deanswife1990]

We brought two bottles with us on our cruise last week and took them both unopened to the dining room. We were charged the corkage fee the second night and wasn't charged the first night.

[Tbay-eh]

Like other say - it is hit or miss. The reason you are charged corkage is: they open it, they supply proper wine glasses (different ones for red or white or sparkling), they pour it, they clean up after you. No corkage fee if you open it in your cabin: I suggest you bring your own cork screw IN YOUR CHECK LUGGAGE as they may take it from you if in carryon or they will give you the little put together ones and only if available, you pour it (you can ask your steward for wine glasses although I just use the water goblets), you can take it to the dining room with you.

[klmorg]

Corkage fee only assessed (and only sometimes) in the MDR. You can also bring a glass of wine into the dining room with you... we do that occasionally.

[64drvr]

Literally a hundred or so bottles taken into the dining room over the years and we have never been charged a corkage fee...

[mymichelle1]

Thank you for all the great info. I'm cruising with 7 other girls so we'll have 8 bottles between us. I'm ready to cruise now!!!:D

[hftmrock]

this is a big difference from NCL who charge you as you walk on the boat. I believe in NCL you can bring 2 bottles but you pay corkage fee immediately so it doesnt matter where you open it.

 

 

glad CCL does not do this

[jdvmd]

this is a big difference from NCL who charge you as you walk on the boat. I believe in NCL you can bring 2 bottles but you pay corkage fee immediately so it doesnt matter where you open it.

 

 

glad CCL does not do this

 

OP, if you bring the wine to the dining room or specialty restaurant, you will be charged the $10 corkage fee. No charge for drinking it in your room/balcony.

 

NCL has no limit to the amount of wine you can bring on. We routinely bring a case or more

[Jo-Bob]

"Corkage" is not a fee for simply opening the bottle. Think of it as an extra fee you pay for the priviledge of bringing your own bottle of wine, and not selecting from the ships selection....they still can make a little bit of profit from it. Whether you open it yourself or not, is not the point.

 

Restaurants charge a 'corkage' fee as well if bringing your own wine to a restaurant. Yes, it happens. People do it all the time, but we're not talking about Applebees.

[E6bflyer]

We brought three bottles that our server happily uncorked and poured in the MDR on Magic recently. A good percentage of the corkage fee that I would have paid ended up in his pocket at the end of the cruise. Neither he nor our bar server ever said a word about it.

[lucky13elec]

Never been asked to pay the fee. I believe most of the servers find it better business to not charge the fee.