Taking wine on board....checked or carry on

[Qcruise]

So the wife and I leave Thursday on the Sapphire 4 day coastal and we're taking 2 bottles of wine and a can or two of tonic and small bottle of cranberry juice for mixers.....we paid to have a small bottle of vodka in our room. My question is this....my wife wants to pack these in our checked luggage, but I think it will just delay arrival of said luggage to our room if they see and check out what it is. I say we should carry it on in our carry on backpack/bags. What is correct.....?? Thanks

[Colo Cruiser]

So the wife and I leave Thursday on the Sapphire 4 day coastal and we're taking 2 bottles of wine and a can or two of tonic and small bottle of cranberry juice for mixers.....we paid to have a small bottle of vodka in our room. My question is this....my wife wants to pack these in our checked luggage, but I think it will just delay arrival of said luggage to our room if they see and check out what it is. I say we should carry it on in our carry on backpack/bags. What is correct.....?? Thanks

 

 

It could, it may be best to put them in your carry on and get it over with so you won't be called down to explain. JMO

They were checking everything on the Sapphire a few weeks ago.

[GweninTX]

I would put in your backpack carry on. Much easier!

[fishywood]

As per the instructions on your luggage tags, and has been repeatedly reported on here...

 

ANY alcohol found in checked baggage is subject to confiscation and destruction--INCLUDING THE ONE BOTTLE OF WINE PERMITTED PER ADULT!

 

All wine or champagne being brought onboard must be registered with the Princess rep as you pass through security; that is also where you pay up front (not on your shipboard account) the corkage fee for all bottles beyond the one per adult. You can put the mixers in your checked bag, but you run the risk of being called to the naughty room to verify that the cans and bottles are still factory sealed. But the wine you MUST carry on yourself.

Edited March 22, 2014 by fishywood

[Grammyluvs]

We always put it in our carry on. If flying, we take it out of checked luggage at airport. I usually pack a light wt. tote bag and just use it to carry the wine with the other carry ons.

[IECalCruiser]

Put them in your carryon or a separate appropriate bag.

 

 

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[eandj]

Carrying on is no big deal. If you have more than one bottle per adult you can go to the check in table to take care of fees. We "openly" carried on the two allowed bottles of wine in a cloth shopping bag and were not told to stop at the table. And since we weren't breaking policy, didn't stop. Much easier than packing it into a piece of luggage. Do the same for the mixers and you will have no delays getting it.

Edited March 22, 2014 by eandj

[Maddle]

Yes, carry it on, as per the policy.

 

Plus - Keep in mind, if any of the bottles (wine or even the juice) were to break in the checked baggage, you would have a big mess all over your wardrobe, AND - it might leak onto other passengers' suitcases too.

 

Maddle

[StLouisCruisers]

Consider wrapping the bottles in bubble wrap, then placing them in extra large ziploc bags (available at your local stores like Walmart). Put lots of clothes around the bags. Even if the bottle broke, the bubble wrap and tightly closed ziploc would help with containing the leakage. Good luck!

[IECalCruiser]

Consider wrapping the bottles in bubble wrap, then placing them in extra large ziploc bags (available at your local stores like Walmart). Put lots of clothes around the bags. Even if the bottle broke, the bubble wrap and tightly closed ziploc would help with containing the leakage. Good luck!

Don't go through that hassle, just carry on! That's what we have always done.

 

 

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[geoherb]

For our past two cruises, since the implementation of the new policy, I've packed bottles of wine, securely wrapped, in our checked luggage for the flight down. I've moved them over to my carry-on luggage before getting to the cruise terminal.

[GweninTX]

Several years ago I bought "wine diapers" they are a plastic outer with a ziplock top and have absorbent diaper like material inside. They are perfect and we have used them over and over again! Google them - I bought mine so long ago I do not remember, but great investment!

[saturngazer]

I am planning to bring a case of wine on my next cruise. How is that handled? I obviously can't hand carry it on the ship. Any suggestions? Any one done this since the new rules?

[hillslife]

I usually buy 2 bottles of wine and a 2 litter Dr. pepper at my boarding port and carry it on...no issues. I often buy another bottle of wine in other ports and carry that back on the ship too...never had even a question asked.

 

Too much hassle to pack it in checked luggage and worry about breakage the entire flight. My bags get so torn up and dirty...we know they are not handled with TLC....

[davekathy]

Always carry on. We like wine but not on our clothes. You never know.

[eandj]

I think we would be overweight if we added bottles of wine to our checked bags.

There are so many places to buy wine in the home ports to bother with bringing something from home. :rolleyes: Unless it was a special bottle we wanted to open. But then...if it was "special", we wouldn't risk taking it by air.

We DID see a couple with a "flyable" hard sided 8 bottle wine suitcase that they took to the table to be checked in.