How do you carry your wine on board?

[hcat]

We bought a nice neoprene two bottle carrier thru wine enthusiast website/catalog

 

not heavy, highly protective and can use carry handles or shoulder strap. Or can slip into our carry on wheelie bag

 

we once took some small sampler tequila bottles home as gifts. It was bubble wrapped but some of it leaked ....other than some loss of product, fortunately nothing was ruined but packing bottles in luggage may not be foolproof...

[CDay]

How much wine does Celebrity allow each passenger to bring on board? Is there any corkage fee? thanks :)

[quinceemom]

Celebrity's "official" position is two bottles may be brought onboard per stateroom. That being said, hubby and I have done a couple of different options. If we are driving down or coming in day before and have access to grocery/liquor store, we get our wine near port and bring in our carryon. We split the bottles between two carryons, with each of us bringing one or two through security. We go through the scanners seperately, as though we are not traveling together. I think the only time I was questioned was when I packed my corkscrew in my carryon instead of my checkin and even then, the screener just asked me what it was. However, on our most recent cruise, we took a huge chance and flew down morning of cruise and since it was a Sunday, the local grocery/liquor stores cannot sell wine (or any alchohal) until noon. So I purchased the boxed red wine (a merlot, comes in black box), wrapped the whole box in garbage bags and then put it inside a beach bag and packed it in my checked bags. The checked bag it was in had shoes, my snorkel gear, and things like bathing suits, which I also packed in garbage bags,,,just in case. It made it to my cabin in great shape. The box holds approx 4 bottles of wine,,so I def had some left over at end of cruise. Now, it's not the greatest wine in the world, but it was nice just for having wine in the room. Our next cruise is a two weeker, so we'll probably pack a boxed wine and bring on our two bottles of white.