Wine in Dining Room

[aquarion]

I know you are allowed to bring 1 bottle on wine on board. Will they allow you to drink it in the dining room or will they charge a corkage fee?

[Micahs Grandad]

Depends upon MD. Usually we pour off a glass in our cabin and bring it to dinner on night we want wine.

[2chilover]

I know you are allowed to bring 1 bottle on wine on board. Will they allow you to drink it in the dining room or will they charge a corkage fee?

 

A $15 USD corkage fee (a charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises), per 750 ml bottle, will be charged should guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in the main dining room, steakhouse or bar.

 

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2633

[hftmrock]

you will read that people often dont get charged but the above IS the answer so if you bring wine to the dining room, be prepared to pay the corkage charge. if they dont charge you, then you are even better

[2chilover]

On our last cruise in October, I called room service and the guy came with a corkscrew and opened all four bottles for me at once - no corkage fee. I just stuck the corks back in. He got a generous tip. :)

 

So........do that and just carry the bottle into MDR.

Edited January 30, 2016 by 2chilover

[Capo Capitan]

On our last cruise in October, I called room service and the guy came with a corkscrew and opened all four bottles for me at once - no corkage fee. I just stuck the corks back in. He got a generous tip. :)

 

So........do that and just carry the bottle into MDR.

 

The corkage fee has nothing to do with who removes the cork. The MDR could still charge you a corkage fee for bringing your uncorked bottle to dinner.

Edited January 30, 2016 by Capo Capitan

[fair-winds39]

On the Carnival Pride, we were charged twice out of three cruises. When we've had just a table for two, there's always some wine left, so they just keep it for us for the next night.

[coevan]

We always open the wine pour a glass in the room, bring the glasses and open bottle to the Dr. We were never charged or even questioned about our wine. We brought 8 bottles in from San Juan. We kept on going downstairs at the port and bought 2 more bottles, 4 times.

[Librarian365]

On our last cruise in October, I called room service and the guy came with a corkscrew and opened all four bottles for me at once - no corkage fee. .

 

Could you bring a corkscrew or do they confiscate that too?

[Librarian365]

We always open the wine pour a glass in the room, bring the glasses and open bottle to the Dr.

 

Where do you get your empty glasses? Room service? For this or even if we wanted a glass in our room.

[coevan]

yes cork screws are permissible. We get one with a foil cutter, not a knife. There are wine glasses in your room. The room steward brought us new ones every day. You cn also go to any bar and ask for a couple a of wine glasses.

[Librarian365]

yes cork screws are permissible. We get one with a foil cutter, not a knife. There are wine glasses in your room. The room steward brought us new ones every day. You cn also go to any bar and ask for a couple a of wine glasses.

 

Thank you!

[keith75]

I know you are allowed to bring 1 bottle on wine on board. Will they allow you to drink it in the dining room or will they charge a corkage fee?

 

I don't think they care, it's been more loose the last couple of years.

[ShakyBeef]

FYI: Only Suites have wine glasses. The glasses provided in all other cabins are water goblets - they are different. And if you stroll into the MDR carrying a water goblet filled with wine, it will be recognizable as such.;) Now, y'all, relax: I'm just letting you know in case it matters to you. I'm not passing any judgement, here.:rolleyes::p

 

If you want an actual wine glass and don't happen to be in a suite, you can order some empty wine glasses from Room Service (specify white or red or both), or you can ask for an empty wine glass from any (indoor) bar.;)

[WAHMto5]

We always ask room service for wine glasses, bring just a glass filled to dinner each night and have never had a problem.

[Micahs Grandad]

Where do you get your empty glasses? Room service? For this or even if we wanted a glass in our room.

 

When we meet our room steward we ask him to make sure we have four white wine glasses in our cabin each day.

 

I carry a pocket knife with cork screw with me on every cruise.

 

Last cruise on Princess somehow broke my cork screw. Brought bottle of wine to DR and asked asst waiter to open it. He did but said if we drink it in DR he would have to charge corkage.

 

For our second bottle borrowed corkscrew from room steward.

[Barsnikel]

mmm... as for wine glasses in your cabin, they always have two wine glasses... whether inside, Oceanside, balcony or suite. That has been our experience, and we just had an inside cabin a few months ago.

 

I will also tell you that when we have taken our open wine bottle to the dinning room, they will want to charge a corkage fee. I'm sure that sometimes they don't, but they are suppose to.

 

My advice... take a travel cork screw (you can get them at most liquor stores), use the wine glasses in the cabin, have your steward give you and ice bucket with ice.

 

Always works for us

[ShakyBeef]

mmm... as for wine glasses in your cabin, they always have two wine glasses... whether inside, Oceanside, balcony or suite. That has been our experience, and we just had an inside cabin a few months ago.

 

I will also tell you that when we have taken our open wine bottle to the dinning room, they will want to charge a corkage fee. I'm sure that sometimes they don't, but they are suppose to.

 

My advice... take a travel cork screw (you can get them at most liquor stores), use the wine glasses in the cabin, have your steward give you and ice bucket with ice.

 

Always works for us

 

Those 2 stemware glasses provided in every type of cabin are water goblets, not wine glasses. In suites, there are two water goblets, 2 white wine glasses, and two red wine glasses. There are differences between a wine glass and a water goblet. A stem doesn't make it a wine glass.;) I have stayed in OV, Balcony, Extended Balcony, and Suites.

[sharkaymon]

On our last cruise in October, I called room service and the guy came with a corkscrew and opened all four bottles for me at once - no corkage fee. I just stuck the corks back in. He got a generous tip. :)

 

So........do that and just carry the bottle into MDR.

 

Can you pack a corkscrew in your checked baggage?

[Jana60]

On our last cruise in October, I called room service and the guy came with a corkscrew and opened all four bottles for me at once - no corkage fee. I just stuck the corks back in. He got a generous tip. :)

 

So........do that and just carry the bottle into MDR.

 

You need to pour the wine into glasses because the corkage fee is not for removing the cork but for taking the bottle in its entirety into the dining room.

[cruisinqt]

We bring unopened bottles of wine in the main dining room and ask them to be opened all of the time. We have yet to be charged. I guess we've been lucky according to these other posts. But we never miss a meal in the main dining room and we dress nice. Maybe they know we're the type to tip well at the end of the cruise, and we do. :)

[Jana60]

yes cork screws are permissible. We get one with a foil cutter, not a knife. There are wine glasses in your room. The room steward brought us new ones every day. You cn also go to any bar and ask for a couple a of wine glasses.

 

Librarian365 is correct those are water glasses in the cabin however that being said I like to use them for wine because they hold a large amount so I can carry the equivalent of 2 glasses of wine to dinner.

[ShakyBeef]

Librarian365 is correct those are water glasses in the cabin however that being said I like to use them for wine because they hold a large amount so I can carry the equivalent of 2 glasses of wine to dinner.

 

That was me, not Librarian365.;):o

[summersigh]

mmm... as for wine glasses in your cabin, they always have two wine glasses... whether inside, Oceanside, balcony or suite. That has been our experience, and we just had an inside cabin a few months ago.

 

I will also tell you that when we have taken our open wine bottle to the dinning room, they will want to charge a corkage fee. I'm sure that sometimes they don't, but they are suppose to.

 

My advice... take a travel cork screw (you can get them at most liquor stores), use the wine glasses in the cabin, have your steward give you and ice bucket with ice.

 

Always works for us

 

 

Works for us too :D

 

Carnival's Wine Policy:

Bringing Liquor and Beverages Onboard - Embarkation

Guests are prohibited from bringing water, sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages onboard that are packaged in bottles. A small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, and milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought onboard on embarkation day and must be in the guest's carry-on luggage. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person. Guests are prohibited from bringing alcoholic beverages on board with the following exception:

 

At the beginning of the cruise during embarkation day only, guests (21 years of age and older) may bring one 750 ml bottle of sealed/unopened wine or champagne per person in their carry-on luggage.

A $15 USD corkage fee (a charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises), per 750 ml bottle, will be charged should guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in the main dining room, steakhouse or bar.

[Capo Capitan]

You need to pour the wine into glasses because the corkage fee is not for removing the cork but for taking the bottle in its entirety into the dining room.

 

Actually, if you read the policy, the key word is consume. So if Carnival really wanted to enforce the policy, they could charge you a corkage fee for bringing in your wine in a glass that not purchased on the ship. However, they really don't have the time to waste and see if you purchased a bottle of wine or a glass at the atrium bar, so 99.99999993165493281% of the time it won't be an issue.

Edited January 31, 2016 by Capo Capitan