BYOB to Dinner? What is allowed?

[campinggal]

I know there have been many threads about bringing your own beverages onto the ship (not in your checked luggage etc) but once on the ship- are there restrictions for walking around with an alcoholic beverage in your hand?

How about dinner- if you bring your own wine to dinner- can it be in a glass or does one have to not be that obvious and have it in a plastic cup.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Mickeyhugger]

I know there have been many threads about bringing your own beverages onto the ship (not in your checked luggage etc) but once on the ship- are there restrictions for walking around with an alcoholic beverage in your hand?

How about dinner- if you bring your own wine to dinner- can it be in a glass or does one have to not be that obvious and have it in a plastic cup.

Thanks for the help!

Walk around all you want if you bring your own bottle they hit you with a corking fee

 

[cyndik1111]

I had no trouble walking around the boat with wine in one of their glasses. In the dining room i tried to be discreet. I think the assistant server gets a portion of an alcoholic drink tip (I could be wrong) and I felt it was disrespectful to openly drink in front of him. I used a paper cup/lid from the drink station to bring wine (a few times) to dinner. It looked like I had a cup of coffee from the drink station. In my defense- there were no wines that they offered that I liked. So I brought my own- which turned into a pain in the fanny (carry on luggage etc)
Table mates of our openly brought wine from their room in wine glasses every night. They was very open about it and no one said anything, but the server did make a face- but I think our servers were very new. Not sure how an experienced server would have handled it.

 

[kcashner]

If you bring a wine glass into the dining room, they don't know whether you bought it at one of the bars around the ship or brought your own. Your stateroom steward will supply wine glasses if you desire. You are welcome to walk around the ship with your own glass--whether a wine glass or a covered cup from the drink station.

If you bring a bottle into the dining room, you'll be charged the "corking fee," even if your bottle is already open.

 

[campinggal]

You guys are great! Thanks so much!

I did know about the 'corking fee' but wasn't sure about the rest.

Thanks again!

 

[Kurby]

it's an $18 corking fee - OUCH

you're prob cheaper buying a bottle of wine at the dinner table.

just read that in the booklet today.

 

[Tneah]

it's an $18 corking fee - OUCH

you're prob cheaper buying a bottle of wine at the dinner table.

just read that in the booklet today.

But those wines listed on their menu aren't more than ley say $15.00 normally. Most are even cheaper than $15.00. The corking fee is included in the price. Buying by the glass is more expensive than the bottle.

I personally would enjoy a glass of wine or two at dinnner, but the corking fee really bothers me. Why so much? I've opened many bottles, I never saw $18.00 jumps down in front of me for uncorking it. Then they add gratuity to it, too. It's like never ending. It just gets out of hand.

I would really like to buy the wine package, but why add gratuity to it on top of the corking fee (gee at this price it should already be included)!!!! Even if I didn't open one bottle at dinner I would still pay the same price, right?

With all I've said above, I do personally feel it's rude to walk into dinner with your own wine or beer. This just seems wrong. I would rather skip my drink at dinner than walk in looking cheap or sneaky.

 

[PrincessBelle39]

Just wondering, if you buy a bottle at the table and don't drink it all. Is it saved over for the next night. My dh drinks wine and enjoys a glass with dinner. I don't drink it at all. There is no way though that he would drink a bottle in one go.

 

[Capt_BJ]

Just wondering, if you buy a bottle at the table and don't drink it all. Is it saved over for the next night. My dh drinks wine and enjoys a glass with dinner. I don't drink it at all. There is no way though that he would drink a bottle in one go.

yes, they'll hold it.

 

[PURTYPAT1]

My question is, if you buy a bottle of wine say ball park of $15.00 are you saying Disney then charges an additional price of $18.00 for cork screw price than the gratulites?

 

[kcashner]

The corking fee is charged when you bring your own wine into one of the dining rooms. You don't pay a corking fee when you purchase the wine from DCL. Yes, you do pay the automatic gratuity as you do on any bar charge.

If you drink part of a bottle of wine at dinner, they will hold the remainder for you for the next night. You will not pay any fee for this.

Again, the corking fee applies when you bring your own wine into the dining rooms. I have never seen it charged when wine was purchased from DCL, whether a single bottle or a wine package.

 

[lbgraves]

I don't see a problem with taking a glass with a drink in it to the dining rooms. There are clubs on the same deck as two of the dining rooms where you can stop in for a family show before dinner as well as the lounge right outside of Lumiere's where you can sit and enjoy some music before dinner. Also on formal night there are servers circulating in the atrium during the Captain's reception with free drinks. I don't drink often or very much so a glass of wine or whatever will last me through dinner with some left over probably. No one is going to give you a second look if you walk into the dining room with a drink and no one will be able to tell if you bought it at a bar or fixed it in your room.

 

[surf2di4]

when we did the WB P/C i brought about 20 bottles of wine, we opened them in the room and poured glasses for everyone sitting at our table. we on occasion bought a bottle also since there were four of us. our servers were great they brought extra glasses for us when we need them. most of the people on r rotation got used to seeing me with my 2 glasses in hand.

karl

 

[Capt_BJ]

actually $18 corkage fee is considered reasonable.

Not that many rest' allow outside wine at all and those that do will usually have a corkage fee and $20 is considered normal

googlr corkage fee or one example
http://www.forkandbottle.com/wine/corkage.htm

Why do restaurants charge Corkage fees?
The corkage fee covers service (but not tips/service charge), wine glass breakage/rental and some of the lost revenue from not selling a wine off the restaurant's list. Keep in mind that restaurants are in the business to make money and wine is perhaps their biggest profit center; in most circumstances, a $20 corkage fee is not at all unreasonable.

Typical Corkage Fee
Many restaurants charge $10-$20 but the actual range is everywhere from free (sometimes called BYOW restaurants) to $75 (very high end places, like The French Laundry). A high corkage fee is in place to discourage you from bringing wine and/or to make sure the restaurant profits when you do so.

 

[amystevekai&bump]

my husband likes a beer with dinner - what would you carry that in - do the stateroom hosts provide beer glasses as well??

thanks alot!!

 

[Hygiene99]

my husband likes a beer with dinner - what would you carry that in - do the stateroom hosts provide beer glasses as well??

thanks alot!!

Just go to the nearest bar, and ask for a beer Glass. they will give you one....

 

[surf2di4]

my husband likes a beer with dinner - what would you carry that in - do the stateroom hosts provide beer glasses as well??

thanks alot!!

bring a bubba mug to dinner
karl

 

[Alice_on_WONDERland]

what the heck is a bubba mug???

 

[mmouse37]

what the heck is a bubba mug???

I believe he may be referring to one of those huge mugs that they sell at 7-11 or Quick Check that holds something like 100 oz. of liquid!!! Well not really 100 but you know what I mean!! LOL

 

[tinkluvr12]

My DH and I sailed in Jan. We flew into Daytona, picked up a few bottles of wine and midori sour makings at a liquor store I found on line and carried them onto the ship in a padded box the store manager gave us. We asked for glasses and carried the wine/drinks around when ever we wanted. We took our own drinks to the shows and into dinner without even a batted eyelash. We even had glasses of a perfect chardonnay for pirate night. It was great. We tend to like the obscure vineyards and this way we got what we wanted. We also bought a bottle of wine on our Palo night since they had our favorite merlot- Duckhorn- it was lovely! We are already planning to do the same for our next cruise. The drink cooler kept everything perfectly cool and we had a glass for the veranda whenever we wanted it. If I were you I wouldn't worry.