DCL carry-on alcohol policy changing Sept. 30 2015

[Ofinn]

Yea I wonder if we are still allowed to bring bottled water and Dr Pepper for our room? Once we're in the room for the night or a kids nap, who wants to run up to the drink station for a soda?

If this is about our health... Soda is worse than booze. Running up 7 flights of stairs to get your soda negates the health risks. I think Soda in the room needs to be banned.

 

[tinkerone]

I don't believe anything in this policy change affects in-port purchases like the one you mentioned. Disney has always had a station set up as you entered the ship where they collected and tagged your liquor purchases, and then returned them to you on the last evening of your cruise.

no, i think that is wrong. we pick up in our mexican ports all the time and have never had anything taken from us.

 

[hubbard53]

It's not that I NEED vast amounts of alcohol... It's for convenience. My kid and probably many others will be bed at 9 or 10 pm. It'd be nice to have a cocktail on the verandah without trekking to a bar to go one and carrying it back to the room.

 

[littleblackegg]

Seasick people vomit too, lets ban them. lol

This will make you happy. Most of the REAL cooties in the GI system hang out in the small and large intestine. Definitely more likely to catch something gross from poop than from vomitus. HOWEVER, once the dreaded Norovirus hits the stage, usually in October, any and everyone catches it. It is spread through microscopic vomitus and poop. Usually poops itself out in February. Nasty, nasty.

 

[hubbard53]

i think Dcl should instate a mandatory bed time/lights out. That way, it's no big deal that pools and hot tubs close early and no big deal that you can't have liquor in your stateroom. Who needs liquor when you have to be tucked into bed and lights out by midnight?

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Seasick people vomit too, lets ban them. lol

Walk the plank! J/K!

 

[AquaDame]

Sigh... they're trying this again? And with such a fast turn around too? I hope they fail like last time, but won't hold my breath. We don't carry on beer or wine, but we do carry rum usually and use it in limited quantities/respectfully where appropriate. What a bummer. I don't trust them to not smash the rum we will pick up in the Southern Caribbean. I know they say they destroy things you don't pick back up, but if it is damaged by them in holding will they pay for it?

 

[Denise W]

So in order to be more in line with Carnival for example, will they start charging for soda too? Don't be surprised if that's next!

When DCL started they DID charge for soda. We were on early cruises and had to pay for soda. Eventually DCL decided to make soda free and part of the Cruise cost. They installed the Self serve areas on the pool decks.
Denise

 

[littleblackegg]

This is not about concern for drinking or decorum. They want people to drink. Last year at Food and Wine it looked like a total frat party down there. They were yelling and sloshing beer all over the nice lady's cat drawings. I think I heard a "Yee haw." They just want to make money. They always do a pretty good job of taking my money and keeping me happy.

 

[AquaDame]

This is not about concern for drinking or decorum. They want people to drink. Last year at Food and Wine it looked like a total frat party down there. They were yelling and sloshing beer all over the nice lady's cat drawings. I think I heard a "Yee haw." They just want to make money. They always do a pretty good job of taking my money and keeping me happy.

They never lost money from us regardless of us bringing rum on. We bought it to take HOME and while on the ship bought their drinks. I'm certainly not going to spend more on alcohol than I would have anyway... well, ok maybe they first time I will cut off my nose to spite my face and just bring back beers from the ports this time because I'm angry. Harrumph!

 

[eskimoinparadise]

no, i think that is wrong. we pick up in our mexican ports all the time and have never had anything taken from us.

Under the new policy, my take is they will adopt the same practices for in-port purchases as every other cruise line. You will hand over the liquor when you get back on board, they will tag and store it, and deliver it to you on the last night of the cruise - essentially what they said in the policy statement.

 

[wombat_5606]

Seasick people vomit too, lets ban them. lol[/QUOTE

Nope. The most I've seen onboard is from the kids.

 

[scm]

Do I understand the new policy correctly that you MAY consume the purchases permitted aboard at each port? If so, is it time for a thread identifying retailers at ports of call?

I think there may be confusion between duty free purchases that are held for disembarkation and the limited quantity of normal retail purchases.

 

[tinkerone]

Under the new policy, my take is they will adopt the same practices for in-port purchases as every other cruise line. You will hand over the liquor when you get back on board, they will tag and store it, and deliver it to you on the last night of the cruise - essentially what they said in the policy statement.

sorry if i am confusing. what i was responding to was the comment about it having always been disney's policy to collect it and i have never seen them do this. i understand they will do it going forward but it has not been my experience in the past.

 

[Hamitchell]

About the only time the wife and I drink now is at a fancy dinner or on a cruise. And we prefer a rum cocktail over others--we're not beer drinkers, and wine is no good for a cocktail. Scratch that 2nd option for adult relaxation/enjoyment. I really don't want to have to pop out of my cabin on 6th floor and go to some bar, wait in line, get a drink, bring back to cabin, repeat . . .That's not what most people go on a cruise to do, esp. not Disney (I'm not some smoker playing cards in the casino, getting waitresses to bring me drinks all night).;

I have been lurking at other lines and thinking that would be our next one after the 2 we have booked with Disney. This gets me more interested in studying RC and some of the others; maybe they have more to offer for us casual adults. The kids are getting old enough to do more activities without us hovering over them.

 

[littleblackegg]

We estimate, if we each drink 3 drinks a day and no wine at dinner, that will be a little more than 500 dollars for our next cruise. Just for little, basic vacation cocktails like mimosas and poolside girl drinks and nightcaps. If we are average drinkers, and I think we are, that is a lot of money that Disney is comping in order to keep the guests happy. I could see how they would eventually want to pull back. At least they aren't putting in casinos.

 

[Hamitchell]

The new rule is, no liquor you bring onboard may be consumed onboard until you pick it up the last night of your cruise. That appears to be the upshot of this for liquor drinkers.

 

[perditax]

About the only time the wife and I drink now is at a fancy dinner or on a cruise. And we prefer a rum cocktail over others--we're not beer drinkers, and wine is no good for a cocktail. Scratch that 2nd option for adult relaxation/enjoyment. I really don't want to have to pop out of my cabin on 6th floor and go to some bar, wait in line, get a drink, bring back to cabin, repeat . . .That's not what most people go on a cruise to do, esp. not Disney (I'm not some smoker playing cards in the casino, getting waitresses to bring me drinks all night).;

I have been lurking at other lines and thinking that would be our next one after the 2 we have booked with Disney. This gets me more interested in studying RC and some of the others; maybe they have more to offer for us casual adults. The kids are getting old enough to do more activities without us hovering over them.

Some of us current (and possibly future) NCL fans have been having a mostly civilized chat over here:

http://www.disboards.com/threads/ha...ell-my-house-lol.3431580/page-9#post-54258284

Middle pages may contain some sniping/doomsaying from DCL defenders, but returns to civilized later in the thread.

 

[Quellman]

I emailed to voice my concern and disappointment to the new policy that effects our first cruise with little notice. It's not the only reason we chose DCL but it helped offset the super high cost for this family of 4 to know we could save by having a few cocktails on our own in between buying them by the pool! And no we aren't alcoholics either! But we are part of the cruisers who don't drink beer or wine, so that's a downfall there too! I viewed it as one of the many things that set them apart, but it seems lately lots of those things are vanishing. But here's the response I got from Disney i thought I'd share


8/17/15

Dear Miranda:

Thank you for your recent e-mail and your thoughts around our alcohol
policy.

We regularly evaluate our policies and procedures and have recently
changed our alcohol beverage policy to limit the amount and types of
alcohol Guests may bring onboard in our home- and out-ports.

Effective for cruises embarking on or after September 30, 2015, Disney
Cruise Line Guests 21 years and older may bring a maximum of 2 bottles
of unopened wine or champagne (no larger than 750 ml) or 6 beers (no
larger than 12 ounces) on board in their carry-on luggage at the
beginning of the voyage and at each port-of-call. This type of alcohol
beverage policy is not unusual in the cruise industry.

Additional information on our policies can be found on our website at:https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/...aring-for-your-cruise/alcohol-onboard-policy/

Again, thank you for your comments and concerns.

Sincerely,

Joseph Paris
Executive Correspondent
Disney Cruise Line

I hope you responded to Joseph that his response did not address your concern.

I give up. Maybe we're having a language barrier problem here. Everything you do on that ship and everything the employees do for you on that ship is wrapped up in the price that you pay. None of it is free. So you are correct that there is no direct charge for the "old" perk of bringing alcohol on the cruise.

Yet if RCI charges $1000 for their cruise and doesn't offer certain perks, but Disney charges $2000 for a similar cruise but offers additional perks, you don't think part of that extra $1000 goes towards paying for those extra perks? You don't think at some point in the past some Disney exec said to a table of other execs "Well we can charge a little more than that other cruise line because of our BYOB policy" (of course in addition to other extras)?

I would hope that some of the cost of my cruise goes towards paying the bar tender people who aren't making a few extra bucks because I wanted to have a mixed liquor drink in my room and read on the verandah instead of going to the bar and buying one while I listen to music or play trivia or bingo. But apparently not.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

Is there a rule against having your non drinking friend bring it on and then giving it to you?