First Ever DISUnplugged Podcast Cruise 5/10/2009

[ADP]

I've heard of Port wine but never tried it. Maybe sometime if the opportunity arises.

I don't drink wine often, but will if its available and the mood strikes me. Pinot Noir is my favorite.

 

[MenashaCorp]

So now we *can* bring our own booze? How many boxes of my favorite fine wine can I bring?

 

[winotracy]

So now we *can* bring our own booze? How many boxes of my favorite fine wine can I bring?

one or two

 

[scarlett873]

Forget the wine...bring on the rum!!


Actually, we'll probably be bringing a bottle or two of wine ourselves along with some rum or something. We can just carry it on? And no one will take it away?

We sailed on Princess last year and smuggled our booze in our checked bags. I know, from what i've read, that you can't put it into your checked bags on DCL though. It's baffling me to think that I can just walk right on up with my rum and get to keep it!!


Ohhh I hope I don't make an idiot out of myself on this cruise...lol

 

[scarlett873]

Oh and Tracy...please add my DH and I to the official list!

Brandie & Matthew - second dining

 

[kab407]

So now we *can* bring our own booze? How many boxes of my favorite fine wine can I bring?

Isn't "boxes of fine wine" an oxymoron?

 

[scarlett873]

Isn't "boxes of fine wine" an oxymoron?

 

[pershing]

Ok, I'm confused. I thought we could bring drinks in a soft cooler that had no ice in it. That's what I did last time.

My son was a soda drinker and I think you had to pay for soda's then. So glad we don't anymore.

I really like that they are so cautious about hygiene with the wipes and the drink stations. You can't say they don't try to prevent .

 

[winotracy]

Forget the wine...bring on the rum!!


Actually, we'll probably be bringing a bottle or two of wine ourselves along with some rum or something. We can just carry it on? And no one will take it away?

We sailed on Princess last year and smuggled our booze in our checked bags. I know, from what i've read, that you can't put it into your checked bags on DCL though. It's baffling me to think that I can just walk right on up with my rum and get to keep it!!


Ohhh I hope I don't make an idiot out of myself on this cruise...lol

You can bring on whatever you can carry. They prefer that you have it in a bag or something but you can carry it on. They don't want you putting it in your luggage in case there is breakage. Trust me, I know from experience what it can be like if a bottle of booze in your luggage breaks

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

Trust me, I know from experience what it can be like if a bottle of booze in your luggage breaks

That, my dear, is what we call alcohol abuse.

 

[winotracy]

That, my dear, is what we call alcohol abuse.

It was my DH's fault!

I had to fly home from the cruise early and he was responsible to get the 4 bottles we bought in St. Thomas home. He put the four bottles in our luggage in their cardboard carry case (no extra padding). The cheap bottle of coconut rum broke. His bag was in a bin in the terminal! His shoes and clothes all smelled like coconut rum. Lesson well learned. Luckily, the photos from Shutters were in a plastic bag or they would have been ruined

 

[kab407]

That, my dear, is what we call alcohol abuse.

Rum is a terrible thing to waste.

 

[scarlett873]

Rum is a terrible thing to waste.

Aye...

 

[MenashaCorp]

Isn't "boxes of fine wine" an oxymoron?

Hence the humor. Well, almost.

 

[ADP]

Isn't "boxes of fine wine" an oxymoron?

You must be speaking of Franzia (boxed wine). It's a shame that I know that.

 

[scarlett873]

You must be speaking of Franzia (boxed wine). It's a shame that I know that.

 

[kab407]

Hence the humor. Well, almost.

Back when I was married, I had the out-laws over for Sunday dinner. They offered to bring wine. OK, I thought, how bad could it be? I'm serving prime rib, they bring a box of white zin that had a pretty funky taste to boot. Needless to say that went down the drain. There is a running joke that when people come over for dinner, they always offer to bring a box of white zin since we all know how much I love it!

 

[MenashaCorp]

Back when I was married, I had the out-laws over for Sunday dinner. They offered to bring wine. OK, I thought, how bad could it be? I'm serving prime rib, they bring a box of white zin that had a pretty funky taste to boot. Needless to say that went down the drain. There is a running joke that when people come over for dinner, they always offer to bring a box of white zin since we all know how much I love it!

Too funny! My favorite actually is the 2009 Frass Canyon "Effing Merlot."

Comes cheaper by the tanker truckful....

 

[winotracy]

Back when I was married, I had the out-laws over for Sunday dinner. They offered to bring wine. OK, I thought, how bad could it be? I'm serving prime rib, they bring a box of white zin that had a pretty funky taste to boot. Needless to say that went down the drain. There is a running joke that when people come over for dinner, they always offer to bring a box of white zin since we all know how much I love it!

We had a really nice wine tasting party - I made lots of fabulous food, had gourmet chocolates and cheese and lots of great wine. My "friends" brought me a couple bottles for my cellar - Boons Farm and MD20/20 I put them down in the cellar to amuse them, but they still sit there today

 

[kab407]

We had a really nice wine tasting party - I made lots of fabulous food, had gourmet chocolates and cheese and lots of great wine. My "friends" brought me a couple bottles for my cellar - Boons Farm and MD20/20 I put them down in the cellar to amuse them, but they still sit there today

oooooh.... Boones Farm! Apple or strawberry Tracy? Boones' was the cause of my very first hangover! I remember it like yesterday. The bed spinning, the hurling, the headache! I haven't seen Mad Dog since the last Rutger's frat party I went to, 25+ years ago. You have a fine selection there!