New Alcohol Policy Question

[Kerrigirl]

I know that with the new alcohol policy each adult is permitted to bring 6 beers or 2 bottles of wine in their carry-on. Are we permitted to bring wine and beer (in same quantities) back to the ship at each of the ports? Thanks

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Yes, you can bring that amount on at embarkation AND at each port.

 

[Kerrigirl]

Great! This will make DH happy.

 

[The Green's]

What if a person wanted to buy rum in port and bring it back on the ship. Will they allow it?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

What if a person wanted to buy rum in port and bring it back on the ship. Will they allow it?

The rum will be held by the ship until debarkation morning, when you pick it up just before leaving the ship.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

What if a person wanted to buy rum in port and bring it back on the ship. Will they allow it?

No. It will be taken and stored until the end of the cruise.

 

[BruinEd03]

What if a person wanted to buy rum in port and bring it back on the ship. Will they allow it?

You can bring rum back to the ship, but it will be confiscated and will be given back to you at debarkation.

 

[alyfreema]

Is hard cider considered the same as beer?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Is hard cider considered the same as beer?

Not unless it says "beer" on the container.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

When you board from port, they will see the bottles when you go through the x ray and send you off to the side so that a couple of crew members sitting there can check in your port alcohol purchases, take your bottles, mark them with your stateroom number (they put on some tape and write the number) and give you a receipt. You will get a different receipt for each port in which you purchase liquor (other than beer and wine). On the last night of the cruise, the debarkation leaflet will have the name of the location where you can go to pick up your alcohol the next morning - bring your receipt(s) and they will have you sign for your bottles. Alcohol pickup was between 7 and 9 am on debarkation day.

If you are planning on leaving your luggage out the night before debarkation and having it sent directly to the airport, remember that if you buy any alcohol in port that you can't take it through airport security - it has to go into checked luggage. So you'll have to keep a bag with you to check at the airport.

Bring a bag with you to the pickup point - they said they had some plastic bags available for carrying bottles, but they ran out of them pretty quickly.

 

[californiamomofboys]

Is hard cider considered the same as beer?

when boarding at Port Canaveral, if the cider is in the same type of cans/bottles as your typical beer, I doubt they will even look inside your bag after they go thru the X-ray machine. At least, that's what we experienced.

 

[cgolf]

In the past we have packed the extra large ziplock bags and bubble wrap and tape to protect the bottles in our luggage. We would then surround it in the middle of a bag with clothes to further protect it from getting tossed around. We didn't bother this year though due to the hassle of getting everything done the morning of as we were doing an early walk off to make sure we made our flight and didn't want to have to deal with trying to quickly pack it that morning.

DCL needs to rethink this and go back to delivering the booze the night before to allow people to properly pack it, especially for those having DCL deliver their luggage to the airport.

Next year we will have to figure out how it is handled on RCCL, because we are going to St Maarteen and will definately be purchasing some guavaberry rum and liquor. This used to be easy on DCL, but we would still deal with it for the guavaberry stuff, it is really yummy

 

[cgolf]

I was told that the cider would not be allowed which is ridiculous since it has the same or lower alcohol content than beer. The new policy also is very unfair to the gluten free crowd, cider is our savior and there are some incredible craft ciders out there.

I would guess though that it would depend on the security team that checks you in, some may let it pass and some may take there job very seriously and not.

 

[professorandmom]

I was told that the cider would not be allowed which is ridiculous since it has the same or lower alcohol content than beer. The new policy also is very unfair to the gluten free crowd, cider is our savior and there are some incredible craft ciders out there.

Many DISers have reported cider is not a problem...

 

[krhardy]

How stringent are they being at check in? DH has a favorite "mixed beverage" he likes to make. We also make our own wine. So, we were contemplating premixing his favorite beverage and bottling/corking it. Will they pull it if there's no store label on it? If it's in a dark bottle, they'll never know it's not wine...

 

[hubbard53]

. . . Will they pull it if there's no store label on it? If it's in a dark bottle, they'll never know it's not wine...

Just use a bottle with a label on it and they will never know it's not wine...

 

[krhardy]

Darn...you mean to tell me that I have to go and buy a bottle of wine JUST to drink before we go?? Such a sacrifice I can see me telling DH right now: "honey, I'm sorry, but we HAVE to drink this bottle of wine ASAP so we have the label"

 

[scottb8888]

So,we haven't cruised since this policy was implemented. Anyone found a way around getting some alcohol on board?

 

[n2mm]

Just wondering if anyone knows a quick stop at Nassau to pick up some beer and get back on the ship. We seldom get off at NAssau, but it's our first stop.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

So,we haven't cruised since this policy was implemented. Anyone found a way around getting some alcohol on board?

The Disboards have a policy that they don't allow discussion of how to circumvent Disney's policies. Generally , this will get a thread locked. I have heard there is ample information on this topic for cruise lines in general, not just DCL, if you Google it.