wine and corkscrew on cruise?

[veruka]

Hi - Can we bring a bottle of wine with us on board to celebrate? What about a corkscrew?


Does anyone know of a list of things that are/are not allowed on the cruise?

thanks!!

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Yes, you're allowed to bring wine and a corkscrew. Just put them in your carry-on luggage, and you'll be fine. There's an electric cooler in each stateroom. It chills white wine nicely. You can borrow wine glasses from a bar, or you can bring your own.

Your DCL docs will explain what you are not allowed to bring. First, there's a "zero weapons policy," which prohibits firearms (including ammunition), knives (including dive knives), swords, daggers, or any other type of weapon. Also, you're officially not allowed to bring personal coolers, except for those needed for medications, baby food, or items related to dietary constraint.

 

[mike2beach]

We carried on 2 bottles of our favorite wine with no problems. If you bring it to dinner, they will charge you a $15 uncorking fee.

 

[The4OfUs]

We brought a bottle of wine that we ended up taking to Palo's for dinner, and paid the $15 corking fee - so they opened it for us, but we also saw a couple bring one into the Rockin' D Bar and have it opened. We were told that if we called room service they'd bring one to us as well, the room stewards seemed to have everything that we'd ever need, or could find it for us!!

We also bought a 6 pack of Key West Lager in a liquor store there, and brought that back on board - the fridge fit that plus a few other things pretty comfortably, and we had ice to really cool things down in a matter of minutes upon asking.

Enjoy!

 

[Favorite Auntie]

If you drink the wine in your room, you can ask roomservice for wine glasses, and they will bring you a DCL corkscrew that you can keep....nice little free souvenier!

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Originally posted by mike2beach
We carried on 2 bottles of our favorite wine with no problems. If you bring it to dinner, they will charge you a $15 uncorking fee.

I understand that the corkage fee is $15 + 15% automatic gratuity = $17.25. That's not really the charge for pulling the cork; it's the charge to make up for the lost profit on wine sales.

In the dining rooms, I'd rather pair a wine from the wine list with the dinner I'm ordering.

There are two reasons that you may want to bring your own wine to a dining room and pay the corkage fee. The main reason would be if you want a particular wine that's not on the wine list. (Perhaps you always celebrate your anniversary with the wine that you had on your wedding day.) Also, for very expensive wine, you can save some money, even with the corkage fee.

The real reason you might want to bring wine onboard is so that you can drink some wine in your stateroom. Imagine relaxing on your verandah (or even in your inside stateroom) in the late afternoon with a glass of your favorite wine.

 

[kiddisney]

hi - just remember that if you're flying in right before the cruise you should pack the corkscrew in your checked baggage - they may take it from your carryon -

 

[Werner Weiss]

Originally posted by kiddisney
hi - just remember that if you're flying in right before the cruise you should pack the corkscrew in your checked baggage - they may take it from your carryon -

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website says it's okay to have a corkscrew in your carry-on luggage. Open the PDF file at Air Travel - Prohibited Items and search for "corkscrew" (using the binoculars icon in Adobe Reader).

Still, if you're checking your bags for your flight, it's probably a good idea to do as kiddisney suggests — put the corkscrew in your checked luggage — just in case you run into TSA security screener who thinks corkscrews are a security risk. But if you're not checking your bags, taking a corkscrew in your carry-on should not be a problem.

 

[veruka]

Thanks for all of the great advice about the wine and great suggestions! The wine is just for dh and me to unwind after the end of the day - and the thought of sipping our favorite bottle of pinot grigio out on the terrace of our cabin just sounds simply wonderful.

At dinner I'm more interested in the wine parings - but I loved the idea of getting the glasses and corkscrew from room service. Funny....I didn't think about the glasses. What a sight that would be...the two of us passing a bottle of white wine and back and forth on the outside the ship!

I'll make sure to pack the corkscrew in my carry on bag. Thanks for the tip.

I just can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bnickle3]

Originally posted by Horace Horsecollar
The real reason you might want to bring wine onboard is so that you can drink some wine in your stateroom. Imagine relaxing on your verandah (or even in your inside stateroom) in the late afternoon with a glass of your favorite wine.

*g*

Don't have to imagine it...that's how we ended each day. After Greg's "cookie time" from room service, we ended up on the verandah, sipping wine and watching the blanket of stars in the sky. Horace, you picked my favorite memory.

Brenda

 

[Padre Disney]

We take the boxed wine. Works great for us. We buy a special drink in a DCL glass when we first get on the ship and then keep it full of our own wine. The box is much easier to pack.

 

[sandygirl]

We take the boxed wine. Works great for us. We buy a special drink in a DCL glass when we first get on the ship and then keep it full of our own wine. The box is much easier to pack.

I didn't think about the box. Good idea!

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Originally posted by Padre Disney
We take the boxed wine. Works great for us. We buy a special drink in a DCL glass when we first get on the ship and then keep it full of our own wine. The box is much easier to pack.

Are there any decent boxed wines? Rightly or wrongly, I think of boxed wine as cheap wine that isn't good enough to be put in bottles.

 

[DVCajun]

That's kind of my thought too, Horace. Our palette has gotten a bit too spoiled to be content with box wine at this point. It would certainly be nice if the wine of our choice could be put in a box, though!

 

[Padre Disney]

Our palettes aren't spoiled yet but our pocketbook is.
We are mainly blush wine drinkers (white zinfandel, white grenache, etc) works for us and saves lots of $$$$$.

 

[bnickle3]

we bubble-wrapped three bottles of wine and I had them in our carry-on. They traveled fine, and the space they took became souvineer space at the end of the trip. It all worked out fine. I think we packed the corkscrew in our luggage. Roy (our steward) brought us a chiller-bucket and two wine glasses, and kept whatever bottle we had in there well-chilled. We also stopped and bought a 6-pk of coronas. We chilled them overnight in a sink of ice and they stayed cool in the cooler after that for the rest of the trip.

Brenda

 

[DMS_cruisers04]

because even some high priced wines can not be to your liking. And even though I agree it's easier on the pocketbook, wine should just not be put in a box.

edit: If you don't want a hastle about a corkscrew, get a wine key. Of course, that wouldn't be a problem with a box.

 

[Surfergirl]

Are there any places to buy wine in Port Canaveral?

 

[veruka]

Wouldn't it be great if there was a good white wine in the box? I agree - the zin is o.k. It's the white that needs a chaser. Actually, I find that the boxed wine makes the best tasting wine spritzers!

 

[Padre Disney]

Maybe thats why I like the box wine so much. I mix mine with diet sprite and make a wonderful spritzer.

I am also one of the few that doesn't mind the coffee on the ship.