Quote Originally Posted by Cruise Planner View Post
I would assume (and you know what happens when you assume) that like most cruise lines, if you put it in your luggage, they will catch it on the scan and call you down to the 'sin bin' to retrieve it - at that time they'd probably charge you the corkage fee.

If you bring it onboard with you in your carry-on bags, they would see it on the scan and charge your corkage fee at that time to your onboard account.

Obviously, I don't know if that's actually the case, as I'm just going by reading the policy. I've got no personal experience with this new policy, except to say when we did the Pride of America in Hawaii in June that we brought liquor onboard in our backpack and never had any problems.

But I think it's totally ridiculous to charge you a corkage fee if you plan to bring a bottle of wine onboard, open it yourself, and drink it in your cabin. Doesn't surprise me as they're getting like the airlines in charging for everything and anything, but it's still wrong.

Pete

Yup, that's how it works. You pay upon boarding, they put a sticker on the bottle and charge your onboard account.

I also think Celebrity's $25 corkage fee is outrageous. (maybe it's even more now, but at least you can drink it in your cabin).