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Anyone been on a cruise with them lately ? We are going in May and have just come across there drinks policy.............

Can I bring alcohol or non-alcoholic beverages (from home or from a port) on board?
From 1st November 2012, guests are now allowed to bring 2 bottles of wine or champagne on board at embarkation, this is per stateroom, not per guest. These are for consumption in the stateroom. If a guest wishes to consume these in any dining venue or bar/lounge, there is a corkage fee of 25USD per bottle. No other drink than wine or champagne will be allowed.
Alcoholic beverages that are purchased in ports-of-call or from Shops On Board will be stored by the ship and delivered to your stateroom on the last day of the sailing. Alcoholic beverages seized on embarkation day will not be returned.
Security may inspect containers (water bottles, soft drinks bottles, mouthwash, luggage, etc.) and will dispose of containers holding alcohol. Guests who violate any alcohol policies (over consume, supply alcohol to people aged under 21 (18 where our policy allows), demonstrate irresponsible behaviour or attempt to conceal alcoholic items at security and/or luggage check points or at any other time) may be disembarked or not allowed to board, at their own expense, in accordance with our Guest Conduct Policy. Guests who are under the permitted drinking age will not have alcohol returned to them.
Please Note: All guests must comply with TSA guidelines for transporting liquids through any airport they may transit to or from during their cruise holiday.

Bit over the top ? If you have been with them lately how strong do they implement this ?
 
they make a HUGE amount of money from selling alcohol so they enforce the rules very strictly

im very surprised they are allowing you to bring some onboard at all
 
does seem a bit strong. cruises are just like floating hotels. any other hotel lets you bring drink in without problems.

Thanks for bringing this up, i have family friend going on one of their cruises this year, i will mention this to them.
 
It's completely different to a hotel. If you want a beer you HAVE to buy from them. You can't pop down to the local Co-op and buy a 24 pack of Carling so of course they're going to make it so you have no choice but to buy from them.
 
Moothead2 said:
It's completely different to a hotel. If you want a beer you HAVE to buy from them. You can't pop down to the local Co-op and buy a 24 pack of Carling so of course they're going to make it so you have no choice but to buy from them.
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Your post makes little sense. I'm not sure what the availability or lack thereof of alternative sources has to do with barring people bringing stuff onboard.
 
Pretty standard for most cruises. They want to 1) get you to buy the alcohol on board, it generally isn't that much more than normal pub, and 2) ensure that no one is able to get out of control.

Yes it is essentially a hotel/ resort but it is also isolated when at sea, much like an aeroplane where they also don't let you consume your own alcohol.

They can't make exceptions as some people will abuse it so they strictly limit the supply.

The cruise I went on they had x-ray scanners when you boarded the ship at every port and would check bags if you had been shopping.

We brought on two bottles of mixed mojito bought at the airport on arrival, don't know if that was allowed or we were lucky. Different cruise company though.
 
[TW]Fox;24077345 said:
Your post makes little sense. I'm not sure what the availability or lack thereof of alternative sources has to do with barring people bringing stuff onboard.
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Why doesn't it? What business sense does it make to let passengers bring as much of their own alcohol on board meaning there's no need to buy any on board? I wouldn't be surprised if alcohol was one of their biggest incomes.

Another reason, as stated by someone above, is so that they can control the amount you drink so you don't get ridiculously drunk and either get violent or fall overboard.
 
Moothead2 said:
Why doesn't it? What business sense does it make to let passengers bring as much of their own alcohol on board meaning there's no need to buy any on board? I wouldn't be surprised if alcohol was one of their biggest incomes.
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It was the fact you'd linked two things together. What you've said there is true, however it's irrelevent that you 'can't just pop down the local co-op'. It'd still apply if there was a Co-Op off-license ship trailing the cruise ship :p
 
All the cruise companies are introducing or have already introduced this policy. We cruised with them in 2008 and I don't recall this being a big problem for us. But I believe they are quite hot on this now, although there are ways and means of getting your own booze on the ship ;)
 
Capitalising on the captive audience. I particularly like the part about security inspecting mouthwash etc. Does that really happen? I guess I'll find out when I'm 65 and have start having cruise holidays ;).
 
Yet another reason to ask "why do people actually go on cruises...?" :p

I'd rather spend the money on a month or two of awesome travelling but hey ho!
 
Seems a lot of effort when you've already splashed out £xk on a very nice cruise. I'd probably just try and relax and worry about the bill later :p.
 
Cruising is great, a different port of call each day, you get to sample some very varied places. We're only 40 and have taken the children along twice, they are treated superbly by the crew.

Thomson are just introducing this policy.....we always tend to go all-inclusive drinks so it isn't a problem for us.
 
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