Thinking that drinks on board the ship are too expensive and you want to save some money by taking your own drinks on board. We have compiled a list of what you are able to take on board your cruise.
Let’s face it the cruise lines do not want you to take alcohol on board as it will limit their profits. Most do however allow you to take a bottle of two when embarking for the first time on your cruise.
Here is a list of the amount of Alcohol allowed to be taken on board the cruise lines:
1 x Bottle of Wine or Champagne per person (max. 2 bottles per cabin)
- Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Cruise Lines and Cunard Cruise Lines.
Liquor, Beer or Wine for Private Consumption
- Azamara Cruise Lines
1 x Litre of Alcohol per person can be taken on board upon embarkation
- P&O World Voyages
No Alcohol taken on board
- P&O Australia Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines and MSC Cruise Lines
These drinks can be consumed in your room, on your balcony, or on a deck outside of the bars and restaurants. However, if you choose to consume the alcohol in a restaurant, or bar on board, a corkage fee will be charged. The fee is approximately $10 to $25 per bottle.
For those who don’t drink alcohol and want to take drinks on board, each cruise line is different. Generally you can bring:
- 12 x 600ml bottles or cans of soft drink/water. These must be loose and in your luggage and sealed cans or bottles.
As the rules differ from cruise line to cruise line it is best to check with us before you go. There is no real need to take water on board the ship, water stations can be found inside and out on deck.
If you want to take water on shore with you, we recommend packing your own water bottle and filling it on board. This is a far better solution for the environment, who wants more than 2000 plastic water bottles left behind on land around the world each day.