Originally Posted by
flyupfrnt
The one Carnival Cruise to the Caribbean I took out of Miami about 5 years ago allowed a bottle of booze and a bottle of wine per person at embarkation. I don't recall if we had to present the bottles or not. That alone defrays the cost of what you spend on board & we drank a lot.
Cruising again on NCL in Janauary and the booze is included in the fare. May be unique to Bahamian itinerary though -
The days of being able to bring booze on Carnival, and most other non all-inclusive cruise lines for that matter, are gone. You can still bring one bottle of wine per adult passenger on board for cabin consumption for free and only at the initial embarkation port. Any additional bottles of wine require a corkage fee of $15 - $20 depending on the line. The NCL Bahamian itinerary is unique and is not standard across all their cruises. In fact, NCL is one of the more restrictive lines and has recently announced a passenger cannot bring any liquid consumable on board including water, soda, etc. All supposedly done in the name of security but leaves at least me to wonder about profit.