Cruise Line Alcohol Policies

On embarkation day only, each guest 21 or older may bring one sealed 750 ml bottle of wine or champagne in carry-on luggage. All other liquor, beer, and alcohol is prohibited in both carry-on and checked bags and will be confiscated and discarded. Port, vermouth, sherry, and other fortified wines over 15% ABV are not allowed. On back-to-back cruises the same allowance applies per cruise; extra bottles are stored and handed back as each cruise begins.

Each guest of legal drinking age may bring one 750 ml bottle of wine aboard. Pack it in your carry-on, not your checked luggage. The limit is one bottle per drinking-age guest, so a two-adult stateroom can bring two bottles total.

Cunard allows one bottle of wine or champagne per person, no larger than 750 ml. A corkage fee applies if you drink it in a restaurant or bar.

At embarkation, guests 21 and older (18 and older on round-trip cruises from Singapore) may bring one unopened bottle of wine or sparkling wine up to 750 ml, or six beers up to 12 ounces each. Alcohol must be in original unopened containers and hand-carried, not packed in checked bags. Alcohol bought in ports of call is collected and stored until the end of the cruise.

You may bring wine and champagne only, each bottle 750 ml or less. Limits apply, and Holland America may refuse quantities it deems excessive. Alcohol bought in the gift shop or in ports is surrendered for safekeeping and delivered to your stateroom shortly before disembarkation.

Wine and champagne only, with corkage

NCL does not allow guests to bring alcohol aboard for consumption, with one exception: you may bring wine and champagne, but a corkage fee applies whenever it is served or consumed anywhere on the ship, including your stateroom. Boxed wine is not allowed. Alcohol bought in ports or onboard shops is held by the ship and returned on the final night or the morning of debarkation.

Each stateroom may bring up to 6 bottles of wine or Champagne (750 ml), 1 bottle of spirits (1 liter), and up to 12 cans or bottles of beer, at embarkation or from ports of call. Anything over the limit is stored by ship security and returned on disembarkation day. Spirits and beer may be drunk only in your stateroom or suite.

At embarkation each guest of legal drinking age may present one bottle of wine or champagne, 750 ml or less, to security per voyage. Alcohol bought duty-free in the ship's shops or in port is surrendered and delivered to your stateroom just before you disembark.

Regent's own blog says you can bring a special bottle of your own to dinner and the Head Sommelier will decant it. Its onboard FAQ adds that Regent reserves the right to prohibit and retain any liquor brought aboard.

On embarkation day each guest of drinking age may bring one sealed 750 ml bottle of wine or champagne. Beer, hard liquor, and boxed wine are not permitted. On back-to-back sailings, one bottle is allowed per individual sailing, with extras stored and returned one at a time.

Guests may bring their own alcohol and beverages aboard, buy alcohol ashore, or purchase it from the onboard shop, and may drink it in their stateroom or in public spaces including the restaurants. Viking charges no corkage fee.

Sailors may bring two 750 ml bottles of wine, sparkling wine, or Champagne per cabin in carry-on bags on embarkation day. No liquor or beer is allowed. Alcohol found in checked luggage is collected and returned at the end of the voyage. Specialty liquors bought in port are handed to security and held until the final night.

MSC

MSC does not allow guests to bring alcohol aboard unless specifically permitted by security. Security may inspect any container and will dispose of concealed alcohol. Alcohol bought in the onboard shops or in ports must be handed to security when you re-board; it is held by the ship and returned just before the end of the cruise.