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Celebrity Alcohol Policy
What you can bring aboard, the corkage rules, drink packages, and the drinking age on a Celebrity cruise in 2026, verified against the official policy.
Quick answer
Celebrity lets you bring some of your own alcohol aboard at embarkation. It sells a drink package. The onboard drinking age is 21, though it can vary by sailing region.
Bringing your own alcohol
Allowed, with limits
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.
Corkage fee
$35 per bottle
A $35 corkage fee applies per bottle when a brought-aboard bottle is consumed in a shipboard restaurant or bar. The fee is waived for guests who hold a Classic or Premium Beverage Package.
Drink packages
Offered
Classic Drink Package
- Price per day
- Set at booking
- Service charge
- 20%
- Per-drink cap
- Not published
- Non-alcoholic package
- Non-Alcoholic Drink Package Price not published
- Everyone in the cabin
- Every adult must buy it
Celebrity offers a drink package but does not publish a fixed daily price. It is quoted by ship and sailing when you book.
What's included and the rules
The Classic Drink Package covers bottled water, premium coffees and teas, beer, spirits, cocktails, liqueurs, frozen drinks, and wine by the glass, with 15% off bottled wine. The Premium Drink Package is the step-up option, with 20% off bottled wine. The Non-Alcoholic Drink Package covers premium bottled water, specialty coffees, organic and iced teas, fresh juices, frozen smoothies, sodas, Red Bull, and non-alcoholic cocktails.
Celebrity's drink package page lists no daily price. Prices vary by ship, itinerary, and length, and a 20% gratuity is added at checkout. Every guest of legal drinking age in the same stateroom booking must buy the same alcohol package, though the Non-Alcoholic package can be requested instead. Packages cannot be shared, and they can be modified up to 48 hours before sailing, after which they are non-refundable.
Minimum drinking age
21
The minimum drinking age is 21 on ships sailing from North America, the United Arab Emirates, Asia, Iceland, and at Celebrity's private destinations. It is 18 elsewhere, including sailings from South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Good to know
Celebrity offers Classic and Premium Beverage Packages plus a non-alcoholic Zero Proof package. The Classic package covers drinks up to $12 per serving and the Premium package up to $19 ($14 and $23 on sailings from UK and Australian ports); anything pricier is charged at the difference. A 20% gratuity is added to beverage package purchases. All drinking-age guests in the same stateroom must buy the same package. On embarkation day only, you may also bring any non-alcoholic drinks you can hand-carry aboard.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources
Facts, costs, and travel details in this guide were verified against the following sources. See our research methodology for how we vet and update data.
- Celebrity: Beverage packages accessed 2026-10-02
- Celebrity: While on board accessed 2026-10-02
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