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Viking Alcohol Policy
What you can bring aboard, the corkage rules, drink packages, and the drinking age on a Viking cruise in 2026, verified against the official policy.
Quick answer
Viking 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
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.
Corkage fee
No corkage fee
Viking charges no corkage fee to serve your own wine or other alcohol, including in the restaurants.
Drink packages
Offered
Silver Spirits Beverage Package
- Price per day
- $27 per person
- Service charge
- 15%
- Per-drink cap
- $18
- Everyone in the cabin
- Every adult must buy it
The optional Silver Spirits Beverage Package is $27 per person per night for unlimited beverages up to $18 each in all onboard venues, bars, and lounges. Beer, wine, and soft drinks are already complimentary with lunch and dinner.
What's included and the rules
Viking's fare already includes house beer, wine, and soft drinks with lunch and dinner, plus coffees, teas, juices, and bottled water. The paid Silver Spirits Beverage Package extends drinks to all day and anywhere on the ship, adding select wines by the glass, house champagne by the glass, cocktails, aperitifs, and any drink priced up to $18. It also gives a 30% discount on premium wines and beverages and a 50% discount on premium tasting events.
Both guests in a stateroom must buy the package for the full length of the cruise. A 15% service charge is included in the $27 daily price, and you must be 21 or older to purchase and consume alcohol. The package is only available on board your ship and is not refundable.
Minimum drinking age
21
Guests must be 21 or older to purchase and consume alcohol. Viking requires all guests to be at least 18 on embarkation day, so there are no guests under 18 aboard.
Good to know
Beer, wine, and soft drinks are included at no charge with onboard lunches and dinners, and hot teas and coffees are available 24 hours a day. Guests who want unlimited beverages beyond mealtimes can add the Silver Spirits package. Guests may bring and drink their own alcohol with no corkage fee.
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.
- Viking: Frequently asked questions accessed 2026-10-02
- Viking: Silver spirits beverage package accessed 2026-10-02
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Cruise lines change alcohol policies and prices without notice. Confirm with the line before you sail.