Can You Bring Your Own Beer On A Cruise?

Guests are generally not allowed to bring their own beer or liquor onboard a cruise ship. There is a 15 corkage fee for consuming a bottle in a dining room, and additional bottles or purchases made at ports or duty-free shops will be stored until the end of the cruise. On Disney Cruise ships, guests over 21 can bring 2 bottles of wine or champagne (up to 750ml each) or 6 beer cans (up to 12 ounces each). Alcoholic beverages (beer, seltzer, or hard liquor) seized on embarkation day will not be returned.

Guests may also bring non-alcoholic beverages as carry-on items on boarding. Royal Caribbean does not allow guests to bring beer, spirits, or hard liquors onboard. Guests are permitted one bottle of wine up to 2 bottles per stateroom. Liquor, beer, and wine are allowed for private consumption in suites, cabins, shipboard restaurants, bars, or dining venues.

The general rule across cruise lines is that guests can bring on a bottle or two of wine or champagne, but no liquor or beer. The rules do vary slightly from line to line, with most cases being no. Most cruise lines revenue comes from onboard purchases made by passengers, and because alcohol makes up a large chunk of those purchases, lines are hesitant to allow it.

Guests are usually limited to one bottle of wine or champagne on board. However, there are exceptions, such as one 750-ml bottle of sealed, unopened wine or champagne per person during embarkation day only. Boxed wine and other containers are prohibited. Most cruise lines that permit alcohol to be brought onboard typically limit this to wine or Champagne. Carnival Cruise Line has one of the loosest beverage policies of all cruise lines, allowing each guest to carry on a maximum of 12 bottles of alcohol purchased in ports of call or onboard shops.