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Carnival Alcohol Prices & Selections - Carnival Cruise Line - Cruising Earth
Carnival Cruise Line - Alcohol Prices & Selections
Most Recent Change(s) December 2024 - On December 4, 2024 Carnival announced affective immediately pricing changes to their Cheers! Beverage Program: Cheers! Beverage Program.
Pricing and options listed below are updated frequently.
The Carnival Fun Shops
You can pre-order bottles of liquor, wine and beer to be delivered to your cabin through The Carnival Fun Shops either online or you can call.
To Pre-Order: Call Carnival: 800-522-7648 Monday-Sunday 9:AM-9:PM ET Or Online 24/7 @ The Carnival Fun Shops
Alcohol Pricing Overview
Prices may vary & do not include tax.
Order before boarding, this service is not guaranteed to be available once onboard - plan ahead!!
The liquor, wine, and beer choices do occasionally change. The lists below are continually updated, but if you do not see something be sure to call and ask or check the website at the link above.
Due to TX & AL state liquor laws ships departing from these ports can't deliver alcoholic beverages to your cabin until they are in international waters. It may even be delayed until the following day.
The pre-ordered liquor bottle prices are not cheap. They are about 2-3 times what you'd pay onshore for a bottle.
The savings you get by pre-ordering liquor bottles are realized when you compare it to the individual drink prices onboard. Pre-ordered liquor bottles are 2-3 times cheaper compared to the price of the same quantity of alcohol purchased through individual drinks onboard.
Alcohol Prices
Liquor
Most pre-ordered liquor bottles are 1 liter in size. A 1 liter bottle will yield just over 22 drinks using a standard 1.5oz alcohol pour per drink. The first price listed below is the price you would pay for a single drink ordered onboard (minus gratuity), the second price is for a bottle pre-ordered and delivered to your cabin. Options can and do change on a regular basis. Please call the cruise line directly to verify any recent changes to availability and pricing.
*Most specialty cocktails onboard range in the $9.95 to $12.00 price range.* *You can typically make a drink a "double" with an extra shot for $3.00 more.*
This is not a complete list of all the wines available, it is just a sampling. Wine can be either be pre-ordered through The Fun Shops or purchased once onboard. The prices below will be nearly identical to the prices you see onboard at the bars/venues and in the main dining room. The bottle prices listed below are inclusive of gratuities.
Carnival also offers wine packages. Wine packages can save you up to 25% off the prices of buying the individual bottles. Wine packages can also either be ordered through The Fun Shops (you must call, not currently available online) or purchased once onboard.
Glass
Bottle
White Wine:
Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio
$10.75
$39.00
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
$10.25
$37.00
Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay
10.75
$39.00
Santa Helena Chardonnay
$8.00
$28.00
Red Wine:
Castle Rock Pinot Noir
$9.75
$35.00
Layer Cake Cabernet Sauvignon
$10.75
$39.00
Layer Cake Pinot Noir
$11.75
$43.00
Peter Lehman Shiraz
$10.75
$39.00
Santa Helena Cabernet Sauvignon
$8.25
$29.00
Santa Helena Merlot
$8.25
$29.00
Glass
Bottle
Sweet, Blush & Rose Wine:
Barefoot White Zinfandel
$8.50
$30.00
Castello Del Poggio Moscato
$10.75
$39.00
Chateau St Michelle Reisling
$9.00
$32.00
Conumdrum White Blend
$13.50
$50.00
GIFFT Pinot Noir Rose
$8.50
$30.00
Lambrusco Reunite
$8.50
$30.00
Champagne:
Domain Chandon Brut
$10.75
$39.00
Domain Chandon Sweet Star
$10.75
$39.00
Domain St. Michelle Rose Brut
$11.00
$40.00
Beer
Pre-ordered beer through the Funshops is sold in 4 packs. Prices are typically slightly lower than you would pay at a bar onboard. First price listed below is the bar price you would pay for a single beer (minus gratuity), the second price is for a 4 pack pre-ordered and delivered to your cabin. At some venues onboard you will also be able to buy a 4 pack bucket of beer at a slightly reduced price, saving you about .50 cents a beer.
** Dr. Pepper products are only served on ships departing from the Galveston and New Orleans cruise ports.
Cheers! Beverage Program
Carnival is now offering the Cheers! Beverage Program.
The Cheers! Beverage Program is flat-rate daily pricing for alcoholic drinks, non-alcoholic frozen drinks, wine by the glass, soda, juices, specialty coffees, energy drinks, bottled water and more.
(Prices on the menus above do NOT include the additional 18% gratuity that is charged to your Sail & Sign Card.)
The "Official" Carnival Alcohol Policy
Bringing Alcohol On Board On Embarkation Day
Guests are prohibited from bringing water, sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages that are packaged in glass or plastic bottles.
On embarkation day, a small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, energy drinks, juice, and milk), packaged in cans or cartons, may be brought on board and must be in the guest's carry-on luggage. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less, per person.
Guests are prohibited from bringing alcoholic beverages on board with the following exception - at the beginning of the cruise during embarkation day only, guests (21 years of age and older) may bring one 750 ml bottle of sealed/unopened wine or champagne, per person, in their carry-on luggage. Outside this exception, all liquor, beer, other forms of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited in both carry-on and checked luggage and such items will be confiscated and discarded and no compensation will be provided.
Guests sailing with us on back-to-back cruises are entitled to bring the same quantity as stated in this policy, per cruise. The additional quantities will be stored for safekeeping at the start of the first cruise and will be given to the guest as each following cruise begins.
Corkage Fee
Should guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in the main dining room, specialty restaurant or bar, a $15.00 USD corkage fee, per 750 ml bottle, will be charged. A corkage fee is a charge that is assessed, at time of service, for every bottle that is served and not bought on the premises.
Additional Notes:
You may bring on more than one bottle of wine or champagne per person as long as the total quantity per person does not exceed 750ml. The typical 4 pack of small wine bottles are 187ml each, for a total of 748ml.
If you buy alcohol in any port during your cruise you will be instructed to turn it in when you are screened during reboarding. You will then be allowed to pick it up on the last night of the cruise.
Alcohol purchased from the Duty Free Shop onboard the ship is held and delivered to your cabin on the last night of the cruise.
You will be allowed to keep any non-alcoholic beverages purchased in ports as long as they are sealed and they fit in the same size and quantity limits as when you first boarded. They do not track how many non-alcoholic beverages you initially brought onboard on embarkation day. Even if you brought your limit, you are still allowed to bring on additional non-alcoholic items from the ports.
If you want to bring a cooler onboard the max size is 12"H x 12"W x 12"L.
Be aware: Carnival is very strict on this size limit of these carry-on coolers. Cruisers have been known to have to leave behind coolers just one inch larger in any one direction.
Carry-on coolers also work well as another ice bucket in the room. The ice bucket typically provided in the cabin is quite small.
Carnival's Cooler Restriction Policy: "Carnival Cruise Line does not allow guests to bring large coolers on board its vessels. However small, personal-sized coolers, no larger than 12”H x 12”W x 12”L for the purpose of housing small quantities of non-alcoholic beverages and/or medications are permitted as carry-on luggage. Screening and movement of large coolers through embarkation is an impediment to the boarding and security screening process; therefore, large coolers are not permitted as carry-on or checked luggage."