More Booze Cruises

Sunday, April 8, 2007

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Crystal Cruises

BYOB? Yes.

Corkage fee: $15.

Alcohol shopping: No restrictions.

Note: Crystal Cruises allows anyone 18 or older to be served wine or beer on the ship; the minimum age for spirits is 21. When the ship is within three miles of any U.S. port of call, the minimum age is 21 for any type of alcohol.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

BYOB? Yes, though bringing your own might not be necessary because the price of Regent cruises includes "select wines and spirits served throughout the ship," according to the line's Web site.

Corkage fee: None.

Alcohol shopping: No restrictions.

SeaDream Yacht Club

BYOB? Yes.

Corkage fee: $10.

Alcohol shopping: No restrictions.

Silversea Cruises

BYOB? Yes, though alcohol is complimentary onboard.

Corkage fee: None.

Alcohol shopping: No restrictions.

Note: Minimum drinking age is 18.

Windstar Cruises

BYOB? Wine and champagne only.

Corkage fee: $15.

Alcohol shopping: Ship will hold, except for wine and champagne.

Yachts of Seabourn

BYOB? Yes, but Seabourn maintains an open bar throughout the cruise with wines, spirits and champagne; includes a limited choice of wines with dinner, or additional wines at an extra cost, and offers wines for advance ordering; and stocks each suite with two liters of the guest's preferred wine or spirits.

Corkage fee:$10.

Alcohol shopping: No restrictions.

Note: If a parent or guardian requests that a minor be served wine with a meal, Seabourn will do so in the adult's presence. Otherwise, the drinking age is 21.

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