Drinks onboard from ports?

We have never cruised with Princess before, therefore looking forward to our trip in a few weeks time cruising the Mexican Riveria.

Can drinks ie wine, water and soda be taken on board after visiting ports?

Any comments appreciated.

We have boarded with soda bottles and water bottles before. All alcohol I have always seen is collected and returned at the end of the cruise. We have never bought any as we are not drinkers...but I have seen people buy the tequila or rum in ports that is duty free and then it is stored below deck with cabin # and name and returned the last night before leaving. Hope this helps

That's correct. In St Maarten we purchased rum and the store itself packaged and got it to the Royal that day and saw it again the last day.

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Our experience has been that liquor, wine, beer will be confiscated when boarding and given back on the last night.

We normally get the AIBP so we don't get anything ashore anymore. Well, don't bring anything back anyway.

You can bring on as much non-alcoholic drinks as you like. Generally alcoholic spirits will be marked, stored and delivered to your cabin on the last day before disembarkation. Regarding wine. Sometimes it is taken and sometimes it is allowed.

You can usually walk right past the liquor check point without being noticed when boarding at the distant ports. That's not saying that it works all the time but it's typical of most stops.

You can usually walk right past the liquor check point without being noticed when boarding at the distant ports. That's not saying that it works all the time but it's typical of most stops.

That has been our experience too.

You can try...they generally will "hold" any liquor you buy in port until the last night or the morning of departure.

You can bring on as much non-alcoholic drinks as you like. Generally alcoholic spirits will be marked, stored and delivered to your cabin on the last day before disembarkation. Regarding wine. Sometimes it is taken and sometimes it is allowed.

I have found this to be true about the wine :)

Tony

to answer the op's question, water and soda can be brought on board. Wine in the quantity of one 750ml bottle pp can be brought on board. wine in excess of these quantities will have a corkage fee applied, and they can also be brought on board.

On the Caribbean Princess a few years ago on the round Great Britain cruise, three of us bought expensive scotch wiskey from a distillery visit Ansd boarded with no problems, including onw of us lost their Princess card before boarding. The same in Chile, we bought several bottles of wine and alcohol in Peru and boarded without stopping. So , sometimes stopped, sometimes not

When purchasing alcohol at any distant port NEVER have the liquor or wine sent back to the ship for you if you have intentions of drinking it before you arrive back home. They will definitely hold it for you. Instead, place it in a beach bag (not the store bag with advertisements on it) and after being scanned when reentering the ship just proceed up the stairs to the elevator one desk up. The collection table is only on the fourth deck to accept your liquor if you wish to give it to them.

have always been allowed to bring 6 pack beer per person aboard. Husband always asks too as leave ship if ok to bring sample of local brew aboard. Always told yes. just put in carry bag thru scanner. Have done this numerous times.

Regarding wine. Sometimes it is taken and sometimes it is allowed.

I'll assume that the "sometimes it is taken" part to be true. My own personal experience is that it has always been allowed. Or perhaps the better way to describe it is "ignored". I have purchased bottles in port and taken them on board without any attempt whatsoever to hide them. I always have them in separate bags, away from any other gear or purchases that I am bring on board. I place everything on the x-ray belt and await the outcome. If they want to take it away for last-day delivery, I am fine with that. If they let it on without a fuss, I am fine with that too. Perhaps I have been lucky, but I have never had it taken away. But there are enough anecdotal reports by others that lead me to believe that it does happen.

I'll assume that the "sometimes it is taken" part to be true. My own personal experience is that it has always been allowed. Or perhaps the better way to describe it is "ignored". I have purchased bottles in port and taken them on board without any attempt whatsoever to hide them. I always have them in separate bags, away from any other gear or purchases that I am bring on board. I place everything on the x-ray belt and await the outcome. If they want to take it away for last-day delivery, I am fine with that. If they let it on without a fuss, I am fine with that too. Perhaps I have been lucky, but I have never had it taken away. But there are enough anecdotal reports by others that lead me to believe that it does happen.

You're better off putting it in a bag with other items. This way they send you to the liquor table for check in otherwise they just might take it to the check in table with you. They're not going to empty our your bag on the scanner line.

You're better off putting it in a bag with other items. This way they send you to the liquor table for check in otherwise they just might take it to the check in table with you. They're not going to empty our your bag on the scanner line.

Not sure I follow. First, I have never seen a liquor table at a port of call. Only a wine table at the port of embarkation. Second, if they do choose to hold my wine until the end of the cruise, it is already in its own bag and they can just take it without me having to separate out my other stuff. Third, should any disaster strike as my bottles go through the scanner, wine won't spill over my other things. I can't think of a good reason not to have the wine bottles isolated from my other belongings. (Usually snorkel gear, change of clothes, towels, and whatever gifts I might have purchased while on shore.)

Not sure I follow. First, I have never seen a liquor table at a port of call. Only a wine table at the port of embarkation. Second, if they do choose to hold my wine until the end of the cruise, it is already in its own bag and they can just take it without me having to separate out my other stuff. Third, should any disaster strike as my bottles go through the scanner, wine won't spill over my other things. I can't think of a good reason not to have the wine bottles isolated from my other belongings. (Usually snorkel gear, change of clothes, towels, and whatever gifts I might have purchased while on shore.)

They always has a collection table as you enter the ship on deck 4 by the elevators/stairs. Guess you never noticed.

My point by keeping it together with other items was that I've seen them take bags of liquor & wine off the scanner table & escort people to the check in desk. They're not likely to separate from the other items & just tell you to go to the check in desk to declare it. I like to sometimes break open a bottle in our cabin during the cruise.

Whatever works for you.

My point by keeping it together with other items was that I've seen them take bags of liquor & wine off the scanner table & escort people to the check in desk. They're not likely to separate from the other items & just tell you to go to the check in desk to declare it.

Again, I don't see how the result changes. If they take away the separate bottles, the bottles are gone rather quickly. If they ask me to check them in at the desk, I go to the desk, separate out the bottles, and the bottles are taken away, but with more time passing. But either way, they get taken away. Or are you suggesting your method as a way of bypassing the table by ignoring their instruction to walk the bottles to the table and simply do a "blow-by" past security? If so, I would never do that.

Or are you suggesting your method as a way of bypassing the table by ignoring their instruction to walk the bottles to the table and simply do a "blow-by" past security? If so, I would never do that.

That's my intent. Most people willingly give it up for "safekeeping" but I feel my cabin is the safest place.

have always been allowed to bring 6 pack beer per person aboard. Husband always asks too as leave ship if ok to bring sample of local brew aboard. Always told yes. just put in carry bag thru scanner. Have done this numerous times.

I'm surprised you were allowed to bring beer. Was it on embarkation at port of origin? or at a port of call?

Every Caribbean cruise, I have never seen anyone be able to bring any alcohol on board except wine on the first day. In Europe, I've never seen anyone collect alcohol.