Bringing a cooler

[WILDWOOD PT]

We were thinking of transporting our bottles of water & coke in a cooler & then using the cooler to keep them cold (mini fridge is for the wine!!) Has anybody ever taken a cooler onboard?

[ulcards99]

We were thinking of transporting our bottles of water & coke in a cooler & then using the cooler to keep them cold (mini fridge is for the wine!!) Has anybody ever taken a cooler onboard?

 

We are going to take one of the smaller, soft coolers on ours. I know some people have done that, and it seems to work out well. Easy to pack, etc.

[jean s]

We take a small soft sided cooler for water and soda. We slap tag on it and it has always been delivered to our cabin with no problem.

[shagdancer]

We take a small foldable cooler to go to the beach. They hold from 6 -10 drinks. Have never needed a larger one with the frige.

[ramrax4]

Just be aware that if you try to carry it on you may be stopped at customs. I know this from personal experience.

On our first cruise, to hawaii, we bought one of those portable soft sided coolers, packed it with a 12 pack of soda and 12 pack water bottles. No problems, went thru x-ray just fine and cleared customs with no question.

Last oct., Caribbean cruise/port of miami, customs refused to clear ice chest even tho it was packed with clothes only. We had used it as an extra carry-on. We were able to clear all security checkpoints at 3 airports prior to embarkation in Miami. Security said it was too big to use as a carry-on and refused to let us thru, all the while people with very lrg suitcases were able to walk right by us, made no sense at all. DH had to go back thru security and was able to locate porter who had our luggage and we were able to tag it and send w/our other bags.

Robin

[Tophat4321]

COOLER.. Cruise or a camping trip? J/K.:D

[WILDWOOD PT]

COOLER.. Cruise or a camping trip? J/K.:D

Did I forget to mention....we're bringing a tent to put up on the balcony:D

[cpristash]

Are you really serious?????? Assuming that you are flying...did you figure that you are going to have to pay 25.00 as part of your "'baggage" ...that's X's 2 for both ways...why don't you just buy a pop card! Or as was previously stated...why don't you just go camping!

[WILDWOOD PT]

CAMPING!!!...in Wisconsin...in April....are you kidding - there'll still be 4ft of snow on the ground:eek: But we do luv to camp so next best place this time of the year - cruise ship balcony in the Caribbean! I guess we could throw a sheet over the lounge chairs:rolleyes:

[C&F]

Last summer, I put 12 beers and 12 Pepsi's in one of those soft coolers and slapped a luggage tag on it. First piece to arrive.

[Altarose]

We loaded a hard-sided cooler with beer, wine and pop for 8 of us and had no problem. We taped it up to prevent it from tipping over and everything spilling out. No problem getting in on board, arrived in our cabin with all the luggage. The steward even replenished the ice in it everyday. :)

[caber]

I am not flying to my next cruise and plan to fill a small trolley case with my wine, champagne and soft drinks to carry on. I hope I can lift it up to the scanner.:eek:

[mytime53]

To the OP, we found the fridge large enough for wine, Pepsi, and water...you don't have to keep it all in at once; just replenish as it is used.

We had a soft-sided cooler with us, planning to take it to the more deserted beaches we were going to for the day. We ended up not using it even once, instead opting to just throw bottles of water into the snorkel bag. If our plan was to just lay on the beach, we might have used it.

[WILDWOOD PT]

Ulcards99...see you'll be on the Crown the 20th - we get on 4-3. Take care of her for us.

Thanks for the info on the cooler. We plan on loading one up and duct taping it. Keeping

ice in it in our room - those mini refirg's are never cold enough.

 

And thank you everybody else for all the info. If anybody else is on the Crown 4-3 we'll

be the ones with the big white sheet on the balcony! Just faxed Princess for an x-tra one - and an eggcrate for the floor - now all we need are sleeping bags!

[angeleyes031802]

Can you take you own soda pop and beer and water on board? I am going on the Shaphire on the 24th of april and this will be my first cruise

[WILDWOOD PT]

Yes - all you want! And wine & champagne too!!

[angeleyes031802]

Wow I am amazed that you can bring soda and beer on the cruise!! Super excited to let my travelmates know. Oh and how much is a soda card if you wanted to buy that?

[pokey's mom]

Can you take you own soda pop and beer and water on board? I am going on the Shaphire on the 24th of april and this will be my first cruise

 

I have taken some soda onboard only because they do not sell cafeine free diet coke. As far as wine you can take a bottle a day per adult person.You can buy wine in the ports, you don't have to carry it all on. Water is no problem. Beer is a no no . This is how they make their money. I do not know how people get their coolers on, I have never seen it. Enjoy your first cruise.

[angeleyes031802]

I called princess and they said we could bring soda and water ( my husband works for a local bottled water company so we get all the free water we want) but no beer so I don't know how you get the beer on board.