Bag Search in Cozumel

[islandbound]

We have been to Cozumel 8 times. Tuesday was the first time everyone's bags were searched before entering the port area. There were two lines...one had a human being doing a cursory search and the other had a dog sniffing bags. The dog sniffed out sandwiches in someones bag. They were forced to throw them out. The couple in front of us had a gallon size bag of sandwiches in their bag and the guard tossed them into the trash. They don't allow sandwiches, fruit, nuts. If you really wanted to get them inside go through the human line and hide them deep in your bag...they really didn't search that well. Or even hide them on your person.

[crewsweeper]

Thanks for the reminder.

 

Every single cruise ship will tell you this over and over. You cannot bring unpackaged or open packaged food or fruit off the ship! You'll see US Customs agents taking peoples coconuts and bananas from cruise passengers when they debark back in the US.

 

If you want to take any thing to eat with you on an excursion or to the beach, make it a snack bar or unopened bag of some commercially packaged product. Baggies of grandma's brownies or that box of chocolates you've been munching on in your cabin will get dumped along with that breakfast sammie you just made:eek:

[maldenmusic]

We like to take small bags of chips and cereal on our excursions.

[Laughing Angel]

If you really wanted to get them inside go through the human line and hide them deep in your bag...they really didn't search that well. Or even hide them on your person.

 

Or maybe just carry cereal, granola bars or other sealed snacks instead of trying to break the law. The reason they do this search is to prevent the introduction of disease, non native insects, spores or mold that could possibly threaten the agricultural health and wellbeing of the country.