Wine in carry-on or checked luggage?

[Clarea]

Dropped Laura off at T1 in PC and I didn't see any signs to that effect either

Is she cruising without you again? She's gonna be Pinnacle soon.

[John&LaLa]

Is she cruising without you again? She's gonna be Pinnacle soon.

 

November 2017. Oasis, come on down

[Clarea]

November 2017. Oasis, come on down

I don't think I can get my wife on Oasis again so soon, but congratulations!:)

[D C]

In all the times I have been through this port, I have never seen signs at Port Canaveral indicating that you must remove wine from your checked luggage. I have transported the wine both ways at PC & prefer to send it in my checked luggage, so I don't have to carry it. I've never had my luggage held because of this or had to visit the naughty room. Have a great trip. :)

Thanks. I was wondering if they actually enforced that policy, which seems like more of a suggestion really.

[Clarea]

Thanks. I was wondering if they actually enforced that policy, which seems like more of a suggestion really.

It was not enforced for us when we cruised out of PC earlier this year.

[traveline]

Once in ft lauderdale, I put the 2 btls of wine in my checked luggage. Around 8pm I still was missing a suitcase.My suitcase was being held downstairs on the ship because I had 2 btls of wine. I went down to claim my suitcase and they held the wine until time for me to get off the ship.Do not send wine on the ship in checked luggage. This will happen to you

[John&LaLa]

How long ago?

[D C]

Once in ft lauderdale, I put the 2 btls of wine in my checked luggage. Around 8pm I still was missing a suitcase.My suitcase was being held downstairs on the ship because I had 2 btls of wine. I went down to claim my suitcase and they held the wine until time for me to get off the ship.Do not send wine on the ship in checked luggage. This will happen to you

That's contrary to their policy. They merely say that wine SHOULD be carried on, not that it must be carried on.

This part of an email on the subject from them this week :

 

Guests may bring up to two (750 ml) bottles of wine or champagne, per stateroom, upon boarding, as well as a single nonalcoholic beverage in hand. Guests should bring bottles of wine as part of their carry-on luggage. Checked luggage containing wine will be brought to the ship’s security office to be inspected while the guest is present.

Nothing about confiscation

[John&LaLa]

That's contrary to their policy. They merely say that wine SHOULD be carried on, not that it must be carried on.

This part of an email on the subject from them this week :

 

 

Nothing about confiscation

 

That's why I asked about the date. It may have been several years ago

[D C]

That's why I asked about the date. It may have been several years ago

 

We'll see how it goes today. Carried some on and checked a bottle as an experiment at Port Everglades.

[John&LaLa]

We'll see how it goes today. Carried some on and checked a bottle as an experiment at Port Everglades.

 

That sounds like smuggling. :eek:;)

[cruisinfanatic]

Once in ft lauderdale, I put the 2 btls of wine in my checked luggage. Around 8pm I still was missing a suitcase.My suitcase was being held downstairs on the ship because I had 2 btls of wine. I went down to claim my suitcase and they held the wine until time for me to get off the ship.Do not send wine on the ship in checked luggage. This will happen to you

That must have been quite awhile ago when you weren't supposed to bring on wine

[D C]

That sounds like smuggling. :eek:;)

 

It's a scientific experiment :p

 

Meanwhile, someone else traveling with us, intending to increase the sample size in the experiment, missed bag check entirely and is carrying on 3 bottles with no issues.

[John&LaLa]

I have a wine carrier that I carry on. In addition to the two wines, I usually add 3 16oz Cokes and a couple of Red Bulls. They never open it

[D C]

I'm happy to report that our luggage made it to our stateroom, with the bottle of wine, by 1:00. Port Everglades.

[Not-My-Real-Name]

[quote name='rrshow']I read on another thread that there are signs in Port Canaveral that states, if you have bottles of wine in your checked luggage, that it must be pulled out and brought on the ship in your carry-on thus through security. True or false? We've always bubble wrapped and sent them on with the porter with our checked luggage. What is right/safest? TIA[/QUOTE]

I don't recall seeing a sign, but the last 2 times we have cruised out of Port Canaveral, as we handed our luggage to the porter, [B]we were specifically asked if there were any wine bottles in our luggage[/B].

Regardless of the port we are leaving from, and regardless of the cruise line, we carry our wine in our carry-on.