FranknBeans Posted September 24, 2019 #1 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) Does anyone know if you can bring flowers on board In Vancouver for Alaska and Pacific Coastal cruise? The flowers would stay on board for the entire b2b cruise. I know for the penthouse suite's they usually put some little tiny arrangement on the table. I've called and asked concierge desk but they couldn't give an answer? We ere able to do it on our Hawaii cruises. Thanks in advance. Edited September 24, 2019 by FranknBeans addition spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmpets Posted September 24, 2019 #2 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I am pretty sure the answer is no. You can probably do it on the Pride of America Hawaii cruise, because you never leave the country, but on any cruise with an international stop, you are likely to run into a problem due to customs regulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nona0541 Posted September 24, 2019 #3 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I have brought flowers on board when we left from Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizfish Posted September 24, 2019 #4 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Generally bringing flowers on board is not the problem. The problem is when you try to take them off the ship. That is not allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Deeliteful Posted September 24, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I have taken flowers on board on a number of cruises and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted September 24, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Not a problem to take them on board, you just can't take them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare martincath Posted September 24, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Vancouver does have the additional problem that you are importing the flowers into the US on most cruise itineraries... fortunately most of our biosecurity rules are very similar (in fact WA and BC allow even locally-grown apples and some other fruit to be taken over the border, because the close proximity of the orchards makes any attempt to stop one country pollinating the other utterly pointless!) As long as you ensure that your bouquet is all cut flowers, with no dirt on them, and absolutely no pieces of wood of any kind like some of the more extravagant displays have mixed in with the blooms. Almost all of the issues that BC has but WA doesn't or vice versa are beasties that would be found in the soil or wood rather than green stems, leaves or blooms so cut flowers are very low risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakeView4Us Posted September 25, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 25, 2019 10 hours ago, FranknBeans said: Does anyone know if you can bring flowers on board In Vancouver for Alaska and Pacific Coastal cruise? The flowers would stay on board for the entire b2b cruise. I know for the penthouse suite's they usually put some little tiny arrangement on the table. I've called and asked concierge desk but they couldn't give an answer? We ere able to do it on our Hawaii cruises. Thanks in advance. I brought flowers on board in Miami for our eastern caribbean cruise earlier this month. You just can't take them off the ship. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanyaewa Posted September 25, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, martincath said: Vancouver does have the additional problem that you are importing the flowers into the US on most cruise itineraries... fortunately most of our biosecurity rules are very similar (in fact WA and BC allow even locally-grown apples and some other fruit to be taken over the border, because the close proximity of the orchards makes any attempt to stop one country pollinating the other utterly pointless!) As long as you ensure that your bouquet is all cut flowers, with no dirt on them, and absolutely no pieces of wood of any kind like some of the more extravagant displays have mixed in with the blooms. Almost all of the issues that BC has but WA doesn't or vice versa are beasties that would be found in the soil or wood rather than green stems, leaves or blooms so cut flowers are very low risk. I often bring cut bouquets from Pike Place Market in WA state nto Canada via vehicle crossings Edited September 25, 2019 by tanyaewa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare martincath Posted September 25, 2019 #10 Share Posted September 25, 2019 13 hours ago, tanyaewa said: I often bring cut bouquets from Pike Place Market in WA state nto Canada via vehicle crossings Like I said, very similar rules both directions - OP can assume similar treatment crossing into US jurisdiction at Canada Place (cut flowers should be fine, but dirt & wood bad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranknBeans Posted September 26, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Thanks for all the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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