carry on bottled water in Sydney carnival spirit

[cbowls30]

Hi

first cruise out of australia for us. Numerous cruises on carnival from USA and we usually prebook bottled water for our room. It seems we are unable to do this for Australia, can only prebook wine and beer by calling the carnival number. I can't seem to find out if we can carry on bottled water when we board? Has anybody done that?

thanks

[RosieCanberra]

No bottled water to be brought on. You can have twelve cans of soft drink, or flavoured water, though. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

Take a water filter jug on with you. The Brita Marella 2.4 litre jug is on special at Woolworths for $23 and the Navelia 2.3 litre just is $17.50. We took one on a 35 night cruise and it was brilliant. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTerm=brita

 

Just take a couple of empty water bottles in your luggage if you want something to carry around the ship.

 

BTW the jugs don't fit under the bathroom tap. You can fill them using a glass but we discovered a useful Oxo Good Grips 1 cup silicone jug that worked really well and squishes into the 2.4l filter jug for transport. I bought it in Myer in Brisbane but can't find it in the Myer online store.

[NSWP]

4 hours ago, RosieCanberra said:

No bottled water to be brought on. You can have twelve cans of soft drink, or flavoured water, though. 

No bottled water, that is a bit OTT guys.  Do those Carnival cruisers slip a bit of gin or vodka into the Aldi spring water? 😮

Edited December 17, 2019 by NSWP

[Hunter69]

56 minutes ago, NSWP said:

No bottled water, that is a bit OTT guys.  Do those Carnival cruisers slip a bit of gin or vodka into the Aldi spring water? 😮

Yes, They DO.. 

At Embarkment at OPT. They bring it up so so much. No bottles of fluid allowed..

Screening of your cans also..

Some people have spoiled it for others...

Can still get it on-board through Mouthwash, Shampoo & conditioner bottles....

 

[Cruzbear24]

Is this just Carnival or ALL ships out of OPT? Going on Ovation in March and was going to take on about 6 bottles to get us started. Did it with no problems about 2 yrs ago. Have rules changed?

[MicCanberra]

Carnival and P&O have the rule about not bottles of any kind, Cans are okay though (12 pp in your carry on).

[gbenjo]

20 hours ago, Cruzbear24 said:

Is this just Carnival or ALL ships out of OPT? Going on Ovation in March and was going to take on about 6 bottles to get us started. Did it with no problems about 2 yrs ago. Have rules changed?

Royal has a more sensible rule and allows bottled water to be carried aboard.

 

I find it ridiculous that, especially in these times of drought in Australia, that passengers are forced to empty  any water they may be carrying into a bin  ( actually multiple bins) and then this water is dumped into a drain. Unopened bottles are taken and go who knows where. The plastic bottles, once emptied,most of which have a ten cent refund on them, are also dumped. Surely with just a little effort and in an attempt to save a little face, the " offending" cruiselines could (a) ensure the water collected is used somewhere, even if only onto a garden and ( b) get the refund for the bottles and donate ( even match and donate) the money to the farmers. NInety nine point nine percent of people bringing water on board are genuine and surely  the small  number of pax " smuggling" alcohol  on board would affect not their bottom line to any degree.

Norwegian is another line that has this rule, it also extends to cans, and I have seen back to back guests who have purchased water on board, gone off the ship for the day but not opened the bottle but have been forced to surrender it when returning to the ship.  RIDICULOUS imho.

Edited December 18, 2019 by gbenjo