Does Windstar pack lunches that you can take off the ship in Tahiti?

[kclinton]

Does Windstar provide picnic lunch that you can take off the ship? Can you order room service and pack your own?

Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions?

 

[BruceMuzz]

In most countries, taking food off a cruise ship to eat ashore is prohibited by law.

They are worried that most anything you bring ashore - except sometimes packaged, processed food - could introduce harmful foreign plant and animal diseases, or insects into their country.

They are especially worried about meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products.

Most cruise lines will not offer lunches to take ashore.

If you try to do it on your own, you may meet an official on the pier, standing next to an over-flowing garbage bin, filled with all the foods that naive passengers tried to take ashore.

[6rugrats]

Not that I've ever seen for reasons listed above.

[kclinton]

Thank you! Packing the protein bars and peanut butter crackers:)

[woodburc]

Can you take a bottle of wine off the ship to use for a picnic on the beach? Asking about doing this from Windstar on Bora Bora....

[woodburc]

On 9/1/2022 at 8:48 PM, kclinton said:

Does Windstar provide picnic lunch that you can take off the ship? Can you order room service and pack your own?

Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions?

 

Just wondering if you tried to take food off the boat...

[6rugrats]

You can’t take food off the ship, except usually prepackaged items, such as crackers.

Edited August 23, 2023 by 6rugrats

[ridethetide]

18 hours ago, 6rugrats said:

You can’t take food off the ship, except usually prepackaged items, such as crackers.

I have often taken sandwiches from the Yacht Club off the ship to eat ashore.

[6rugrats]

Many people break laws or rules and are not caught. 

[ridethetide]

3 hours ago, 6rugrats said:

Many people break laws or rules and are not caught. 

Nobody ever stated that I was not allowed to do so. In fact, they wrap the sandwiches up for me to take. How do you know it is not permitted? Where is that stated?