Bringing water or soda onboard ship

[mhlcanada]

Carnival ships allow guests to bring a limited number and size of soda and water on embarkation. Does Princess allow for such? I could not find their beverage policy on their website.

[Arizona Wildcat]

12 minutes ago, mhlcanada said:

Carnival ships allow guests to bring a limited number and size of soda and water on embarkation. Does Princess allow for such? I could not find their beverage policy on their website.

Discussed many times.  12 cans per person.  Pretty much the same with RCCL.

[arizonaperson]

Princess.com - passage contract- only a portion 

• For Guests of legal drinking age, an allowance of one (1) bottle of wine or champagne (750 mL in volume or less) per Guest per Voyage may be presented to security during embarkation. A US $20.00 corkage fee will be charged should Guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in the ship’s public areas.
  • A US $20.00 corkage fee (which is subject to change without notice) will apply to each additional bottle (750 mL in volume or less) beyond the one-bottle per Guest per Voyage allowance. Limitations apply, and wine brought in quantities deemed to be excessive by the vessel or security will be refused.
  • Guests are also prohibited from bringing water, sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages on board that are packaged in bottles. A small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought on board on embarkation day, only if carried on in Guests’ hand luggage (not in checked luggage). A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person.  Guests will be asked to discard open beverages in plastic containers prior to boarding.

[555]

Although Princess does specify limits I have yet to see anything actually enforced.  Unless you're bringing a whole case of soda or water I wouldn't pay it to much concern.

Security doesn't even say anything about plastic bottles.

[wallyj]

6 hours ago, 555 said:

Although Princess does specify limits I have yet to see anything actually enforced.  Unless you're bringing a whole case of soda or water I wouldn't pay it to much concern.

Security doesn't even say anything about plastic bottles.

Tried to board Emerald Princess on 8/31/24 in Boston with 1 unopened about 10 oz. bottle of water. At security/x-Ray, it was confiscated, told NO bottles allowed.

[Teechur]

7 minutes ago, wallyj said:

Tried to board Emerald Princess on 8/31/24 in Boston with 1 unopened about 10 oz. bottle of water. At security/x-Ray, it was confiscated, told NO bottles allowed.

We reboarded after a port stop in Boston at the end of June, carrying liquor, beer, wine, and soda in bottles. All of it passed through the scanner with no comment and no corkage fees.

You just never know... I wouldn't do this if it was the original port though.

[wallyj]

4 minutes ago, Teechur said:

We reboarded after a port stop in Boston at the end of June, carrying liquor, beer, wine, and soda in bottles. All of it passed through the scanner with no comment and no corkage fees.

You just never know... I wouldn't do this if it was the original port though.

Yes, security setup at embarkation and at a port stop are not the same. I was embarking Emerald on 8/31.

Edited September 22 by wallyj

[chrysalis]

1 hour ago, wallyj said:

Tried to board Emerald Princess on 8/31/24 in Boston with 1 unopened about 10 oz. bottle of water. At security/x-Ray, it was confiscated, told NO bottles allowed.

same happened to me in boston on august 11th

[555]

3 hours ago, wallyj said:

Yes, security setup at embarkation and at a port stop are not the same. I was embarking Emerald on 8/31.

 

2 hours ago, chrysalis said:

same happened to me in boston on august 11th

Wow, they're tough in Boston.

[rosevew]

On 9/21/2024 at 7:11 PM, arizonaperson said:

 

Princess.com - passage contract- only a portion 

• For Guests of legal drinking age, an allowance of one (1) bottle of wine or champagne (750 mL in volume or less) per Guest per Voyage may be presented to security during embarkation. A US $20.00 corkage fee will be charged should Guests wish to consume their wine or champagne in the ship’s public areas.
  • A US $20.00 corkage fee (which is subject to change without notice) will apply to each additional bottle (750 mL in volume or less) beyond the one-bottle per Guest per Voyage allowance. Limitations apply, and wine brought in quantities deemed to be excessive by the vessel or security will be refused.
  • Guests are also prohibited from bringing water, sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages on board that are packaged in bottles. A small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought on board on embarkation day, only if carried on in Guests’ hand luggage (not in checked luggage). A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person.  Guests will be asked to discard open beverages in plastic containers prior to boarding.

Not mentioned in the UK passage contract. The alcohol policy is in the FAQ but nothing at all about soft drinks, water etc

[BamaVol]

4 minutes ago, 555 said:

 

Wow, they're tough in Boston.

There’s an old expression “banned in Boston”. It had to do with latter day Puritan attitudes but must also apply to boarding with bottles. 

[startedwithamouse]

50 minutes ago, 555 said:

 

Wow, they're tough in Boston.

They are the city of tea.

[startedwithamouse]

Port of Los Angeles is the same with water bottles. You'll see piles of confiscated cases after security.

[missnd]

43 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

Port of Los Angeles is the same with water bottles. You'll see piles of confiscated cases after security.

I had maybe half an inch of water in my clear, refillable water bottle - really just the amount that the straw couldn't reach - and they made me dump it at Port of LA.  I didn't care about dumping it other than it seemed like a hold up and waste of time for less than an ounce of water.

[rj59]

The exception to this on Princess, HAL, and Celebrity is they don't care when you get to a port. So at the first port in Mexico or Alaska I come back with a 2L of soda, which is much easier than carrying cans of soda. It's the same with a full water bottle, ship security doesn't care in ports. It gets more complicated in a place like Vancouver, where you can have passengers from 3 ships going through one security point, and the workers there probably aren't up to speed on each line's beverage policy, so I keep a copy printed or on my phone just in case (for instance, HAL officially doesn't allow wine on board without paying a corkage fee up front, nor do they allow soda at all at embarkation, according to their policy). Celebrity used to allow 2 bottles of wine per person, which port security in LA tried to prevent me from doing, so I had to pull out the line's policy. 

[Cruise Raider]

On 9/22/2024 at 1:50 PM, 555 said:

 

Wow, they're tough in Boston.

I’ve seen the same in both San Pedro (Los Angeles) and in San Francisco .. not consistently, but I have seen a whole stock pile of confiscated water bottles stacked up under the scanners at times.  

[1KBAP]

Right after the Covid ban on cruising ended, I did three back-to-backs on the Majestic out of Los Angeles.  Brought a Costco 35-can pack of Diet Coke on board.  No one cared.

[Arizona Wildcat]

4 minutes ago, 1KBAP said:

Right after the Covid ban on cruising ended, I did three back-to-backs on the Majestic out of Los Angeles.  Brought a Costco 35-can pack of Diet Coke on board.  No one cared.

Not likely to happen today.  The rule is pretty simple.   It always amazes me how many spend thousands of dollars on a cruise and try to sneak an extra 12pk of soda on board.  Always pretty simple to bring on board at a port .

[1KBAP]

"There are three of us traveling.  They already boarded.  I got stuck carrying the Diet Coke."

 

One 12-pack each.  Simple.  Security doesn't really care.

 

Why someone would do it is a personal matter for them.  Why does it amaze you?  Why do you care at all?

 

All irrelevant now, at least for me, with the advent of the drink packages.  But others may still want to do so, hence the question that was presented.

[Ideb]

I used the chat feature on Princess website and asked if I could carry bottles of water or soda or water onboard and the rep said yes. I questioned him further about bottles and he said that bottles are allowed. I kept the transcript of the chat, but I still have a feeling that bottles wouldn't be allowed during boarding so I probably won't try. I will just bring cans.

[kywildcatfanone]

No issue at FLL bringing on whatever you want