Liquor in Room (Smuggling)

[4 cruisers]

Bubble wrap, and 2 gallon ziplock work very well. Never had an accident.

[Groovey]

Better than ziplock bags: rumrunnerflasks.com:cool:

[m steve]

in my suitcase. I've rarely had them break off loading from the ship except once in my double canvas bag that holds 2 6 packs. I guess the weight made the stevadore drop it but lost 2 bottles. Pack all the dirty clothes and old newspapers around them for added protection inside the box and tape it well.

1.75 jug of vodka in plastic is pretty safe and 4 t shirts on each side of a glass jug seems to do the job going out. Swim fins help on return.

[Mike&MJ]

OK...HERE IT IS IN A NUT SHELL.

 

Once upon a time...before most of you started cruising...the ships sailed with fantastic stocks of alcohol onboard. The shipping companies prided themselves on offering a fantastic array of beverages at rock bottom prices. Their reasoning was that since they held a captive audience then the food and liquor should be the best and offered at a reasonable price...AS AN ONBOARD AMMENITY. The lines figured that they were buying the booze in quantity and at duty free prices so they should at least make the pax (passengers) happy and accomodate them.

 

Fast forward to 2006...Most lines have become mega cruise lines that offer a reasonably priced cabin and most of the ammenities have been stripped away...by the new breed of cruise line executive who is a business school graduate...most likely worked in the airline industry prior to joining the cruise line...and has no clue as to the nature and history of the cruise lines. The only line that concerns the new cruise line executive...IS THE BOTTOM LINE. The ammenities be damned...FULL GREED AHEAD!!!

 

NOW...enter the hapless cruise veteran...who has been cruising before most of these managerial geniuses were born. I/WE firmly believe that what we do in our cabin is nobody's business...provided that...we are not disturbing the other pax or acting obnoxious in public places etc. I/WE firmly believe that our personal comfort in our cabins is part of the cruise experience. Unless there is a problem with disturbance and behavior...then it is nobody's business. I/WE will continue to carry on the beverages of our choice and I/WE will continue to consume them in our cabins and I/WE will continue to bring our wine to the dining room and pay the corkage fee etc. I/WE do not believe that the new booze rules are being introduced for the safety of the pax...rather...they are being inforced to bolster the bottom line. If you care to look at the recent problems onboard ships you will see that in the case of all of these incidents the pax involved had been drinking in the public areas of the ship and purchasing their beverages at the bars. People will continue to commit suicide onboard ship...as they have done for decades. Criminal incidents will continue to happen...often fueled by alcohol. And onboard crimes will increase as the numbers of pax continue to increase in the coming years.

 

I/WE will continue to cruise and I/WE do hope that all of you will respect our privacy when we are in our cabins. I/WE will continue to cruise in the style to which we are accustomed no matter what the lines decide to do to bolster the bottom line. THE PRIVACY OF YOUR CABIN IS THE RIGHT OF EVERY PASSENGER.

 

Amen, you nailed it.

 

Be it a hotel or cruise ship, if I decide to act like an idiot and jump off any 10th floor balcony, chances are the result will be less than positive.

 

How would you feel about a hotel searching your bags and confiscating any alcohol before you went to your room?

 

I don't have a problem bringing my own bottle to the Four Seasons or JW Mariott nor do they have a problem with me doing so. They provide well stocked mini-bars which I may or may not choose to use.

 

If I choose to use the mini-bar, I understand it is a convenience for which I will pay a little extra.

 

Why cruise lines think they are above the world's finest hotels is completely beyond me.

 

 

P.S. Despite all this discussion, I have yet to read one post from someone who had a problem bringing onboard a little something in their checked luggage.

[stanjj111]

Can someone please supply a link to the "new policy"? Does the information given by X compeletly eliminate wording for a corkage fee in the dining room?

If they still mention a corkage fee then they are shooting themselves in the foot.

[muffin]

I may have this wrong, but I believe the "new" reference to corkage fees refers to wine you have received as a gift from others..ex friends, family or TA who sent you a gift to your cabin through a third party acceptable to the cruiseline.( ie a company who does this sort of delivery.) They are no longer allowing you to bring your own under any circumstance. Of course, you could arrange for your own gift box to be sent to you by an acceptable company, but the cost factor brings it right up again. If you drink this gift in your cabin, there would be no corkage fee. If you ask for it to be served to you in the dining room, there would be.

Is this what everyone else understands?

[stanjj111]

Can you have your local agent who you booked with send you a package that you prepared yourself or does it have to be a certified agent. In the past several agencies have sent us gifts.

[muffin]

I believe the key word is " accredited" and it seemed to me that agents simply order thier client packages through such an agency to be delivered at embarkation, or they use the cruiseline itself and just order a bottle delivered by them. I suppose it may be possible to ask your agent to send you a " gift" that has the following bottles in it..... and you pay them on the side for it, but you could order it yourself too from the same companies too. Ask your agent. I doubt agencies send a person to the ship the morning of sailing with gift baskets they have shopped for themselves and packaged themselves etc etc unless they are VERY local and have many customers on that sailing. And, I do not know if such people would be " accredited". Can anybody help here?

[HspncElvis]

All I want to do is bring a case of beer on board. I plan on buying a case in FT Lauderdale, pack in my suitcase and store in my cabin. Be nice to have a beer while getting ready. Will Celebrity allow it?

 

Thanks

 

Glen

[gobux87]

All I want to do is bring a case of beer on board. I plan on buying a case in FT Lauderdale, pack in my suitcase and store in my cabin. Be nice to have a beer while getting ready. Will Celebrity allow it?

 

 

Hey, I've been reading these messages with some interest. Here's something to consider.

 

 

I was surprised :confused: to hear on my recent (and first) cruise to Bermuda that I was able to buy up to two bottles of [insert favorite beverage] at a time IN PORT, paying tax and duty, and carry it on board. I didn't believe it, so I started with a pint of Goslings, handed it over for xray in a brown paper bag, and it was handed right back, no questions asked, and I quickly escorted it to my stateroom. Let the games begin.:D When all was said and done, I'd taken aboard 2 pints and 2 fifths of Goslings (the kinds not available on the ship, who's duty free prices can't be beat), a bottle of Rum Swizzle and mixers, and consumed the pints, swizzle and mixers. :cool: I also bought on the ship, but my drinks always seemed weak which only encouraged my behavior. (Hye, when I want a drink, I want a drink.) This was after the UK incident, too.

 

It might have something to do with the 'prior to embarkation' wording. So, if you can stand a couple of days until you reach your first port and plan on consuming something other than beer, you may not violate any rules and be able to drink (affordably) while you relax in your stateroom.

 

And to the person who asked about smaller quantity bottles setting of the detector, they don't if you make sure the caps are plastic and the labels are not metallic.