How would you feel about it...

[kpatter]

...if Carnival had a policy whereby you were prohibited to bring onboard:

 

toothpaste

sunscreen

coolers

disposable cameras

extension cords

bungee cords

Imodium-AD

Dramamine

or

mouthwash,

 

but offered all of those items for sale, at ridiculous, major-league-ballpark

prices... would you be tempted to smuggle any of those items onboard?

[oscar's mom]

Yes!

[cheerioandsalut]

Would I smuggle that stuff in? Totally! I can't imagine them doing that though.

[cruise_pirate]

Yep!:p

 

But not sure why they would ever do that. However alot of the items I have forgot and some have bought on the ship.

[fllady61]

...if Carnival had a policy whereby you were prohibited to bring onboard:

 

toothpaste

sunscreen

coolers

disposable cameras

extension cords

bungee cords

Imodium-AD

Dramamine

or

mouthwash,

 

but offered all of those items for sale, at ridiculous, major-league-ballpark

prices... would you be tempted to smuggle any of those items onboard?

 

Why do you have a bungee cord anyway? unless you mean those little bitty things that they give you in the casino. Coolers are not suppose to be brought on board anyway. Extension cords are useless. who has that much stuff to plug in?

 

So would I complain. NO. They have toothpaste on the ship, Imodium and dramamine you can get from the first aide station.

 

I can not see it happening though. They tried to make it strict no carryon beverages, and people still snuck them in.

 

Eitherway you look at it, someone will sneak something prohibited on anyway, and in some cases off.

[Ok_Cruiser]

Would pack it right next to my alcohol!

[kpatter]

Me too, glad someone caught my drift...

[GoinCruisin]

Me too, glad someone caught my drift...

 

I understand what your point was... except for the "major league ballpark prices"... the drinks on Carnival are nowhere close to being that outrageous... same prices as most bars in any large city. Much less than many bars I've been to...

[poodlemom396]

I like the way you think!!!

Would pack it right next to my alcohol!

[ShedQueen77]

A minor difference though. Alcohol is not a "necessity" but I would deem personal hygiene products as necessary. If I'm going to be on a ship with you for days or weeks at a time, I sure hope you agree as well! ;)

[phinfan63]

Why do you have a bungee cord anyway? unless you mean those little bitty things that they give you in the casino. Coolers are not suppose to be brought on board anyway. Extension cords are useless. who has that much stuff to plug in?

 

I believe the bungee cord is to hold open the balcony door (but not really needed in most cases)

 

Coolers - I guess I missed that policy and they didn't say anything in December when we took our rolling cooler on. Very handy and the cabin steward kept it full of ice the whole time.

 

Extension cord - hairdryer, camera charger, curling iron, phone charger and any number of other things people like to plug in. The cabin only has one plug in - definitely not enough!

[Kurbanfan]

Why do you have a bungee cord anyway? unless you mean those little bitty things that they give you in the casino. Coolers are not suppose to be brought on board anyway. Extension cords are useless. who has that much stuff to plug in?

 

So would I complain. NO. They have toothpaste on the ship, Imodium and dramamine you can get from the first aide station.

 

I can not see it happening though. They tried to make it strict no carryon beverages, and people still snuck them in.

 

Eitherway you look at it, someone will sneak something prohibited on anyway, and in some cases off.

 

The bungee cord is to help keep your cabin door open on your balcony.

There is no rule against bringing coolers on board.

[alphakitty]

I schlepped all over San Juan to find a place with an extension cord....believe me it was a necessity and I kicked myself in the a$$ for forgetting ours! I use a white noise machine and really needed the extension cord for it to be close enough to the bed.

 

I don't smuggle. I agree that most of those things listed are necessities and as such, the argument doesn't work.

 

I never heard that coolers aren't allowed?? :confused:

I usually bring a soft sider for trips to the beaches.

[benicehavefun]

Good point, good comparison. Their prices are a lot more than what we pay here. $2.25 for beer, $3.50 mixed drink, $4.00 call drink. Carnival is double that.

[letsgocruz1]

Much less than many bars I've been to...

 

I second that. My friend had a mixed drink at Applebee's the other night and they charged her $9.00 for it :eek: And, it was average size, too! Makes Carnival's prices not look so bad.

[kpatter]

I've read pricing comparisons here before, and I don't agree that Carnival's drink prices are at or cheaper than bars.

I wouldn't go to bars with those kind of high prices. In this part of America,

a bucket of beer at a nice bar is about $12 to 18, depending on the time and brand.

Mixed drinks / margaritas are certainly not anywhere near what Carnival's are priced at, unless you were to go to a hotel's bar, like a Hilton.

[cruisecruisecruise1234567]

...if Carnival had a policy whereby you were prohibited to bring onboard:

 

toothpaste

sunscreen

coolers

disposable cameras

extension cords

bungee cords

Imodium-AD

Dramamine

or

mouthwash,

 

but offered all of those items for sale, at ridiculous, major-league-ballpark

prices... would you be tempted to smuggle any of those items onboard?

 

How would you expect them to enforce this?:rolleyes:

[RatherBFishin]

Extension cords are useless. who has that much stuff to plug in?

 

You're kidding, right?

 

I'm going with my 2 teens in a couple weeks (DW can't make the trip). Just the three of us have the following:

 

2 Digital Camera chargers (mine and DD's)

2 Gameboys (the kids each have one)

2 Mp3/Ipod chargers (mine and DS's)

1 Camcorder

1 Cell Phone

 

And that's just off the top of my head.

[Familyforever]

The OP just wanted to get a rise out of ALL of the people that are SOOO opposed of smuggling alcohol on board (I myself am not opposed to it).

His point was - WHY would it be OK to smuggle other things on but not OK to smuggle Alcohol????

:confused:

[JAM810]

A minor difference though. Alcohol is not a "necessity" but I would deem personal hygiene products as necessary. If I'm going to be on a ship with you for days or weeks at a time, I sure hope you agree as well! ;)

 

Of course, alcohol is not a "necessity." However, many people smuggle it on board just as many would if such regulations of bringing those certain items on board were restrcited. So in jest, if they smuggle alcohol they'll smuggle tooth paste, bungee & extension cords, Imodium, etc., etc. too. And, personal hygiene is a necessity which probably why Carnival puts free razors, shampoo, body soap, hand lotion, Tylenol and a few other free-bees in your cabin bath room.

[GoinCruisin]

Good point, good comparison. Their prices are a lot more than what we pay here. $2.25 for beer, $3.50 mixed drink, $4.00 call drink. Carnival is double that.

 

Many of the call drinks are around $4.50 on Carnival... $4.75-$5.75

Specialty cocktails $4.75-$5.95, 16oz beers $4.50... go to any resort and you are going to find most of the time, higher prices. You really can't compare prices at home, to prices you will pay at resorts/hotels/etc, because they are always marked up more. And like I said, just about any decent restaurant in any somewhat large city will have similar prices... even the major chain restaurants. It's just not that unreasonable. Now, I once lived in a very small town, and the bars had great drink prices... again, they were hardly resorts :D I think the problem is when people get the bill and it includes the gratuity... typically you don't see that on bills at most bars.

[mom23guys]

I think drink prices vary in different parts of the country. I live in a resort area by the Atlantic. The drink prices are comparable to if not less than home. Yes there are Happy Hours with better prices but not at our great restaurants.

The problem with drink prices are that people are not paying as they are drinking. That S&S card is just so deceiving, when the bill comes it is a shock. We're not big drinkers-bottle of wine with dinner maybe an afternoon coctail(usually a frozen drink) or a cold beer or two when we return from an excursion so I don't see any need to smuggle. Even though we don't drink anywhere near as much as others, over 7 days that bill can really add up. By the way it is the reason we don't gamble with S&S card. Just cash.

[fllady61]

Good point, good comparison. Their prices are a lot more than what we pay here. $2.25 for beer, $3.50 mixed drink, $4.00 call drink. Carnival is double that.

 

 

but where you are is NOT a tourist area. Here where I live, a mixed drink cost upwards of 6.00 per drink. a beer is about 4 per bottle. if they give you the bottle otherwise, it is 250 a 5 oz glass.

 

There was some talk of baning coolers during spring break, but that was short lived. I even asked my PVP about it, and he said they had changed that policy. Too many people complained.

 

A small carry around cooler for excursions i can see. But not a big Big hard cooler with wheels like I have seen come through. On the short cruises, those rooms do not have fridges, so I can see that. But on a big ship, i would not do it. Too much other stuff I have to carry on.

 

As for all the chargers, does everything need to be plugged in at one time??? NO. But that is your choice to take so much and need to plug it in. I charge my camera's nightly. but I don't use an extension cord. I charge the cameras, then the phones, then what ever else needs to be charged.

 

Why weigh yourself down with electronics. I even keep my computer plugged in at all times, and still saw no use for an extention cord.

[Knights on the Beach]

I think drink prices vary in different parts of the country.

Heck, I live in Orlando and drink prices vary greatly at different bars and restaurants within our hometown! ;) One of our favorite bars (actually a college bar) is extremely cheap. Pitchers of beer are $5.50 and we have a card that gets us a dollar off each time. So at $4.50, a whole pitcher is slightly less than one bottle of beer at $4.75 on Carnival. They have buckets of Corona (five bottles) for $10.99. A lot of the chain restaurants in Orlando (Don Pablo's, Chili's, Bennigan's, etc.) have two for one drinks all the time, so it's pretty easy to find a cheap place to drink here.

 

On the other hand, we had dinner at the Polynesian Hotel on Disney property last Friday night. While waiting for dinner, we visited the bar and paid $8.00 for a drink in a hurricane glass and $5.25 for Sam Adams and Corona, so those prices are just slightly higher than Carnival's drink prices.

 

Honestly, we are at the point in our lives that we just budget more for drinks on cruises than we did a few years ago. We're on vacation, so we don't expect to be able to get cheap drinks like we do at the bars at home. That doesn't mean we won't take on a few bottles of champagne or maybe even smuggle a small amount of coconut rum, but we don't stress out about the drink prices like we used to. ;)

[MamaParrotHead]

Good point, good comparison. Their prices are a lot more than what we pay here. $2.25 for beer, $3.50 mixed drink, $4.00 call drink. Carnival is double that.

 

My DH drinks Jim Beam & Coke, and not once did we pay more than $4 or $5 and change for anything EXCEPT the large sized blended foo-foo drinks. And even then, those were like $6. No where near the $8 you're saying they charge for a call drink.