Is getting alcohol on to a cruise possiable?

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Can I Bring Liquor On Board?

A liquor and beverage consumption policy was created in order for Carnival to be able to control the liquor consumption of minors and the quantities consumed that lead to the disruptive behavior of others on board.

Liquor and Beverage Policy

Bringing Alcohol On Board - Embarkation

Guests are prohibited from bringing alcoholic beverages onboard. However, guests 21 years of age and older only may bring one bottle (750ml) of wine or champagne, per person, on board only during embarkation at the beginning of the cruise. A $10 corkage fee per bottle will be charged should you wish to consume this wine in the main dining room; $14 corkage fee per bottle in the Supper Club. Guests may bring a small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages. All prohibited alcohol, additional quantities of wine/champagne or excessive quantities of non-alcoholic beverages will be confiscated and discarded without compensation.

Large cooler restrictions:

Carnival Cruise Lines does not allow guests to bring large coolers on board its ships. However for purposes of housing small, personal-sized coolers no larger than 12â€ x 12â€ x 12â€ for the purpose of housing small quantities of non-alcoholic beverages and/or medications are permitted as carry-on luggage. Screening and movement of large coolers through embarkation is an impediment to the boarding and security screening process. Therefore, large coolers are not permitted as carry-on or checked luggage.

sandand_surf

Don't use the giant Listerine bottle - for one thing, your alcohol will taste like mint, for another thing, the cruise lines are onto this because how much mouthwash do you really need for a 7 day cruise?

Go online and get these things called rumrunners. They're totally plastic collapsible flasks that are not easily detected. Often, it's the metal cap that gives away alcohol on the x-ray machine. I used 3 rum runners last year on Norwegian (which is a really strict line) and no problems.

If you wear cargo pants or something with big pockets when you're getting on the ship, just shove them in your pockets. They don't set off the metal detector, and they don't pat you down or search your pockets - just make sure you don't have an obvious bulge.

If you like beer, get a 12 pack of Coke or whatever, open it by lifting the end flaps and take out all the coke cans. Put in beer cans, except for the two cans you can see through the hole in the top - put 2 coke cans there. Glue the flaps closed, slap a cabin sticker on it and hand it over to the porters.

nb4eva22

you are not allowed to bring it on with you. however this never stopped me and my friends we use lsiterine bottles and shampoo bottles. never fails

palmyrafan

You can't, not without getting caught. If they catch you with alcohol in your luggage they will take it from you and hold until the end of the cruise.

Alcohol is where the cruise ships make most of their on-board money. They aren't about to start letting people bring their own on board.

Erica

Yes! It is possible-- Liquor is annoyingly expensive on cruises.
NO it's not LEGAL- but that's not the question you're asking is it :)

What we did was buy the tinted gatorade sport bottles (the six pack of the little ones), poured the gatorade out, and filled them with vodka & wine, respectively. I then put each bottle individually in a ziploc baggie, and then folded them into my clothes in my suitcase.

I will tell you that I was very paranoid-- BUT all of our bags arrived to our room, and all the bottles were where I left them :)

definitley put the bottles in baggies... you don't want to accidently get any liquor on your clothes :)

You'll be fine.. So many people do it.
I asked a similar question on here before I went on my cruise and I'm so happy I ignored all the people who told me "not" to bring it. :)

Christine H

A lot of cruiselines actually allow you to take a small quantity of alcohol on board without any problem. For instance, you may be able to bring wine on board for consumption in your room. If you are going to bring the wine to the dining room, you would have to pay a corkage fee. You should check with Carnival to find out whether it is actually allowed and then you wouldn't have to worry about being caught.

bluedreams1810

You are not allowed to bring alcholic beverages on board the ship- they want to make sure you have to purchase it from the ship. It is possible to sneak it on board. My dad actually snuck about 10 beers on his cruise in his suitcase- but I wouldn't recommend it! I wouldn't want to get in trouble over that.

Ben S

I doubt you can... why would u, they prob sell it on board.

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