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azrenne
April 16th, 2004, 05:34 PM
We are sailing on the conquest in June and was wondering if you can order a bottle of Gin to your cabin. We have sailed on Princess several time and was able to do so on them. Does any one know?
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HOSKI
April 16th, 2004, 06:12 PM
Carnival will not deliver bottles to your cabin. However, newer ships have a mini-bar but the price is just as much as in the bar if not more.
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Bunkie103
April 16th, 2004, 06:34 PM
This is the case where you buy the gin at home in the plastic bottle, wrap it in something and place in a plastic bag in your checked luggage. Your room steward will keep your ice bucket full and not tell anyone about your "little secret". http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
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imatarb
April 16th, 2004, 10:04 PM
Ahhh, Bunkie, that's the 'spirit' (no pun intended). This is exactly what we plan on doing for a few cocktails in our room!
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azrenne
April 17th, 2004, 11:28 AM
Thats what we will do. I will hit the liqior store in New Oleans before we get on the ship.
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Royal Caribbean Monarch Of The Seas 11/02
Star Princess 4/03
Sun Princess 2/04
Carnival Conquest 6/13/04
Laurab23
April 17th, 2004, 11:41 AM
Does you ever get caught if the booze is in your checked luggage? And if they catch you are you in big trouble or do they just keep it until the end of the cruise? We are planning on taking two suitcases and placing one bottle in each in the hopes if they catch one the other one will make it through. How do you get it onboard from the ports? Don't they xray everything you bring on from each port? Also can we have sissors,razer blades and nail clippers in our checked luggage. We will be coming to NYPort in a van so will not be on any airline.Thanks for all the help!
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azrenne
April 17th, 2004, 01:28 PM
Laurab23, If they catch you they just keep it till you get off the ship, most of the time they never catch the booze in the bag. You can take nail clippers and razers on board in checked luggage. Have a great cruise!
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Sweetcharlotte30
April 17th, 2004, 04:04 PM
Water bottles work wonders for the clear liquor.
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Cruiser JP
April 17th, 2004, 04:43 PM
According to my travel agent, The TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) not Carnival does all screening of the checked bags now and the TSA could care less in you if you have liquor in your checked bags, but that Carnival still has a representative at the carry on screening area
Bunkie103
April 17th, 2004, 04:50 PM
In port we bought a few small bottles, pints I guess, and my DH just put them in his back pocket and walked on the ship. No one said a word. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
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anastacia
April 18th, 2004, 02:21 PM
We packed a box of wine, bottle of rum, dozen beer and a dozen pop in our checked baggage. Everything arrived at our cabin completely intact and your room steward is not the least concerned about it. We also bought a bottle of rum in Jamaica and I just carried it in my bag onboard. We had considered transferring it to our water bottle as some have suggested but thought it was too much trouble. We figured, if they take it, so what we'll get it back at the end of the cruise. As it turned out they actually checked the water bottle that my hubby was carrying but didn't ask or look in my bag. So there you go!
jedgar
April 18th, 2004, 02:32 PM
On rare occasions people have had liquor confiscated from there checked luggage. One case I can remember is a scuba diving knife was in the same bag as thier liquor, the x-ray detected the knife, the bag was pulled and taken to the pursers desk and had to be claimed and opened there. The liquor was held to the end of the cruise and the knife was held by the purser and could be checked out for the dive tour only.