New rules regarding taking alcohol on board

The answer? Buy wine cheaply in ports, carry a big bag, put wine in bag. Go to ship. Go to cabin. Drink wine. If challenged on embarkation deny existence of wine. If searched allow wine to be taken away. Collect wine at end of cruise.

 

What are they going to do if they catch you? Make you walk the plank?

There is no ‘if searched’ and ‘if they catch you’ option. Any bottles in a bag, no matter how big, will show up when scanned by the ship’s crew. Refusal to have the bag scanned or searched by hand will not be an option on the grounds of security. In some ports, bags are scanned before getting back on the ship. P&O staff will be sitting in close proximity to look after any alcohol that the scan reveals although in such cases they rely on the honesty of passengers or being given the information by the port based scanners.

We are boarding the Britannia in a few weeks and plan on packing a 2.25l box of white wine in our suitcase, and then in our hand luggage a bottle of gin and a bottle of bubbles! Really can't see that being an issue. If asked at security if we have more alcohol I will just say no. I'm more than happy to risk a box of wine over it!

On our recent cruise on Britannia no check whatsoever was made on alcohol being taken on board at embarkation so they would have no idea of what we took on board there but at every stop on returning to the ship all bags were scanned(& pockets emptied),with a table set to one side for removal of any bottles brought on board.