Smuggle report from Tampa

[gog]

We had 17 cabins booked. I think everybody tried to smuggle beer and liquor aboard. I believe 2 cabins got their booze through. I got about 2 and a half cases and 4 rumrunners on. My advice, buy booze from bon voyage. Or use rumrunners. Dont try empty water bottles.

[Eeyoregon]

Dont try empty water bottles.

 

They confiscated empty water bottles :confused: ? I'm guessing they weren't "empty" ;), LOL.

 

Just kidding. Thanks for the report.

 

Gina

[salty dingo]

We had 17 cabins booked. I think everybody tried to smuggle beer and liquor aboard. I believe 2 cabins got their booze through. I got about 2 and a half cases and 4 rumrunners on. My advice, buy booze from bon voyage. Or use rumrunners. Dont try empty water bottles.

Two of 17 cabins got booze on? That's hard to believe... even the most strict alcohol checks would not find half of the well-hidden booze in checked bags. Simply put, they do not have the manpower to search every bag. I doubt one bag in 20 is diverted to the naugty room.

 

Anyway, congrats on getting your stuff onboard. I used to bring beer but decided it was too heavy to mess with. I just bring liquor from home and bring beer back from the ports.

[cathhobbit]

After careful consideration, we have decided not to board with alcohol...it seems that Carnival has ramped up security...and things are a lot tighter than before... would much rather have the bottle waiting in my room...then having it confiscated...

So be it..just my humble opinion...

[luvmysox1]

I'm still going to try!!:)

[darth frosty]

My opinion even if they catch you all they do is keep it till the cruise is over...not a really big deal.

[marym933]

My opinion even if they catch you all they do is keep it till the cruise is over...not a really big deal.

 

I think that is only if the liquor is in the original bottle. If you've put it in water or mouthwash bottles, they throw it out.

 

I guess my days of taking mini Jose Cuervo golden margaritas are gone!

[navybaby1113]

I'm still going to try to smuggle on some small bottles of liquor. If they take them, they take them and I'll get the back at the end of the cruise.

[yogimax]

I got about 2 and a half cases and 4 rumrunners on.

 

2 1/2 cases? No wonder Carnival is cracking down!

[LMHSRN]

2 1/2 cases? No wonder Carnival is cracking down!

 

Sounds like someone needs the number to AA...........lol

[BigDave76]

Just back...2 bottles of Grey Goose and 10 airplane bottles of Capt. Morgan in the luggage. Didn't try and hide it, just put them in the really big ziplock bags, all arrived fine. Never opened any of it....had a $700 bar bill.

[Mrs. Chernabog]

None of our water was inspected in our carry ons, nor were the bottles even counted to make sure we only had 12 per person.

[Equest]

What ship and port did you book 17 rooms on?

[FloridaLaura]

A few weeks ago in tampa on the Legend, 4 of us had rum runner flasks hidden in our luggage. One of us also had a 9 pk of aluminum beer bottles along with the rum runners of liquor. That was the only suitcase gone thru and everything was confiscated. The beer must have shown up on xray and thye decided to check the entire contents thouroughly and found each flask. He did get the beer the last night, but lost the rum runner flasks.

[Lv2Camp&Cruise]

We will be sailing out of Tampa next Sunday. We ordered a bottle of coconut rum from Bon Voyage but will take a couple of rum runners with Peach Schnapps and Cherry Vodka. If we lose them, oh well. But we will try. :D

[jmjpro]

cruised on the Legend a couple weeks back. Got 6 Rum Runners through in 2 suitcases. No problem at all and still had a nice bar bill at weeks end!