sannl Posted December 27, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 27, 2013 has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted December 27, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? All carryons go through a scanner similar to airport scanner. Believe me, they are all xrayed. Checked bags are also xrayed. Ever hear of the "naughty room"? Edited December 27, 2013 by NMLady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted December 27, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 27, 2013 has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? All NCL ships, and pretty much other cruise lines check bags. Welcome to Cruise Critic. If you scan through the postings you will find this discussed often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmike Posted December 27, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 27, 2013 yes, they are all checked. You wouldn't believe the amount of booze confiscated from passengers before a cruise. If the bottle is sealed, they will give it back to you at the end of the trip. If it's open or in something other than a bottle, they dump it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubechick Posted December 27, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 27, 2013 has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? You've obviously read enough of these boards to know all bags are checked. (Yes...really:rolleyes:). If you'll be caught is up to speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luddite Posted December 27, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 27, 2013 You will probably be a believer very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duce95 Posted December 27, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? Never do carry on. Google "rum runner flask" and distribute several in yours and partners bags. Safety in numbers. But never place in carry on. I'd never take the risk but users on the forums swear by them from what I read! They even sell similar versions in the ship gift shop. Edited December 27, 2013 by duce95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear3412 Posted December 27, 2013 #8 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) ..... Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? I can, and I support the bag checks, and do in fact expect each and every bag to be scanned/checked. :D Good luck to all the smugglers. Odds 3.5% IMO. :D Safe travel to all. :) ETA; Some make it a sport for CBP and NCL. Not sure if that is healthy considering the true objective of those entities. Although perhaps those species force them to scan/check all. So, ... perhaps all those smugglers ... help us all, by keeping serious contraband ashore. IMO. Lol. Edited December 27, 2013 by bear3412 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3GWG Posted December 27, 2013 #9 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Why would you elect to take your own lcohol. Is it normal for you to take your own into a local bar where you live. Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggitt Posted December 27, 2013 #10 Share Posted December 27, 2013 No but I don't go to the local bar where I live to get a glass of wine to drink while Im getting dressed for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruiseIreland Posted December 27, 2013 #11 Share Posted December 27, 2013 has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? You can bring on wine as long as you pay $15 per bottle corkage. This wine must be brougt on in carry on luggage. They may or may not scan the carry on luggage. I think it depends on time of day. At peak times they will man the scanner. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisin07family Posted December 27, 2013 #12 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Dh and I packed 12 packs of Coke Zero in both of our checked luggage and sure enough we were called to the "naughty" room to pick up our bags. NCL didn't open the bags but we had to open them in front of the crew and verify it was just soda. Boo to NCL for having Pepsi products anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinsgirl88 Posted December 27, 2013 #13 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Its like being at an airport :rolleyes: its for safety reasons as well as smugglers lol Sent from my MB886 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va. Plumber Posted December 27, 2013 #14 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Don't know how much they make from alcohol sales to 4,000 people during a seven day cruise, but imagine it is a pretty good piece of change. If everyone were allowed to smuggle their own on board, I suspect cruise prices would go up significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B6ConMe Posted December 27, 2013 #15 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) This is pretty funny. :) Having just returned from a FABULOUS cruise on the Pearl, I can tell you that, YES, they check every bag and every bottle! :p We took a couple of small bottles of Maple Syrup (for the Roll Call raffle) and I had them in my carryon and had to open my bag and show them the, thankfully, clearly marked and labelled and still sealed, bottles. It was actually pretty funny and we even got the security guys laughing about it. :D Sadly, we had to use one of the bottles of Maple Syrup ourselves because they opened one at the airport. :( :p Edited December 27, 2013 by B6ConMe misspelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdvmd Posted December 27, 2013 #16 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Welcome to Cruise Critic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullDawg91 Posted December 27, 2013 #17 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Don't know how much they make from alcohol sales to 4,000 people during a seven day cruise, but imagine it is a pretty good piece of change. If everyone were allowed to smuggle their own on board, I suspect cruise prices would go up significantly. This is probably one reason Disney is pricey. You can carry on beverages without being sneaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpytoi9 Posted December 27, 2013 #18 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I can tell you that they do check it but not thoroughly. We just got off the Jewel, where we brought 10 bottles of wine with us spread over 5 different bags (2 bottles a bag). They found 5 of the bottles and missed the other 5. Not sure how they can find one bottle but miss another one in the same bag...but just proof that they are not looking too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted December 27, 2013 #19 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Very easy to sneak booze on to a cruise ship no matter what line. You have thousands of people embarking and debarking same day. Take that number of people and multiply by 2 or 3 to figure out rough amount of luggage. You don't need RR's but they help. Just don't be silly enough to leave it in original bottles either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman2a Posted December 27, 2013 #20 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Dh and I packed 12 packs of Coke Zero in both of our checked luggage and sure enough we were called to the "naughty" room to pick up our bags. NCL didn't open the bags but we had to open them in front of the crew and verify it was just soda. Boo to NCL for having Pepsi products anyway! Thank goodness they have Pepsi products!:) I had to haul a case of cans onto Princess my last cruise!:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcwingwalker Posted December 27, 2013 #21 Share Posted December 27, 2013 has anyone out there brought their own alchohol of choice as carryon?? Cannot beleive every bag,etc. is checked?? You betcha they are serious..................give them a try and you'll find out:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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