What do you do if you purchased liquor on previous cruise & now boarding Allure?

[snorkel4ever]

We plan to purchase some tequila or rum on western Caribbean cruise that we disembark on same day we board the Allure for an eastern Caribbean cruise. (Not B2B with RCI) Is there a process for "checking" our previous liquor purchase with RCI staff when boarding Allure and then having it returned to us when we disembark? If there is no process / guarantee to have it returned - are there some secure lockers at port terminal or elsewhere where we could store it for a week? Any suggestions would be most welcome. (We will be flying home directly from Ft. Lauderdale airport after we disembark Allure.) Thanks in advance.:)

[Langley Cruisers]

There will be a way for you to "check" your liquor. They may not be set up to do so because most passengers don't do this. They are either bringing on their 2 bottles of wine per cabin, or smuggling liquor, so - to actually plan to hand it in might take some "action" on your part. We were in the same situation last cruise and they definitely did require us to check our alcohol purchased between B2B (or side-to-side) sailings.

[dorisis]

If you can purchase the liquor on the 2nd leg why not do that? Is there any advantage to purchasing it on the first leg?

[snorkel4ever]

The reason I want to purchase some liquor on the first cruise is that it likely won't be available in the second cruise - hence the problem of how to legally bring on board Allure. If we keep it separate, attach room(luggage tag) to it at time of check in, can RCI stow it in same location that they keep liquors purchased in ports? Is there something else that has to be "actively" done or documented? Thanks for responding.

[MattInFLL]

OK, no personal experience - but some observations - yes, I think you should tag them as best you can. And remember that almost everyone working in the terminal are port employees, as opposed to ship crew, so I would imagine you are going to need to have them get the pier coordinator or someone similar to handle this for you (or get the appropriate people to do it). Just give yourself time and be ready to and patient in explaining the situation since this is not an every day thing for them. People are usually trying to sneak it on, not be upfront about it :)