Crack down on smuggling alcohol

[silverado44]

The idea of 'smuggling' alcohol on board just seems ridiculous to me. I get that folks on board would like to save some $$, but do you smuggle your own alcohol into restaurants on land to cut your bill a bit? (BYOB places don't count, where its perfectly acceptable to bring your own)

 

Smuggling alcohol onboard a ship and bringing alcohol into restaurants are not even comparable. Smuggling alcohol onto a ship is more like bringing booze into a hotel.

 

I think it is ridiculous to pay hotel prices for room service beer when I can bring a 12 pack in a cooler.

[denred4]

I don't understand why so many people do the whole smuggling thing. I think it's much easier to just buy alcohol thru BV. Yes, it might be a little more than what you would pay at the local store, but once you throw in the cost of rum runners, worrying about getting caught, and the hassle, is it really worth it? As for the underage drinkers, aren't they traveling with their parents? Wouldn't they see what was going on, even if not before the trip, but during? How can you ignore your drunken teenager?

[Anjanu]

On my last cruise on the Fascination, I met a mother, daughter and aunt and we were sitting with them in the karaoke club and the mother ordered a drink and gave it to the daughter who was only 18. :eek:

The mother went on to say that "she (the daughter) thinks she's grown but she's only 18". Huh?

[bitemyfly]

Hello all

not sure about a crack down or if it's company wide.

Just spoke to two couples off the dream.

They brought 4 bottles of hard liquor / 1 ea in checked bags

all made it thru with no attempt to hide

they also had about 1k of bar bills too.

Must have been a hellva of a cruise

[Julycruise09]

On my last cruise on the Fascination, I met a mother, daughter and aunt and we were sitting with them in the karaoke club and the mother ordered a drink and gave it to the daughter who was only 18. :eek:

The mother went on to say that "she (the daughter) thinks she's grown but she's only 18". Huh?

Ok I admit, these people must have been Canadian....our legal drinking limit here in Qc is 18, other provinces 19....ok so it IS our fault....but as pokergirl34 says, it makes you all warm inside, and with our winters, who can blame us. When we can't drink to stay warm, we cruise!!

[yakdaddy42]

Alcohol is a mind altering drug which may be addictive. At least fifteen percent of Americans cannot drink alcohol normally. Nobody can and nobody ever has calculated the cost of the drug in human lives lost, disabled, destroyed, jobs lost, carnage on the highway and in the workplace, the drain on medical suppliers etc.

 

America's attitude about it is clearly schizophrenic. Prohibition failed, yet politicians wring their hands over the tens of thousands of highway deaths every year caused by drunk drivers, and pontificate and study and view with alarm, but do nothing meaningful. Too many people making too much money off it in one way or another.

 

One might note that neither Saudia Arabia nor Singapore seem to have much of a problem with drunks, driving or otherwise. But we have freedoms here, so party on, and if you're hung over in the morning, a drink is the best cure of that, too.

 

IMHO this is just a little deep for a cruise board and painted in broad strokes.

 

Maybe the closed environment on a ship with some people enjoying themselves partaking in a drink or three while on vacation is not ideal for you.

[fourwaystreet]

The idea of 'smuggling' alcohol on board just seems ridiculous to me. I get that folks on board would like to save some $$, but do you smuggle your own alcohol into restaurants on land to cut your bill a bit? (BYOB places don't count, where its perfectly acceptable to bring your own)

 

If CCL didn't charge Ritz type prices maybe less would smuggle. Who knows maybe people just like getting over on the cruiseline.

[viaggi_per_mare]

Alcohol is a mind altering drug which may be addictive. At least fifteen percent of Americans cannot drink alcohol normally. Nobody can and nobody ever has calculated the cost of the drug in human lives lost, disabled, destroyed, jobs lost, carnage on the highway and in the workplace, the drain on medical suppliers etc.

 

America's attitude about it is clearly schizophrenic. :confused::confused:Prohibition failed, yet politicians wring their hands over the tens of thousands of highway deaths every year caused by drunk drivers, and pontificate and study and view with alarm, but do nothing meaningful. Too many people making too much money off it in one way or another.

 

:confused::confused:Since schizophrenia is a brain based disease that manifests itself in delusions (false beliefs based on reality based stimuli), hallucinations (visual, auditory, tactile)alterations in mood, and perceptions of one's environment......how does your analogy make sense to people who know the definition of the disease???....which has no bearing on alcohol consummation??

[KenMo]

:confused::confused:Since schizophrenia is a brain based disease that manifests itself in delusions (false beliefs based on reality based stimuli), hallucinations (visual, auditory, tactile)alterations in mood, and perceptions of one's environment......how does your analogy make sense to people who know the definition of the disease???....which has no bearing on alcohol consummation??

 

I know this subject is waaay off topic, but I just want to say thank you!!

 

It's so annoying to hear people use the term "schizophrenic" when I think they really mean dissociative personality disorder (split personality). Definately not the same thing.

[TMWTim]

I always love when this subject comes up. My name is Tim, and i'm a........smuggler :D

 

Seriously, before our very first cruise I took some advice and opened a 12-pack box of Hawaiian Punch, emptied it, and filled it back up with beer. Twelve whole beers:eek: Rolled it in a beach towel and put it in the suitcase. It passed through and checks they did and arrived fine to our room. On our second cruise I did the same thing but this time I just wrapped the 12-pack in it's original box. If they take it, no worries.

 

Now why did I do that? Pretty simple. At say 3:00am after spending hundreds of dollars on drinks and losing in the casino, we like to kick back on the balcony and have a good time. We don't drink wine and after we leave the casino any hard liquor drinking is over. Now I could walk around the ship in my boxers looking for someone to sell me a beer OR just crack open a beer that I smuggled that room service kept on ice for us after they discovered it in a drawer.

 

Smuggling gallons of booze is one thing but I doubt Carnival is losing any revenue for a 12-pack over seven days. If they catch my 12-pack and take it, no big deal. I will just have to go out of my way and order a bucket of beer a couple times during the trip. Just easier to throw a 12-pack in the suitcase. It is NOT a money saving attempt. Now if I were a hard liquor drinker then I can see why one would risk it. Those drinks can get mucho expensive.

[gonzo1124]

Okay, okay...I admit it, I'm a smuggler.

(I always try to smuggle a few Cuban cigars back into the US).

Smoke'm if you have'm.

[pnjkeith]

Okay, okay...I admit it, I'm a smuggler.

(I always try to smuggle a few Cuban cigars back into the US).

Smoke'm if you have'm.

 

Only a few?

[mx29]

I would like to know what the bar tab is on average when you compare people who smuggle to those who dont.

I am willing to bet that more often than not the smugglers bar tabs are still bigger than the non smugglers.

Because we know how to party.

[LemurCat]

I would like to know what the bar tab is on average when you compare people who smuggle to those who dont.

 

Are you going to ask a woman her weight and age next, in your quest for honest answers?

[rhorhorho]

On my last cruise on the Fascination, I met a mother, daughter and aunt and we were sitting with them in the karaoke club and the mother ordered a drink and gave it to the daughter who was only 18. :eek:

The mother went on to say that "she (the daughter) thinks she's grown but she's only 18". Huh?

 

I have three boys 19,17, and 6. We have had parties here at the house and I have allowed my older boys to have a beer or two and on occaision a mixed drink. I have purchased a drink for my oldest at shows on board. Why? Because I would rather know what he was drinking than to have him "get creative" with friends. I guess this would make me a bad mom? I even let them have champagne on New Years and at weddings. They even have wine with holiday dinners.:eek:

[spacewoman]

[quote name='KruznKel']Arent we blamed for everything anyways:rolleyes::D:p[/quote]


No---- now they all blame the hispanics:eek:

[marci4tony]

As long as everyone agrees to disagree, and no one gets shot, were doing good!:cool:

(1) DOD = 6.00 (refills)
(16) DOD = 96.00 excluding gratuities

1 bottle = 16 shots of alcohol; Probably 2 shots per DOD.
Capt Morg Mango rum - 16.00
Malibu rum - 20.00
Sprite/7up 12/pk brought on board with you - 3.50
Smuggling and mixing your own - 39.50

So, for some fruitty foo-foo drink, one is paying approx 40% ship prices....