gbtippett Posted December 20, 2010 #1 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hi we are going on the maiden voyage, and ours, of Carnival Magic in May. Having never cruised before we were wondering what is the rule of bringing your own alcohol on board. We are stretched with the budget as is and cant really afford too much expense on the cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted December 21, 2010 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Bringing on alcohol is forbidden. If found, they will take it from you and either throw it away or keep it until the end of the cruise. Many have tried smuggling, but cruise lines are getting really, really savy on finding any alcohol in bottles or whatever. They xray all bags before they are delivered to your cabin, and they xray all carry on bags also. So bringing on alcohol isn't as easy as it once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foureyedbuzzard Posted December 21, 2010 #3 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Google Rumrunners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted December 21, 2010 #4 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Carnival allows you to carry one bottle of wine per adult. Any alcohol in the original sealed container will be retained and returned the last night. Any other alcohol will be discarded - both the alcohol and the container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peery5 Posted December 22, 2010 #5 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Google Rumrunners Plastic water bottles work well too. Most cruiselines allow a small amount of bottled water or soda to be brought on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted December 22, 2010 #6 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Plastic water bottles work well too. Most cruiselines allow a small amount of bottled water or soda to be brought on the ship. xray machines can see them .. and are know its there, but often will allow you to smuggle small amounts. Carnival allows 12 sodas or water per person .. in your carry on only .. so its hard to put them in your checked luggage and get them on at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMonkey Posted December 22, 2010 #7 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Carry on all your own water, soda and wine/champagne (1 bottle per person). If you check it you run the risk of having it confiscated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blf982 Posted December 24, 2010 #8 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hi we are going on the maiden voyage, and ours, of Carnival Magic in May. Having never cruised before we were wondering what is the rule of bringing your own alcohol on board. We are stretched with the budget as is and cant really afford too much expense on the cruise I know much is said pro and con about sneaking alcohol on board. We sailed on the Spledor in March for 7 days, and were on a limited budget. We ordered run runner, they are flexable bladder type containers, despite what people say, the "new" xray machines do not pick them up. we also went on ebay and ordered amber colored bottles, they look like shampoo bottle. they are new. we packed a suitcase full of our toiletries. and threw a few of these bottles, full of alcohol in with our shampoo, condtioner, lotions, mouthwash, flatiron, perfumes.. and as you can imagine those bottle from ebay just blended in. and when you think about how many bags are going threw xray, unless its screaming heeeeey im an alcohol bottle it is easy to not notice them. we ended up with a 60 dollar tab for seven days on our ship. :D we took a bottle of vodka, segream 7 and captiain morgan and refilled in puerto vallarta at walmart. on the not so sneaky side. a guy in front of us had put a 30 pack of beer in his carry on. it went threw the xray machine and the carnival guy asked what kind of soda he had in the bag, the passenger smiled and said coke. the carnival guy smile and said have a great cruise...haah. here is the link to the type of bottles im talking about http://cgi.ebay.com/New-16oz-Plastic-Amber-Bottles-Body-w-Black-Disc-Cap-5-/370435319587?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563faa6723 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted December 24, 2010 #9 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I know much is said pro and con about sneaking alcohol on board. We sailed on the Spledor in March for 7 days, and were on a limited budget. We ordered run runner, they are flexable bladder type containers, despite what people say, the "new" xray machines do not pick them up. we also went on ebay and ordered amber colored bottles, they look like shampoo bottle. they are new. we packed a suitcase full of our toiletries. and threw a few of these bottles, full of alcohol in with our shampoo, condtioner, lotions, mouthwash, flatiron, perfumes.. and as you can imagine those bottle from ebay just blended in. and when you think about how many bags are going threw xray, unless its screaming heeeeey im an alcohol bottle it is easy to not notice them. we ended up with a 60 dollar tab for seven days on our ship. :Dwe took a bottle of vodka, segream 7 and captiain morgan and refilled in puerto vallarta at walmart. on the not so sneaky side. a guy in front of us had put a 30 pack of beer in his carry on. it went threw the xray machine and the carnival guy asked what kind of soda he had in the bag, the passenger smiled and said coke. the carnival guy smile and said have a great cruise...haah. here is the link to the type of bottles im talking about http://cgi.ebay.com/New-16oz-Plastic-Amber-Bottles-Body-w-Black-Disc-Cap-5-/370435319587?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563faa6723 I meet someone on a cruise who was a supervisor for port security who laughed when I said there are people who think the rum runners are invisible. She was like what do they really think we cant see liquids .. and watching for explosives?? btw rum runners have been caught ..and conficated. If you smuggle with non original containers, they are disposed of, you dont get them back. People assume if they get away with smuggling, the xray machines cannot see the liquids... rather than the people at the port dont have to time to confiscate every single thing smuggled... due to lack of manpower. not because the liquids are invisible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monicajay Posted December 24, 2010 #10 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hi we are going on the maiden voyage, and ours, of Carnival Magic in May. Having never cruised before we were wondering what is the rule of bringing your own alcohol on board. We are stretched with the budget as is and cant really afford too much expense on the cruise What cruise line are you taking? Although they all have rules against bringing alcohol, some lines are known to be stricter than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted December 24, 2010 #11 Share Posted December 24, 2010 What cruise line are you taking? Although they all have rules against bringing alcohol, some lines are known to be stricter than others. OP is on Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carribbound Posted December 26, 2010 #12 Share Posted December 26, 2010 We sailed out of San Juan on Destiny 3 times. No problems when we purchased 4 bottles of booze in the duty free shop there, placed them in our carry on bags and proceeded onto the ship. I had done my research and packed a mini blender and we had our own bar in our room. Room steward never said a thing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2cruising72 Posted December 26, 2010 #13 Share Posted December 26, 2010 a co-worker of mine just returned from a Princess cruise and said he was able to smuggle a few bottles of liquor in his luggage. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted December 27, 2010 #14 Share Posted December 27, 2010 What cruise line are you taking? Although they all have rules against bringing alcohol, some lines are known to be stricter than others. Monica, in their post they said they were on Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted December 27, 2010 #15 Share Posted December 27, 2010 a co-worker of mine just returned from a Princess cruise and said he was able to smuggle a few bottles of liquor in his luggage. Good luck! The OP is on Carnival, not Princess. Every line has a different policy and enforce their rules differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbtippett Posted December 28, 2010 Author #16 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thank you all for your helpful info and replies. We will take it " on board". Figuratively speaking only. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvusmith84 Posted December 28, 2010 #17 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi all! We are first time crusiers and I also am interested in finding out how to get alcohol on the boat. I have heard stories of people having no problem, and then I have heard of 2 people having a 700$ bar tab by the end of 4 days!!!! That is what worries me the most is all of the alcohol chargers. So does anyone know what a drink costs? If you do I would love to know! Beer (bottle or draught) wine, liquer and mixed drinks... And if no one knows that then maybe you could tell me if the prices are listed on menus and such.... Basically we don't have a ton of money to blow while on the cruise but i also don't want to waste all of my time asking about prices while i'm trying to enjoy my vacation.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted December 28, 2010 #18 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Prices will depend on the cruise line. On Princess a gin and tonic or a scotch and water is $4.95 plus 15% tip or $5.70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atreehuggingirl Posted December 29, 2010 #19 Share Posted December 29, 2010 we went on our first cruise in November, and I went to starbucks and bought one of their empty boxes of coffee. I took the bladder out of the box, put 1 bottle of voldka in it, then in a ziplock bag and checked it in my luggage with no problems. Plus the make shift "rum runner" was only the price of a cup of coffee $1.49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalapelosa Posted December 29, 2010 #20 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I've been thinking about smuggling booze a lot, trying to figure out ways to avoid confiscation. I was thinking about cleaning out shampoo bottles (like, super sterilize) and putting it in there. Or even medicine bottles. Do the scanners just look for liquid, or specifically for booze? Because if it is the former than anything that is supposed to hold liquids originally should be fine. I know you can take a certain amount of N/A drinks on board, but do they have restrictions for toiletry sizes? AKA would it be a problem if I took a full sized "shampoo" bottle in my checked or carry on luggage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyris Posted December 30, 2010 #21 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I've been thinking about smuggling booze a lot, trying to figure out ways to avoid confiscation. I was thinking about cleaning out shampoo bottles (like, super sterilize) and putting it in there. Or even medicine bottles. Do the scanners just look for liquid, or specifically for booze? Because if it is the former than anything that is supposed to hold liquids originally should be fine. I know you can take a certain amount of N/A drinks on board, but do they have restrictions for toiletry sizes? AKA would it be a problem if I took a full sized "shampoo" bottle in my checked or carry on luggage? Back in high school, we used large-size mouth-wash bottles to sneak alcohol around. A little blue or green food coloring in your vodka and voila! No one will ever know! Unless someone thinks your penchant for an extremely minty-fresh mouth is odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalapelosa Posted December 30, 2010 #22 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Back in high school, we used large-size mouth-wash bottles to sneak alcohol around. A little blue or green food coloring in your vodka and voila! No one will ever know! Unless someone thinks your penchant for an extremely minty-fresh mouth is odd. That's a great idea! Haha how hysterical that we have to resort to high school gags just to save a bit of cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN2BDFW Posted January 1, 2011 #23 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Honestly, we have NEVER had trouble getting alcohol on board. The screeners for carry ons work for the government (or their contractors), not for the cruise ship and truly seemed to just not care how many bottles we were "allowed" by the cruiseline. We have carried more than one bottle of wine apiece quite openly and have never had any taken from us. I have to wonder if this will vary from port to port as much as cruiseline to cruiseline. We have always boarded in Galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Kat Posted January 1, 2011 #24 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I would really urge people to not use shampoo bottles or mouthwash containers. It is extremely difficult to get all the taste out. But I suppose if you reserve those things till after you've had a few drinks already, you won't even notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt1pwr94 Posted January 1, 2011 #25 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Another possibility is Carnival does offer bottle service in your cabin. If i remember right when we were on the Valor we ordered a bottle of Appleton Estate Rum online long before we set sail. I believe it was $40 which is double street price but it was still cheaper that getting them at the bar. Also tip your bartenders extra, by the middle of the week our drinks were nice and stiff and several times the bartenders "forgot" to charge us for our drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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