bringing soda/water on board

[BusyBlond]

Whew! When I saw on RCCL's website that you aren't allowed to bring soda onboard I began to worry. My Dad has to have his Mt Dew every day. I'm afraid if he couldn't bring it, he would stage a revolt and cancel our upcoming cruise on the Serenade. LOL Since it seems like it isn't an issue for the most part, guess we'll give it a try. What's he gonna do once he's already onboard?? Jump off and swim to shore? LOL

[Clarea]

Whew! When I saw on RCCL's website that you aren't allowed to bring soda onboard I began to worry. My Dad has to have his Mt Dew every day. I'm afraid if he couldn't bring it, he would stage a revolt and cancel our upcoming cruise on the Serenade. LOL Since it seems like it isn't an issue for the most part, guess we'll give it a try. What's he gonna do once he's already onboard?? Jump off and swim to shore? LOL

Also, if for some reason you can't bring on soda at initial embarkation, you can always try again at ports.

[Candleonwater]

For those of you that "slap a luggage tag on a case of water"... do you do anything to reinforce the original packaging?

[ahecht]

I used several layers of packing tape around the middle to make a handle, but that's it. I didn't want any tape near the ends of the case because I didn't want it to look like it had been opened and the taped shut.

[HaraldOslo]

I recently was on the Allure and we had bought 12xMinute maid, 12xSprite and 12xCoke. Unfortunately my girlfriend had opened the boxes and put them in our hotel fridge to keep some of them cold.

 

NOOOOOOO! I cried, thinking that they would never pass if I didn't have them in the original cardboard box. But anyway, I put them back in, taped the ends with black duct tape, taped the 3 12-packs together and put them in a cheap beach bag we picked up in Miami, and fastened a regular luggage tag on it. It showed up outside our stateroom with the rest of the luggage at 13:00. I don't know if they opened the bag to look inside, but if they did they didn't care that the box had been opened. So yes, had I been a beer drinker I could have filled them with beer. But I am not and did not, just regular soda to have something cold in the stateroom.

 

Oh, and I had a soda package as well, so I made extensive use of the freestyle machines or asked the staff to fill up my cup with some icecubes and sprite.

[clcurry]

Anyone have any experiences bringing soda/water aboard recently? Specifically for Port Canaveral and/or on the Freedom?

[internetwhiz]

We take bottled water and coke and sprite Zero with us all the time. Yes on freedom and most recently last month on Allure. We also take two 2-liters for the room. We take a bag with us when we fly inside our luggage and pack it up in the spare bag with our beach towels around it. We Have never had a problem.

[supergran]

Just returned from a cruise on Adventure. Took a six pack of diet Pepsi on board at two of the ports. Nobody said I ouldn't and I would argue that I like Pepsi not coke.

[onefishtwofish]

Anyone just off Allure and took on a case of water or sodas? We have always taken on a case of water and had slapped a luggage tag on it and put a case of diet coke in a checked bag.....hoping to do the same in June....

[UNV-IT!!!]

I always bring the small size suit case and fill that with my water, soda, Gatorade and snacks. I put a luggage tag and always check it in. It's always made it fine.

[internetwhiz]

Anyone just off Allure and took on a case of water or sodas? We have always taken on a case of water and had slapped a luggage tag on it and put a case of diet coke in a checked bag.....hoping to do the same in June....

 

We came off allure on April 14 and had no issues with the water and cokes we took on.