Bringing pop on board

[dem1958]

I just called Holland to inquire about the unlimited soda card and when they told me that both people in the stateroom had to purchase it, I asked if we were allowed to bring pop on board and they said yes.

I was surprised because I thought the cruise lines were not allowing that anymore.

Has anyone taken pop on board when they first board?

TIA

[CruiserBruce]

HAL has allowed soft drinks for a very long time. That hasn't changed. We took 36 cans on in Ft Lauderdale (Koningsdam) last March, and in SF (Eurodam) last October. You need to bring it on in your possession...a bag or your carry on. Not your checked bag. Discussed here frequently, in fact a thread just a very short distance down the board:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2582461

[ppmanusa]

No problems, the luggage porter taped a luggage tag on a case of water and soda and it was delivered to the stateroom. You can also carry it onboard with you.

[Krazy Kruizers]

HAL has never not allowed people to bring soda and bottled water onto their ships.

You would be best to carry it on yourself -- cans today are much thinner than years ago and can easily burst open.

[Rapunsel]

HAL has never not allowed people to bring soda and bottled water onto their ships.

You would be best to carry it on yourself -- cans today are much thinner than years ago and can easily burst open.

 

 

I was on a HAL cruise and took 3 cases on with me no problem!

[mammy123]

We always take soda and water on our cruises. We put them in our carry on and have no problem.

[twodjs]

I'm sure Krazy Kruisers meant to add "in your checked luggage". You must carry your liquids through security. Water, soda and 2 bottles of wine are permitted per cabin. Not a problem on HAL. Some other cruise lines do not permit ANY drinkable liquids.

[ithaca gal]

I'm sure Krazy Kruisers meant to add "in your checked luggage". You must carry your liquids through security. Water, soda and 2 bottles of wine are permitted per cabin. Not a problem on HAL. Some other cruise lines do not permit ANY drinkable liquids.

 

Are two bottles of wine permitted if only one person is 21 or over in a cabin? Just curious.

[twodjs]

Only one 21 or over - only one bottle of wine :(

[TrolleyGirl]

I'm sure Krazy Kruisers meant to add "in your checked luggage". You must carry your liquids through security. Water, soda and 2 bottles of wine are permitted per cabin. Not a problem on HAL. Some other cruise lines do not permit ANY drinkable liquids

You can bring more than 2 bottles of wine. You will not have to pay corkage fee on 2.

[cmdchiefthom]

$17 per bottle of wine for the corkage fee;)

[KroozNut]

I just called Holland to inquire about the unlimited soda card and when they told me that both people in the stateroom had to purchase it, I asked if we were allowed to bring pop on board and they said yes.

I was surprised because I thought the cruise lines were not allowing that anymore.

Has anyone taken pop on board when they first board?

TIA

 

What is pop? :confused:

[ithaca gal]

$17 per bottle of wine for the corkage fee;)

 

I thought the corkage fee was up to $18 now.

[Florida_gal_50]

What is pop? :confused:

Given the op was talking about soda I'm going to say it's soda :confused::o.

[Florida_gal_50]

I thought the corkage fee was up to $18 now.

It is and has been for as long as I remember.

[KroozNut]

Given the op was talking about soda I'm going to say it's soda :confused::o.

That's probably a stretch, but okay, I'll take it.

[WisRiver]

If you could speak Minnesota or Upper Midwest, you would know that pop is a carbonated beverage.

[KroozNut]

If you could speak Minnesota or Upper Midwest, you would know that pop is a carbonated beverage.

 

Unfortunately, being from Southern California, pop is a foreign language.:o

[KroozNut]

"Pop" is what the middle section of America - and some parts of Canada - call that artificially flavoured, artificially coloured, artificially caffeinated, artificially carbonated tap water that makes fat people fatter with all the corn syrup added; or makes fat people fatter because they believe that the artificial sweeteners in the drink balance out eating extra chocolate bars and deep fried everything.

 

Got it.. and thanks for the detailed explanation!

[NMLady]

Unfortunately, being from Southern California, pop is a foreign language.:o

 

I was born in Southern California and lived the first fifty years of my life there. Pop as in soda pop was definitely not a foreign language. Things must have changed in the last twenty five years if a southern Californian doesn't know that pop is soda pop, a carbonated beverage.

[KroozNut]

Things must have changed in the last twenty five years if a southern Californian doesn't know that pop is soda pop, a carbonated beverage.

 

Based on my 63 years here in SOCAL, yes, things have changed. It's called soda.

[cajunwoodcarver]

You’re spending thousands of $$$$ on a cruise. You can afford to buy a coke.

 

 

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[3rdGenCunarder]

You’re spending thousands of $$$$ on a cruise. You can afford to buy a coke.

 

 

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True, but it isn't always about the money. Some people have very specific likes and HAL may not have what they like. I don't drink a lot of soda and I'm not fussy, but I know people who love Pepsi and hate Coke and would probably carry on Pepsi if they knew they couldn't get it on the ship.

[PigsCanFly]

I am one of those folks who prefer Pepsi over Coke. I will drinking Coke Zero with my beverage card, but I will be bringing Pepsi Zero along at boarding since it is my morning caffene fix. (And will mix well with the bottle of rum that I pre-purchased for in-room hydrating);) Of course the Zero is to allow me the forementioned consumption of "chocolate & fried food"!