out_2_sea Posted June 15, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Hi - We will be boarding the Anthem of the Seas a week from today from Bayonne NJ and we are thinking of bringing on some snacks for the room - primarily cheese and crackers (because we have found on many cruises these are not available on the ship in the afternoon when we want them). Curious if anyone else has tried this and whether it was confiscated before boarding or allowed? Thanks for your advice in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF Posted June 15, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Should be fine. From many ports, they must be sealed packages. But shouldn't be a big deal boarding in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinfanatic Posted June 15, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 15, 2019 15 minutes ago, out_2_sea said: Hi - We will be boarding the Anthem of the Seas a week from today from Bayonne NJ and we are thinking of bringing on some snacks for the room - primarily cheese and crackers (because we have found on many cruises these are not available on the ship in the afternoon when we want them). Curious if anyone else has tried this and whether it was confiscated before boarding or allowed? Thanks for your advice in advance! No one at the port cares about your food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted June 15, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 15, 2019 We often take prepackaged crackers and cheese, but not for the cruise but for excursions with no food or long delays when traveling when we might not have access to snacks. Never had to eat them on cruise ships! Always plenty to eat whenever we want to snack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish13 Posted June 16, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 16, 2019 We have taken snacks on Anthem several times never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaTech8912 Posted June 16, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 16, 2019 We always pack crackers for cheese on balcony before dinner. We also pack a gallon size zip lock bag to put some cheese from buffet in to put in the room fridge. Works great. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londongal796 Posted June 17, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 6/16/2019 at 12:22 AM, cruisinfanatic said: No one at the port cares about your food Generally speaking we have had no problems bringing food on board; however, when we sailed out of Tampa, for whatever reason one of the security agents at the terminal refused to let us bring any 'opened' snacks. We'd started in on a pack of Wheat Thins and had to throw it out, even though we'd resealed it in the box. Anyway, just something else to be aware of. It had never been a problem before, but we are careful now to only bring sealed food items on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted June 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 17, 2019 You may take what you want ONTO the ship. Unless it's pre-packaged, you won't be allowed to take it back OFF the ship, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95south Posted June 24, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 24, 2019 It's not a problem. They really don't care about that only liquor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenbon Posted June 25, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 4:22 PM, cruisinfanatic said: No one at the port cares about your food On our Adventure of the Seas cruise in March, we saw food and drinks being taken away by the ship staff. Only water they sold at the debarkation gate was allowed to be taken off the ship in the ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerif Posted June 25, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, mikenbon said: On our Adventure of the Seas cruise in March, we saw food and drinks being taken away by the ship staff. Only water they sold at the debarkation gate was allowed to be taken off the ship in the ports. Right, but the OP was inquiring about bringing food on at EMBARCATION. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomatosauce Posted June 25, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 25, 2019 In some ports even pre-packaged food is not allowed off the ship and they have dogs checking for fruit, etc. in the terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenbon Posted June 25, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, gerif said: Right, but the OP was inquiring about bringing food on at EMBARCATION. Thanks - my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted June 25, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 7:06 PM, out_2_sea said: Hi - We will be boarding the Anthem of the Seas a week from today from Bayonne NJ and we are thinking of bringing on some snacks for the room - primarily cheese and crackers (because we have found on many cruises these are not available on the ship in the afternoon when we want them). Curious if anyone else has tried this and whether it was confiscated before boarding or allowed? Thanks for your advice in advance! They had a nice assortment of cheese on Anthem in Wind Jammer in the afternoon. My wife made a plate with some cheese and grapes and brought it back to the room so we could have it with our wine on the balcony. They didn't have crackers except saltines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted June 25, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I’m happy to hear that I can bring my own great quality steaks onto the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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