NO MORE 12 PACK OF SODA?

[LB_NJ]

I was just reading the travel book Royal provides and it looks like they are banning us from bringing ANY soft drinks aboard.

 

The limit used to be 12 bottles of up to 17oz.

 

When did this change?

[Biker19]

Just now, LB_NJ said:

When did this change?

It didn't.

[moposh]

2 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

travel book

Do you mean the cruise contract they send before sailing?

[LB_NJ]

1 minute ago, moposh said:

Do you mean the cruise contract they send before sailing?

It is what they call the "GUEST TICKET BOOKLET".

 

"Guests are not allowed to bring beer, hard liquor, fortified 
wines (vermouth, sherry, sake, and port wines) or 
nonalcoholic beverages onboard for consumption or any 
other use"

[Bteam]

I'm on the Jewel right now and they allowed a 12 pack of diet Coke. 🤔

[smokeybandit]

That verbiage is extremely outdated. Like, many years.

[moposh]

31 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

It is what they call the "GUEST TICKET BOOKLET".

 

"Guests are not allowed to bring beer, hard liquor, fortified 
wines (vermouth, sherry, sake, and port wines) or 
nonalcoholic beverages onboard for consumption or any 
other use"

I brought two cartons of Capri Sun onboard.  No problems.

[Ourusualbeach]

1 hour ago, LB_NJ said:

It is what they call the "GUEST TICKET BOOKLET".

 

"Guests are not allowed to bring beer, hard liquor, fortified 
wines (vermouth, sherry, sake, and port wines) or 
nonalcoholic beverages onboard for consumption or any 
other use"

Royal is famous for not updating all the different areas that information is found when they make a change

[NRWPA]

That wording has been on my cruise paperwork for a long time but I usually bring a couple bottles of water, a couple bottles of Pellegrino, a bottle or multiple cans of Clamato and a bottle of wine. I've never been stopped, questioned or anything else. I sail out of Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Port Canaveral and Tampa and have 26 cruises with RC since 9/2021. May be a problem if you cruise from other ports but definitely not the Florida ports in my experience

 

[ShillyShally]

I'd like to think they are referring to the "nonalcoholic" beers and similar beverages that are out that do have a minimal % of alcohol BUT I don't expect they are that up to date...

[Ourusualbeach]

Guests may also bring non-alcoholic beverages as carry-on items on boarding day. Non-alcoholic beverages may not exceed 12 standard (17 oz.) cans, bottles or cartons per stateroom. Milk and distilled water brought on for infant, medical, or dietary use are permitted. 

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/food-drink-onboard-policy

Edited April 26, 2023 by Ourusualbeach

[Anton]

Royal either doesn’t have a change management process or they are not implementing it properly.  An effective one would ensure that procedures, rules, documentation, etc., are revised to reflect the changes. So we get guest policies that have outdated information about sodas and myriad other vestiges of past policies that are no longer relevant.  They will never fix it.