Bringing spirits onboard

[Veinless]

We will be cruising with some friends from across the country. They are whiskey aficionados. Is there any way to legitimately bring onboard sealed spirits as a gift for their post-cruise enjoyment?

[Sgwscruiser]

unfortunately no but you can always give it a shot,  but if you get caught you may get that bottle confiscated, with no ability to get it back before your cruise is over

[hurricane0226]

rum runners

[kdr69]

If its for after the cruise then buy them a bottle of whiskey from the Liquor Store onboard.  Usually some good choice for afficionados....

[FastShip24]

You guy buy plastic bottles, like for shampoos. Fil it up with booze. 

[Scottycruisin]

Empty a bottle of red wine and wash it.  Fill it with bourbon an reseal it.  They sell stuff on Amazon for homeaid wine sealing for like 5 bucks.  They will never know 

[SDPadreFan]

You could buy it in the ships store as previously mentioned or you could even buy it at a port stop. The ship will hold either for you securely and then deliver it to your cabin on the last night.

[SDPadreFan]

Curious thought. If you did bring on a fancy bottle of whisky in either carry on or checked luggage purposely (like the OP wants as a post cruise gift). If they did catch it, would they just hold it for you until the last night of the cruise like in-port purchases or tell you it was going to be tossed?

Edited July 2, 2023 by SDPadreFan

[Elaine5715]

47 minutes ago, SDPadreFan said:

Curious thought. If you did bring on a fancy bottle of whisky in either carry on or checked luggage purposely (like the OP wants as a post cruise gift). If they did catch it, would they just hold it for you until the last night of the cruise like in-port purchases or tell you it was going to be tossed?

That depends but they originally said booze would be tossed.  They do return other contraband like extension cords and surge protected cords

[1025cruise]

Technically, booze is dumped.

[Veinless]

Boo. There's a local distillery whose product I wanted to bring, but sounds like it won't be doable. Too bad! Thanks all for the insight.

[havanadaydreaming]

What ship? 

 

We were on Panorama, Vista class,  and Guys Pig would sell full bottle of Col EH Taylor for around $125. They also had Blantons. 

 

I havent seen that bottle in years. That would be a kick arse gift. 

[Veinless]

We’ll be on the Carnival Dream. 

[sparks1093]

On 7/1/2023 at 11:41 PM, hurricane0226 said:

rum runners

 

18 hours ago, FastShip24 said:

You guy buy plastic bottles, like for shampoos. Fil it up with booze. 

 

18 hours ago, Scottycruisin said:

Empty a bottle of red wine and wash it.  Fill it with bourbon an reseal it.  They sell stuff on Amazon for homeaid wine sealing for like 5 bucks.  They will never know 

Y'all missed the word "legitimately" in the question. 😉

[ray98]

LOL....they want to bring an expensive bottle as a gift and are getting suggestions to put it in a shampoo bottle.🤣🤣🤣

[Joebucks]

Since you said post-cruise, that is possible. Buy one in the fun shop or at port, it all gets delivered the last night.

[shiner6]

Can you bring more than 2 bottles of wine on board if you pay a corkage fee?

[sparks1093]

9 minutes ago, shiner6 said:

Can you bring more than 2 bottles of wine on board if you pay a corkage fee?

No, the limit is one bottle per adult.

[hard_eight]

Yet apparently on Euro cruises, they have liquor stores in the terminal and you can walk right on with it. Not fair!!🤣

[Old Fart Cruisers]

6 minutes ago, hard_eight said:

Yet apparently on Euro cruises, they have liquor stores in the terminal and you can walk right on with it. Not fair!!🤣

 

If they had a choice, you wouldn't be able to bring it on in Europe either.  Most countries in Europe have laws banning Cruise lines from preventing guests from bringing alcohol on board that was sold in their country to help promote their local economy.   

[hard_eight]

12 minutes ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

If they had a choice, you wouldn't be able to bring it on in Europe either.  Most countries in Europe have laws banning Cruise lines from preventing guests from bringing alcohol on board that was sold in their country to help promote their local economy.   

That makes sense...a Liquor store in Port Canaveral would make a MINT

[Old Fart Cruisers]

Just now, hard_eight said:

That makes sense...a Liquor store in Port Canaveral would make a MINT

But, we don't have laws preventing cruise lines from restricting what you can bring on.  The cruise lines profit is more important than business' in our country. 

[Haljo1935]

@Veinless if it's available at one of the ports, you can legitimately buy there, the ship will hold until last night then deliver to your cabin at which time you can give to your friend. The delivery is made well before luggage gets set out, so you'll have time to get it to them.

Lucky friends 🤭

Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!

[Haljo1935]

1 minute ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

But, we don't have laws preventing cruise lines from restricting what you can bring on.  The cruise lines profit is more important than business' in our country. 

Lobbyists can fix a lot of things...

[Old Fart Cruisers]

2 minutes ago, Haljo1935 said:

Lobbyists can fix a lot of things...

I assume the cruise industry has lobbyists too.