allowable liquor on board

[Ovsa]

 Does MSC allow passengers to bring on a bottle or two when initally boarding?

 

Lots of cruise companies do allow two per stateroom, not sure about MSC.

 

Thanks

[emmas gran]

No if you take booze/wine it will be  taken off you.

 

This should be posted on your roll call or the general MSC board!

Edited October 6, 2023 by emmas gran

[Host Kat]

On 10/3/2023 at 12:09 PM, Ovsa said:

 Does MSC allow passengers to bring on a bottle or two when initally boarding?

 

Lots of cruise companies do allow two per stateroom, not sure about MSC.

 

Thanks

 

@Ovsa

 

Your new topic posted on an incorrect forum has been moved to the MSC Cruises forum where it will be on topic. New cruisers to MSM will be thankful to see it.

 

Happy sails,

 

Host Kat

[joe/jack]

On 10/3/2023 at 1:09 PM, Ovsa said:

 Does MSC allow passengers to bring on a bottle or two when initally boarding?

 

Lots of cruise companies do allow two per stateroom, not sure about MSC.

 

Thanks

What does MSC allow you to bring on

board? Water,Soda ect: 

[Essiesmom]

23 minutes ago, joe/jack said:

What does MSC allow you to bring on

board? Water,Soda ect: 

Nothing.  Period.  EM

[tpsmith82]

Well officially you can't bring any liquids other than medically required.  In practice we have seen and brought numerous things.  We are currently sailing on the Divina and yesterday a guy purchased no less than 8 coke cans and 4 bottles of champagne from the duty free in Barcelona.  He had them in two Walmart style bags and walked right on the ship.  We have purchased bottles of wine while at port and have brought them on without issue or search.  We also brought on many booze with our rum runners.  Not sure if it's just European ports being lax or if it's just the norm.  

[CruisingFox27]

Officially it's not allowed. We've seen bottles allowed and we've seen them held. 

[perakcruiser]

6 hours ago, CruisingFox27 said:

Officially it's not allowed. We've seen bottles allowed and we've seen them held. 

Exactly, it only depends on the mood of the staff at security.

 

 

[RandomUser123]

If you want to risk it then go for it, worst thing that happens is they confiscate it. Just play dumb since you “assumed” they were like most other cruise lines in allowing 1 or 2 wine bottles per stateroom onboard.

[MaisonRose]

On 10/15/2023 at 3:46 PM, joe/jack said:

What does MSC allow you to bring on

board? Water,Soda ect: 

Almost nothing, not even water! When you disembark after your cruise you will definitely feel that you’ve been “nickeled & dimed “ to death.

Not very classy in that sense.

Susan

[JT1962]

For US sailings, they seem to check at your initial port of departure, but don’t always care at the other ports. I have seen people at Cozumel, Costa Maya, Ocho Rios, etc. bring back multiple liquor bottles, soft drinks, etc., with no issues going through security and taking it to their cabin.

[perakcruiser]

On 10/17/2023 at 6:57 PM, RandomUser123 said:

If you want to risk it then go for it, worst thing that happens is they confiscate it. Just play dumb since you “assumed” they were like most other cruise lines in allowing 1 or 2 wine bottles per stateroom onboard.

This will not help, when they confiscate, they confiscate and will return when the cruise finishes. So if you have a flight following, there is no use to bring more than the bottle of wine that you can finish on the last night. Or whatever you can finish on that night 😄
 

12 hours ago, MaisonRose said:

Almost nothing, not even water! When you disembark after your cruise you will definitely feel that you’ve been “nickeled & dimed “ to death.

Not very classy in that sense.

This couldn´t be less true, MSC nickles and dimes much less than other lines. Except the (more expensive) super AI lines where you can expect a final bill of zero. 

[insidecabin]

On 10/17/2023 at 5:13 AM, perakcruiser said:

Exactly, it only depends on the mood of the staff at security.

 

 

Many European ports, port security don't care about the liquid rules imposed by  the cruise lines.

Ships don't rescan.

This is both embarkation and visits.

Some have duty free stores after security.

 

They will some times have a volunteer desk on the way to the ship to surrender your bounty.