Best way to bring alcohol on board

[Travel luv]

Remind me again..I forget. What do most people normally do about corkscrews. I'm thinking that you can't travel with them. How do you get one once on board?

[oxylady]

I have seen this question since I first discovered Cruise Critic back in 2000. I personally have never heard of any being denied bringing booze on board on day of sailing. Yes -- I have known people who were denied bringing it on board after purchasing it in one of the ports -- but not day of sailing. Just my experience for what its worth!

[pcur]

Yes, oxylady, they have new policies now. They started after the George Smith incident last July.

 

I have to smile as I read this thread, because I'm picturing someone at RCCL's offices taking notes and passing them along...."be sure to check the x, x, x, x, and, oh yeah, don't forget the x, containers in all carry-on and checked luggage".

 

I am also imagining a bottle of alcohol in one of the suitcases I've seen at the BOTTOM of a stack of suitcases about 6 - 7 feet HIGH the first day of each cruise!! :eek:

[NYCRUISR]

Best way to bring alcohol on board - CONSUMED. LOL. Just kidding :D

 

 

You were reading my mind......LOL!

[BearySweet2Cruise]

Remind me again..I forget. What do most people normally do about corkscrews. I'm thinking that you can't travel with them. How do you get one once on board?

 

just put it in packed luggage .. it will make it to the stateroom

or ask the cabin steward, we have never had a problem getting one along with a tip!:)

[BearySweet2Cruise]

Yes, oxylady, they have new policies now. They started after the George Smith incident last July.

 

I have to smile as I read this thread, because I'm picturing someone at RCCL's offices taking notes and passing them along...."be sure to check the x, x, x, x, and, oh yeah, don't forget the x, containers in all carry-on and checked luggage".

 

I am also imagining a bottle of alcohol in one of the suitcases I've seen at the BOTTOM of a stack of suitcases about 6 - 7 feet HIGH the first day of each cruise!! :eek:

funny I thought that too.. they certainly do read these boards! :)

[FPP777]

Actually it does affect others. Money not spent on drinks sold on the ship turns into less gratuities for the employees and less revenue for the cruise line. This then results in higher prices for all of us because this lost revenue has to be made up somehow.

 

You tried to make this arguement last night and it did not fly then either. Most people who "smuggle" also buy from the bar. Most of what is smuggled on is drank in the cabin, but I would say not all. So most likely if someone is getting ready at say 730pm for 830pm dinner, they would have a drink in the cabin if they had some, they would not go to the bar. So that is a sale that would not be made regardless.

[FPP777]

One more thing. Your line of thinking would then suggest that people who dont drink at all are really the ones who drive the cost up because they dont spend money at all on booze.

[time4u2go]

You tried to make this arguement last night and it did not fly then either. Most people who "smuggle" also buy from the bar. Most of what is smuggled on is drank in the cabin, but I would say not all. So most likely if someone is getting ready at say 730pm for 830pm dinner, they would have a drink in the cabin if they had some, they would not go to the bar. So that is a sale that would not be made regardless.

I know that most people that smuggle also buy from the bar. I just feel that at least some of them would buy more from the bar if they didn't smuggle. Not all, but some.

 

I agree with what you say about people having a drink before dinner in their cabin, but again, I'm sure that there's some that would instead go have that drink in a bar if they didn't have it in their cabin. Again, not all, but some.

[time4u2go]

One more thing. Your line of thinking would then suggest that people who dont drink at all are really the ones who drive the cost up because they dont spend money at all on booze.

But they're not breaking the rules.

[sas80]

No time4u2go you are correct. There is just a bunch of people that can't follow rules and think they are above the law. It is ashame that we can't follow the rules and do what we are supposed to.

 

Do you think you could possibly come over and spank me????

I think I need a guuuuud spanking!!!

[Dandylyon]

It is amazing to me that so many people just scoff at the rules.

 

I guess the rules are only for some people, not for everyone. Or is it ok so long as you don't get caught? Do you allow your children to buy child's tickets to events even if they are too old?

 

Sad.

[sas80]

Hello, my name is sas80. I smuggle alcohol onto cruise's and I AM cheap!

 

However, I will point out, for the person who says that it takes away revenue, this driving the cost up, our seapass bill is usually $500-1000 a cruise.

 

We buy things like spa treatments, gifts for ourselves, shore excursions, souveniers, incidentals, AND drinks at the bars.

 

If we didnt smuggle I think we would still spend $500-1000 on our sea pass but we probably would not buy spa treatments, gifts fo ourselves and we would buy less souveniers.

 

So, really, by smuggling alcohol onboard, and saving ourselves a few hundred dollars in single drinks and bottles of wine, we are really ensureing that we keep the other commodities flowing onboard.

[pcur]

Just make sure you all use lots and lots of bubblewrap in your checked luggage.

 

I'm not commenting on rightness, wrongness, justifiable-ness (is that a word????), but be prepared for alcohol soaked clothes or confiscated bottles. They ARE cracking down on this.

[FPP777]

It is amazing to me that so many people just scoff at the rules.

 

I guess the rules are only for some people, not for everyone. Or is it ok so long as you don't get caught? Do you allow your children to buy child's tickets to events even if they are too old?

 

Sad.

 

I guess it comes down to this. People break rules all the time. Yes, even you. At the time you break the rule, you consider the consequences. If I go 10 miles over the speed limit am I willing to accept the ticket if I get caught. Yes, I am, and I go 10 miles over the limit. Everyone does it at one point or another. Roll thru a stop sign? Hit the gas when its yellow instead of the brake? These are laws that are broken everyday. People are killed because of it, yet we all do it. I do not condone that, but that is what happens. So some, myself included, smuggle. I am willing to deal with the consequences. That is my business. And if you go back to the OP, he did not ask you if he should or should not do it, he asked how to do it.

 

ps.. flame away

 

One last note. In the last 3 years RCL posted a combined profit of 1.5 billion. I dont think it has an effect on the bottom line and the cost for you to cruise.

[BearySweet2Cruise]

I guess it comes down to this. People break rules all the time. Yes, even you. At the time you break the rule, you consider the consequences. If I go 10 miles over the speed limit am I willing to accept the ticket if I get caught. Yes, I am, and I go 10 miles over the limit. Everyone does it at one point or another. Roll thru a stop sign? Hit the gas when its yellow instead of the brake? These are laws that are broken everyday. People are killed because of it, yet we all do it. I do not condone that, but that is what happens. So some, myself included, smuggle. I am willing to deal with the consequences. That is my business. And if you go back to the OP, he did not ask you if he should or should not do it, he asked how to do it.

 

ps.. flame away

 

One last note. In the last 3 years RCL posted a combined profit of 1.5 billion. I dont think it has an effect on the bottom line and the cost for you to cruise.

 

Good post .. -------> Applause given :)

[CruznTom]

A "combined profit" of 500 million (truth?) @ year, considering the capital investement is not an enormous profit margin.

[yogimax]

I guess it comes down to this. People break rules all the time. Yes, even you. At the time you break the rule, you consider the consequences. If I go 10 miles over the speed limit am I willing to accept the ticket if I get caught. Yes, I am, and I go 10 miles over the limit. Everyone does it at one point or another. Roll thru a stop sign? Hit the gas when its yellow instead of the brake? These are laws that are broken everyday. People are killed because of it, yet we all do it. I do not condone that, but that is what happens. So some, myself included, smuggle. I am willing to deal with the consequences. That is my business. And if you go back to the OP, he did not ask you if he should or should not do it, he asked how to do it.

 

ps.. flame away

 

One last note. In the last 3 years RCL posted a combined profit of 1.5 billion. I dont think it has an effect on the bottom line and the cost for you to cruise.

 

This is not a flame, but a challenge to your logic. You mention RCL's profit for the last three years. That is not the point. The point is what the profit would have been if smugglers were forced into buying their booze onboard. Logic inists that RCL's profit would have been greater than it was. This simply means that the share price would have been higher. Smugglers are in effect stealing from the shareholders.

 

One could also argue that smugglers are forcing non-smugglers into paying higher prices for their cruises. Please do not use the arguemnt that smugglers still buy at the bars or lose money in the casino. Those points are irrelevent. Maybe some smugglers do also spend money at the bars. The point is that they would spend more if smuggling rules were totally enforced. The casino argument also fails. The two are simply unrelated.

 

Finally, your argument about traffic laws also fails. It fails because you are talking about two unrelated subjects. I could argue that there are laws that don't allow you to take firearms into courtrooms or on airplanes. I assume you and almost 100% of the population adhere to those laws. That's fine, but that arguement is as meaningless as the one regarding traffic laws.

 

Bottom line, a passenger ticket on a cruiseline is a contract. The terms are clear. Those who know the terms and who choose to smuggle...

 

a. are knowingly violating their contracts

b. are, in essence, stealing from the owners (shareholders)

c. are driving the prices of cruises higher for non-smigglers

[BearySweet2Cruise]

A "combined profit" of 500 million (truth?) @ year, considering the capital investement is not an enormous profit margin.

true..... but a few bottles of not very expensive bottles of what ever is smuggled is not an emnourmous loss either.. considereing we will all be buying drinks on board as well... still balances the scales no matter how you look at it... its like 6 in one and 1/2 dozen in the other. :):)

[jander]

Hey yogimax, can I ask what those who do not drink are contributing to keep the cruise cost down?

[FPP777]

This is not a flame, but a challenge to your logic. You mention RCL's profit for the last three years. That is not the point. The point is what the profit would have been if smugglers were forced into buying their booze onboard. Logic inists that RCL's profit would have been greater than it was. This simply means that the share price would have been higher. Smugglers are in effect stealing from the shareholders.

 

One could also argue that smugglers are forcing non-smugglers into paying higher prices for their cruises. Please do not use the arguemnt that smugglers still buy at the bars or lose money in the casino. Those points are irrelevent. Maybe some smugglers do also spend money at the bars. The point is that they would spend more if smuggling rules were totally enforced. The casino argument also fails. The two are simply unrelated.

 

Finally, your argument about traffic laws also fails. It fails because you are talking about two unrelated subjects. I could argue that there are laws that don't allow you to take firearms into courtrooms or on airplanes. I assume you and almost 100% of the population adhere to those laws. That's fine, but that arguement is as meaningless as the one regarding traffic laws.

 

Bottom line, a passenger ticket on a cruiseline is a contract. The terms are clear. Those who know the terms and who choose to smuggle...

 

a. are knowingly violating their contracts

b. are, in essence, stealing from the owners (shareholders)

c. are driving the prices of cruises higher for non-smigglers

 

First I/ll reply about the income...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=RCL&annual

Read the net income the last 3 years at the bottom of the statement.

 

I appreciate your opinion but to say the points of my post were meaningless or without merit is just that, your opinion. My point simply was that there are rules, they are broken, there are consequences. When you take the driving test, you attest to know the laws about speeding. You agree to obey those laws. That is clear, just like the ticket contract. But you still speed.

 

Now, this is my own personal experience. I cruised on RCL back in Oct 2004 when you could still purchase from the duty free shop on the first night and bring it back to you room. Between 2 cabins we bought 4 bottles and paid 40 dollars in corkage fees. Most of that was consumed in our rooms, and we did not finish it all, but some were outside the room. But when my wife point to the 8 dollar blue drink and said she wanted one, I bought it for her. I still spent plenty of money at the bar or at the pool. We would have drinks as we got ready for dinner in our room. I would not have walked all the way to a bar to get a drink, so that sale was not lost as it would have never taken place to begin with. What they have lost is the 9 dollar a bottle corkage fee.

 

To say that I have an effect on the shareholders because of my actions is just plain wrong. If I got off the ship in Cozumel and drank 10 beers, does that effect RCL shareholders because I did not stay on the ship and buy them there? Should we force non-drinkers to drink so they can make more money? Everyone assumes that a person would consume the equivalent amount of booze from the bars if they did not bring it on and that is just wrong and can not be proved. Just my humble opinion.

 

ps.. I dont believe I made any mention of the casino.

[FPP777]

Bottom line, a passenger ticket on a cruiseline is a contract. The terms are clear. Those who know the terms and who choose to smuggle...

 

a. are knowingly violating their contracts

b. are, in essence, stealing from the owners (shareholders)

c. are driving the prices of cruises higher for non-smigglers

 

Here is the ticket/contract. I agree to this and I get on the ship. Unless I missed it, it does not cover the topic we have been discussing.

 

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[marcmedic]

I used a hard sided suitcase and some bubble wrap. Others in the group on our last cruise just used bubble wrap and made sure the bottle was cushioned on all sides within their soft sided suitcase.

 

Some of you sure are concerned about what I drink in my room. I for one do not feel like sitting in a bar all night long if I want some drinks. And do you seriously expect me to leave my room repeatedly to go to a bar to get another drink? I still buy drinks at the bars also. Royal Caribbean never should have done away with the corkage fee when you could buy the booze onboard and pay to take it back to your room. They have nobody to blame for the smuggling but themselves. I'd prefer to do it that way but oh well...

 

And lastly, I can get just as drunk and act like an idiot if I buy my drinks at one of the bars on board vs drinking my own stuff in my room. I have yet to EVER see someone get cut off at a bar on a ship.

[CaesarsNcruisin4me]

Actually it does affect others. Money not spent on drinks sold on the ship turns into less gratuities for the employees and less revenue for the cruise line. This then results in higher prices for all of us because this lost revenue has to be made up somehow.

I disagree! When I cruised on the Radiance last November I brought on a bottle of crown, and a bottle of vodka, clamato, & all required spices for a caesar. This Canadian girl enjoys her caesars!:p Just located my visa bill for this cruise. My seapass account total for the week was $1423.43US which converted to $1720.65CAD. My seapass account covered myself and my two children. I would be willing to bet that I spend more money on alcohol than YOU do.:D The bar staff received 15% gratuity on my bar bill plus the extra cash tips I gave! Even my kids made sure that the cruise line lost no revenue and were sure to purchase their share of "virgin" foo foo drinks at $4.95 apiece! And of course the 15% gratuity was also added.;)

 

I enjoy my favorite drink(caesar) in my cabin or a crown and coke (which I order from room service at $2 a can) on occasion but I more than contribute to the cruise lines revenue. I extend generous gratuities to the staff and have never had to wait for a drink! Have you?;):D

 

Sandie

[rvrgirl]

No time4u2go you are correct. There is just a bunch of people that can't follow rules and think they are above the law. It is ashame that we can't follow the rules and do what we are supposed to.

 

Huh:confused: Now its a law:cool: