bhopal21 Posted May 11, 2007 #26 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Ships cruising out of Galveston do have different Texas laws. Only certain brands can be sold & served when leaving Galveston. Can't remember exactly what they are now. You might find more info by looking at Texas Alcohol & Beverage Commission website. Or try doing a search here. Used to be a menu or list of beverages sold on Conquest. All of this discussion is strange since we held a cocktail party on our balcony on the Grand Princess in February at sailaway for 8 persons with a bartender and all sorts of liquor was consumed without any mention of restrictions.:confused: Could it be cruiseline related? Mike:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purifyer Posted May 15, 2007 Author #27 Share Posted May 15, 2007 As far as I know, Galveston (not texas) has just recently passed this law. I can't get in touch with anyone in the Galveston city office that can offer an explaination. I was told by the guy who answered the phone (you can get the phone number in the posts above) that they can't deliver to any ships anymore. If anyone can confirm this with the Galveston city office let us all know. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asburyfamily Posted May 15, 2007 #28 Share Posted May 15, 2007 :cool: :mad: I just called JBOY and they confirmed Galveston has banned all yes all deliveries of gift baskets with any alcohol. There is a three mile ban on alcohol in galveston port. Maybe JBOY will meet us in a boat just pass the 3 mile area to off load drinks:confused: :eek: O well back to smugling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronrythm Posted May 16, 2007 #29 Share Posted May 16, 2007 If it's an outside vendor, it's not Galveston, but Carnival that has changed. As of a couple of months ago, Carnival quit allowing deliveries of alcoholic beverages to any of their ships. You have to buy from them. There were several threads on the Carnival board about it at the time, but it's all died down now. Enjoy. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribsun Posted May 16, 2007 #30 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I was on the ROS 5/6/07 sailing and the only beer that could be purchased while in Galveston port was Miller lite, Bud and Heineken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purifyer Posted May 16, 2007 Author #31 Share Posted May 16, 2007 i haven't seen anything posted on carnivals web site about this. but i do know that that kind of stuff just hurts galveston and in the end will hurt carnival. leave it to the oddballs to screw it up for everyone else. me, i'm not going to worry about it. by the time i get to go in Oct it will probably be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted May 16, 2007 #32 Share Posted May 16, 2007 If it's an outside vendor, it's not Galveston, but Carnival that has changed. As of a couple of months ago, Carnival quit allowing deliveries of alcoholic beverages to any of their ships. You have to buy from them. There were several threads on the Carnival board about it at the time, but it's all died down now.Enjoy. Ron Unfortunately, its not Carnival, since the same thing was true on the Rhapsody which is a RCI ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguppy Posted May 18, 2007 #33 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I'm so glad I "stumbled" across this thread! My poor group - I must warn them so they are prepared in advance for the no liquor until noon on Sunday because as far as they are concerned, it's 5:00 somewhere! LOL Anyone have good tips on smuggling? I heard a story about someone who smuggled in a shampoo bottle. Except they didn't do a very good job rinsing the bottle. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribsun Posted May 19, 2007 #34 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I'm so glad I "stumbled" across this thread! My poor group - I must warn them so they are prepared in advance for the no liquor until noon on Sunday because as far as they are concerned, it's 5:00 somewhere! LOL Anyone have good tips on smuggling? I heard a story about someone who smuggled in a shampoo bottle. Except they didn't do a very good job rinsing the bottle. :eek: We waited until we reached the first port and I picked uo a flask like pint of rum for $3.00. Carried it in my waist band, went right on. ;) Next port, vodka etc.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguppy Posted May 20, 2007 #35 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Interesting except we have two sea days to start! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scfjjb Posted May 23, 2007 #36 Share Posted May 23, 2007 As someone above pointed out, this doesnt sound like a new law to me either. We encountered it on the Rhapsody last month about not being able to buy certain drinks until we were out of the port more than 3 miles they said. Maybe they said you can buy brands made in Texas or something wierd. People were complaining then too, so I dont think this law was just passed. Our three cruises out of Galveston .... had a "Galveston" drink menu... until after sail away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlfuzzbutt Posted May 31, 2007 #37 Share Posted May 31, 2007 I had ordered Corona gift basket thing for my DH when we went on Ecstasy last August(one year anniv of Katrina actually). We had a note that stated that it couldn't be delivered...I thought it was to make sure we were "of age" but...maybe it was one of our weird Texas Laws. Oh BTW...beer sales before noon on Sunday...in Florida last week (working...but going on a fishing adventure Sunday) we went to supply the boat with beer....can't buy there on Sunday before 1PM. So we put it on a friend account and she rang it up when we got back. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexBear Posted June 5, 2007 #38 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I thought this law had been around for a while???? :confused: Texas definitely has different laws... you can't get Crown Royal (and many others) until a few hours out!!! LOL! And they also have different laws about what can be brought back too... I thought that they had cut off deliveries quite some time ago though... but don't worry, Carnival has been cutting down on this for a year now (liquor being delivered to their ships)... I would imagine before long you won't be able to find ANY company at ANY port that can deliver beer/liquor to the ship. A Texas citizen or resident can only bring one (1) liter of liquor back into the state by land air or sea. As far asa I know, this applies to foreign locations. The CD on Carnival made this clear. adn When I walked back from Nuevo Progresso, Mexico, I could only bring a liter with me (paying excise tax, to boot)! Citizens and residents of other states can bring back four (4) liters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrsg324 Posted June 18, 2007 #39 Share Posted June 18, 2007 A Texas citizen or resident can only bring one (1) liter of liquor back into the state by land air or sea. As far asa I know, this applies to foreign locations. The CD on Carnival made this clear. adn When I walked back from Nuevo Progresso, Mexico, I could only bring a liter with me (paying excise tax, to boot)! Citizens and residents of other states can bring back four (4) liters. That is what they say but we brought back 2 bottles of crown, 1 patron & 4 bottles of rum. When asked if we had alcohol or tabacco, reply was yeah we do. Never asked how much or anything. If we had been asked, the friends with us from La could have taken it for us since all our luggage was on one cart but they never said a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texreno Posted June 24, 2007 #40 Share Posted June 24, 2007 TAXES, TAXES, TAXES As someone who has been in the liquor business for many years in Texas I think I have an explaination to explain some of your questions. It all has to do with the state of Texas LIQUOR TAX LAWS. While the ship is in Texas waters it is under Texas Liquor Laws. These laws keep Carnival from selling liquor before noon on Sunday, before 7 AM & after 2 AM on other days. The laws also state that no liquor may be sold in Texas without the Texas Liquor Tax being paid. After noon on Sunday and 7AM on any other day, Carnival will sell you selected alcoholic drinks at several open bars. If you look closely at the bottles you will see the Texas Tax Stamp. After the ship gets a certain distance from Texas waters watch and the bars will close for a short period of time & change to bottles of liquor with no tax stamp or (duty free). Sometimes they just close one bar and open a different one where you will never observe the change. It is Carnival's choice on which liquors to pay the tax and serve while in port and Carnival who chooses not to pay the tax on the wine and champagne. They choose to deliver the duty free stuff after they are out of Texas waters due to the profit being much higher and the bookkeeping trouble when dealing with the TABC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCALLAHAN Posted June 27, 2007 #41 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I bet the sale of cowboy boots really jumped. JHC (who only wears boots. Might come in handy ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguppy Posted June 28, 2007 #42 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Ok, not sure what the sale of boots has to do with the sale of liquor on a Sunday in Texas....but I'll go with it! :p Listen, as long as the group can get some sort of alcoholic beverage to celebrate embarkation, we are good to go! And since most of us won't get on before noon anyway, I'm sure we will be able to do just that. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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