Bringing alcohol on the Sprit

[Kristpin]

Hello everyone! This will be my third cruise but first with NCL. Last year we went on Royal Caribbean and I put a small bottle of rum in my suitcase but I was so nervous it would get confiscated but it didn’t. So here is my question…Should I try packing a larger bottle of vodka into my suitcase on NCL sprit. :confused: Were leaving from NYC. Do they check every bag? Would you risk it? What happens to your bags after they take them, scanned, x-rayed, and searched? What do you think they would do if they found it? I’m on a serious budget this year and I would like to enjoy a few cocktails on my balcony. Thoughts?

[immargaret]

Hello everyone! This will be my third cruise but first with NCL. Last year we went on Royal Caribbean and I put a small bottle of rum in my suitcase but I was so nervous it would get confiscated but it didn’t. So here is my question…Should I try packing a larger bottle of vodka into my suitcase on NCL sprit. :confused: Were leaving from NYC. Do they check every bag? Would you risk it? What happens to your bags after they take them, scanned, x-rayed, and searched? What do you think they would do if they found it? I’m on a serious budget this year and I would like to enjoy a few cocktails on my balcony. Thoughts?

 

Bags are all x-rayed before going on the ship. If they suspect there is alcohol in the bag they will pull it aside and it won't be delivered to your cabin. They send you a note to come down and open the bag for inspection....they won't open the bag without you. If alcohol is found it is held until the last night of your cruise, and then you can pick it up.

 

You can purchase a bar setup for your cabin.........which is basically a bottle of liquor. This must be ordered at least 2 weeks prior to your cruise, and the prices start out around $40- for a bottle. You can do a search on the boards here and get lots of information on the bar setup.

[fin]

They also have friends of bill meetings aboard.....

[Kristpin]

Your funny fin! I'm young & looking a have a great time! :p I didn't know that they would not open my bags without me...great info!

[fin]

Thanks for taking it well. Hopefully, as you get older, you will learn to have a good time without needing to smuggle booze on board. Have a good time.:o

[ZoneHPH]

yeah...as you get older...make more money...and pay for drinks while sitting in your lush garden villa.

 

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[LateCruiser]

I think NCL should name their next ship the Norwegian Alcohol. Then we could have discussions about smuggling spirit(s) onboard the Alcohol instead of alcohol onboard the Spirit:rolleyes: .

[ZoneHPH]

cheers! i'll drink to that!!!

[electricron]

I think NCL should name their next ship the Norwegian Alcohol. Then we could have discussions about smuggling spirit(s) onboard the Alcohol instead of alcohol onboard the Spirit:rolleyes: .

 

I believe NCL should name their new F3 class ships after whale species.

They will be larger than whales after all. :D

[Enjoyscruisn]

I don't see any reason to bring alcohol on the ship. People buy it on board. They do check the luggages. They will hold it until the night before you leave as was mentioned on another post. I don't know why people would want to even risk bringing alcohol on board. I would rather have a good time doing other things than risking my luggage with the alcohol in it. Never bring alcohol on a ship when first sailing. People do buy it in town like in St Thomas, but they take that, too, before you go on board. People don't get to drink their liquor anyway.

Have fun, drink water LOL and enjoy. :)

[Hollyspop]

Not so sure I would want it to be known that I had sailed on the Norwegian Sperm.:)

[shoreguy]

Not so sure I would want it to be known that I had sailed on the Norwegian Sperm.:)

 

That will lanch right after the Norwegian Blue. :eek:

[KeystoneCruiser]

I can see it now:

 

"Come sail Freestyle on NCL's new world class ships:"

"Norweigan Sperm"

"Norweigan Blue"

"Norweigan Humpback"

"Norweigan Killer"

 

Oh, Ron have you opened a door here.....:D

[electricron]

There are other whales.

Here's a short list:

Beluga Whale

Blue Whale

Grey Whale

*Humpback Whale

[ZoneHPH]

and rounding out the list...

 

Baleen whales

Main article: Baleen whales

 

The physical features of the baleen whales, in this case a Humpback whale.

Humpback whaleThe baleen whales form the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises). Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth. Living Mysticeti species have teeth only during the embryonal phase. Fossil Mysticeti had teeth before baleen evolved. In baleen whales, unlike with most other marine mammals, the female is larger than the male, and the largest animal ever to have lived is found in this group.

 

The suborder contains four families and fourteen fully known species. Balaenoptera omurai is a recent discovery and little is known of it, no common name has been assigned to it yet.

 

The scientific name derives from the Greek word mystax, which means "moustache".

 

Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus

Atlantic Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis

Pacific Northern Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica

Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australia

Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus

Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis

Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera brydei

Pygmy Bryde's Whale, (Eden's Whale) Balaenoptera edeni

Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Northern Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Southern Minke Whale, (Antarctic Minke Whale) Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Balaenoptera omurai, discovery announced November 2003. No common name yet in usage

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus

Pygmy Right Whale, Caperea marginata

 

Toothed whales

Main article: Toothed whales

 

The physical features of the toothed whales, in this case a bottlenose dolphin.

Sperm whaleThe toothed whales form the Odontoceti, the second sub-order of the cetaceans. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by having teeth, rather than baleen. Toothed whales are active hunters, feeding on fish, squid, and in some cases marine mammals. As well as the following whales, the sub-order also contains the porpoises and dolphins. Toothed whales have a single blowhole on the top of the head, which was formed from one of the nostrils becoming dominant over the other, rather than from them both fusing together.

 

Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus

Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia sima

Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps

Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris

Arnoux's Beaked Whale, Berardius arnuxii

Baird's Beaked Whale (North Pacific Bottlenose Whale), Berardius bairdii

Shepherd's Beaked Whale (Tasman Beaked Whale), Tasmacetus shepherdi

Longman's Beaked Whale (Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale), Indopacetus pacificus

Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus

Southern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons

Hector's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon hectori

True's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus

Gervais' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon europaeus

Sowerby's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bidens

Gray's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon grayi

Pygmy Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus

Andrews' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bowdoini

Bahamonde's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bahamondi

Hubbs' Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Stejneger's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Layard's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon layardii

Blainville's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris

Perrin's Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon perrini

Narwhal, Monodon monoceros

Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas