Do You Have First Hand Knowledge Of Booze Being Confiscated?

[magicaliam]

[quote=happy cruzer;16814511]I had the same experience, a piece of luggage ruined by someone else's broken bottle of men's cologne. I did not need to vent because I pretty much figured it was an accident, I'm sure the guy did not intentially let his bottle break in his luggage to ruin my luggage. And I imagine no one wanted to harm you either. You let yourself be carried away and need to vent because of an accident that involved a bottle of liquid; you don't know that the guy was intentially smuggling, he may have been unaware of the cruise policy (many first time cruisers are) of no alcohol and just packed a bottle like he does in regular vacation travel. Maybe you will feel better thinking it was just an accident instead of being victimized?

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1) Someone had a large (I would guess) container of mouthwash in their suitcase and it broke or opened? - Whew! all trip I was putting out potent ordors. I 'found' the culprit from the smell on HER clothes - (my suitcase must have been under hers) & we had a good laugh! I'm sure she was embarressed - and yes, I did lose a few things...but this story has been worth the price. I get "paid back" everytime I tell it, and must admit I typically embellish it more...!

2) Booze - I had 2 bottles of wine taken as I boarded. They were in my carry on. They were not given back on last night - they never boarded with me. (I was told to use a "ticket" when I returned to port and we didn't have the time to do this. ) Hope someone enjoyed!

3) I had a flask of vodka conficated: 1st night I was concerned because 1 piece of luggage was not in cabin with others. Later, my cabin stewart appologically approached me & told me I needed to report to security...my suitcase was there - was told they suspected I had alchohol - I admited I did. Opened my suitcase and handed over. I actually had 2 smallish flasks - (I only pulled out 1). You win some - you lose some.

4) I walked on with a big bottle of vodka from purchase on an International flight to port. I figured they would conficate. It was in carry on...They took pity on us I guess - we needed it after that flight! We walked on with it.

5) One time I was traveling with 32 people and I volunteered to bring a smallish box of wine for 1 of our functions. It made it through packed in my largest suitcase. My complaint was how much it weighed and less packing space ...and last time I will volunteere to do that!

We like to have a drink in our room and would love the ship to allow us a bottle of booze and a few of wine & would prefer to purchase from ship for use in cabin. Just not as inflated in price as 6 times more! And especially at price in the ship's store. I don't know the laws so maybe they would have to pay (if delivered to cabin) a higher price than their store sells it for and that tey only allow you to take off ship? Well, actually, we usually have a good after dinner party the last night and "share" with others - Quite a nice get together and fairwell!!!!

If cruise ships would just charge double (or some profit but not so ridiculous that I try to smuggle), I would gladly pay. I wouldn't mind if they only allowed cabin 'bottle service' of a restricted amount - I would gladly go for it! I don't visit my cabin (make a drink) and then head out. I order from the bar area of place i am in. And, I usually am not in cabin that much.

Last note - We do party like their is no tomorrow- it's our vacation - We always run up a LARGE tab - casinos, pool, in bars, with dinner - we order from them all! We know it will be a part of our vacation just as it would be on land - but we drink more - because their is no driving home - We have been known to nurse hangovers with bloody Mary's... Yet we also like to sip on our balacony, after nap, in afternoon - or etc.

[magicaliam]

Oh, I forgot one of the best stories! A friend I was traveling likes rum - she decided to pour out her Listermint bottle and wash it out, fill it with rum at home and pack.she secrued it inside a sealed baggie. The 4th day on ship she decided to open it, mix with left over OJ from breakfast and head for the pool area- be a little ahead of our normal buzz - We would order our 2nd of the day from the bar there. The plastic bottle must have absorbed the ordor - it was disgusting! So she had to pour the whole bottle out! We survived it and it's another good story we embelish in the telling! So even it the smuggling makes it through - it may be undrinkable!(watch out for use of mouthwash bottles!)

[yogi2929]

Sorry, don't mean to nitpick, but 64% (which is odd in itself, because if you add up the other two choices you get 40%....but okay....) is a "majority" or "many" but statistically speaking it is not "most".

 

(from a medical editor who constantly corrects statistical assertions...please, no flames. :o)

 

and figures can lie. Great quote I learned in Stat class. Numbers are a game you can use to prove your point.

 

We have gone on the Paradise several times. There is usually a pile of bottles behind the screeners. Carnival shakes the water bottles, evidently water bubbles are different from liquor bubbles.

[yogi2929]

No flame intended.

[98Charlie]

and figures can lie. Great quote I learned in Stat class. Numbers are a game you can use to prove your point.

 

We have gone on the Paradise several times. There is usually a pile of bottles behind the screeners. Carnival shakes the water bottles, evidently water bubbles are different from liquor bubbles.

Here in Ohio when liquor agents are inspecting a permit establishment they swirl the liquid in the bottles to see if the liquor is watered down or has been open so long that the alcohol has evaporated. You can definately tell the difference between water and vodka (or other liquors).

 

Charlie

[momofmeg]

Yes, I know of someone who got caught. He emptied out two large listerine bottles and filled one with rum and one with vodka and both were intercepted.

 

The employee joked with him and pretty much said that had it not been soooo obvious that it probably would have made it through just fine. Two gallons of "mouth wash" on a 7 night cruise raises a red flag!

 

Last months our friends packed 3 medium sized metal flasks and left them right on top of the suitcase and it arrived safe and sound in their room so you just never know.

 

Glad I am a soda drinker cause' you can bring all you want and no one cares :D .

 

LOL! Someone would have wanted "fresh breath" for sure. I have never smuggled alcohol but once they suspected my pump hairpsray was alcohol once. LOL! I suppose though, it may have had some alcohol in it. I do remember for 35 plus years ago (back when I was a teen) kids I knew drinking stuff like that to get drunk. LOL! You know that taste was not platable! YUK!

[cruisemom42]

No flames.....just a question....so is it correct then to say 6 out of 10 doctors recommend a certain drug or must it be 9 out of 10 like in the commercials?

 

While it is technically correct to say "most" in both cases, the course I recently took on Responsible Reporting of Statistics suggests that when people hear "most" they do tend to assume it is more than a simple majority. Therefore, it is best to stay away from using "most" unless it really is somewhere in the vicinity of 80% or higher.

 

(This, of course, based on their own surveys and statistical analysis....I won't even get into the irony. :rolleyes:)

[Ready 2 Cruise]

We have taken on vodka and rum over the past 10 years. Never had a problem.