Where do you hide your contraband in the room?

[jayscore]

How would the steward know the difference between smuggled booze, or the hooch you ordered ahead from the Bon Voyage dept.? (Once you remove the wrapping and ribbon, of course!)

Leave it in plain sight, I say!;)

[Tim Cruise]

The meth goes in the fridge:eek:

[maxamuus]

The meth goes in the fridge:eek:

 

[KCMarie]

Nine bottles of wine accidentally got packed in our luggage.

 

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear of your accident.

Glad you made it fine through a torturous trip with all that alcohol sloshing around.

:eek:

[MrPete]

Have never hidden it, and have NEVER had a problem.

[cruisinlarge]

Was on NCL last FEB and booze was left out in plain sight and never had a problem , We were in a suite , got a good upsale last minute , we had a butler who offered to bring us pitchers of orange and pineapple juice as we had several friends along who hung out in our cabin as we had the booze.

 

On CCL we leave it out or put it in a drawer , doesn't seem to make a difference.

[dan40]

I do not smuggle booze on board. I think smuggling booze is cheap, tawdry and tacky. Especially if you don't share.:p So its obvious where I'm coming from.

 

BUT

 

I have NEVER heard of a Room Steward reporting antibody's booze, EVER!

They count on your tips!

[harlekuin]

Last January, on the Pride, friends traveling with us had a bottle of JD on the counter. When they came back from an excursion, an alarm went off when they checked back on the ship. Security came down, escorted them back to their cabin and took the bottle. They were very embarrassed to say the least. That is the only time we have ever seen or heard of anything like this happening.

[Scott_F]

Well, I've been on two RCL and two Carnival ships and had my tequila and mix sitting out the entire time. Never had an issue.

 

Some of y'all are funny.

[redskin80]

I'm suppose to hide my booze???? Wow I have been doing this wrong now for the past 5 cruises. I will keep reading so I can make sure I do this correctly next time. :)

[luckycruzer]

my wine-o in those big white plastic beer-kets..leave on shower floor to sweat n drip..he/whomever has all chilled till it's gone..what a guy

[elliebelle]

 

Right out in plain sight.. no issues.. we even asked that they empty our mini bar so we could use it for water ect... never any issues...

[BlueJacketsFan1]

I know that some friends of ours always take their booze in different bottles. Something like a clear booze in a water bottle. Darker things in something like a peroxide bottle.

[bobsfamily]

Last January, on the Pride, friends traveling with us had a bottle of JD on the counter. When they came back from an excursion, an alarm went off when they checked back on the ship. Security came down, escorted them back to their cabin and took the bottle. They were very embarrassed to say the least. That is the only time we have ever seen or heard of anything like this happening.

Wow, never heard of that. I wonder if something else prompted this?

[steveaaaaa]

I do not smuggle booze on board. I think smuggling booze is cheap, tawdry and tacky. Especially if you don't share.:p So its obvious where I'm coming from.

 

BUT

 

I have NEVER heard of a Room Steward reporting antibody's booze, EVER!

They count on your tips!

 

Who is antibody? Friend of Bill W.?:p:D

 

STeve

[notawordok]

I always hide my liquor in the back of the closet but i leave my pot that I have saved all year in a tennis ball tube out on the counter along with the 1.5's so the room stewart can have a little if he likes as long as he don't take to much.

[dan40]

Who is antibody? Friend of Bill W.?:p:D

 

STeve

 

Antibody's??? Don't know if thats Freudian or Simian. Weird tho!:confused::confused:

My spulcek musta shorted out!

[duck512]

I've read that if the wrong steward see's your alcohol it will be confiscated. So just wondering, where do you hide yours?

 

Oh, and I do know that the best way not to get caught is to not bring any. Plus, it's against the rules! It's not for me... its for my, uhhh... friend.... ;)

 

First off, since you are allowed to carry on a bottle of wine and you can order bottles of liquor from bon voyage, how would a steward possibly know how you obtained your "contraband" and second, why would a steward confiscate anything from a passenger when he knows that said passenger will go down to the pursers desk and remove his tips from their sail & sign account. Never happen on Carnival!! Relax and set up bar right their on the counter.

[SeeJennyCruise]

Last January, on the Pride, friends traveling with us had a bottle of JD on the counter. When they came back from an excursion, an alarm went off when they checked back on the ship. Security came down, escorted them back to their cabin and took the bottle. They were very embarrassed to say the least. That is the only time we have ever seen or heard of anything like this happening.

Do you have anymore details? I'm surprised they would go to all that trouble and potential customer embarrassment for one bottle of JD.

[jb1677]

On our Valor cruise earlier this year we had 2 bottles on the counter/desk that were ordered from Bon Voyage and were waiting int he room when we got there. On the second day of the cruise our very nice steward sheepishly approached us and said he had seen the bottles and that he was supposed to alert for confiscation, he told us simply to hide them. He seemed really embarrased and you could tell he was not comfortable talking to us about it. We told him they were from Bon Voyage but I dont think he understood 100% and reiterated that we should just hide them - we did.

 

First time in 5 cruises we have ever been questioned, and this time it was not even smuggled!. Next time we will leave the Bon Voyage wrapper and note with them just to be safe or "hide" them to avoid the awkward talk.

[Ladyevel]

Last January, on the Pride, friends traveling with us had a bottle of JD on the counter. When they came back from an excursion, an alarm went off when they checked back on the ship. Security came down, escorted them back to their cabin and took the bottle. They were very embarrassed to say the least. That is the only time we have ever seen or heard of anything like this happening.

 

Please tell me this is a joke. Did this really happen?

[dan40]

I can't imagine a room steward turning in a passenger. But they do have supervisors [that do not share in the tips] that can and do enter rooms to check on the stewards. I'd be mildly surprised that they would be concerned too. Unless the room was a rowdy problem.