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(Just a personal opinion!)
However the rules and guidelines are well established and stated upfront. If you don't like em, don't go there.
Or plan ahead, take the extra 300 and don't bitch.
Have a great day!
You said "Offer assistance or stay out of the way..." I appreciate that I did not give you the answer that you required, but I do not feel that I can offer you any assistance on how to smuggle booze aboad a ship!
I'm sorry if I offended you, but This forum is called 'Cruise Talk' and I was just 'talking' and giving you my personal opinion. The forum is full of differing opinions.
(I don't regard myself as a snob or a harsh person either)
Not that I often frequent clubs in NY, but common knowledge is that beer runs over $5/bottle or mug, mixed drinks roughly $10(!). If you're used to that sort of thing, look at it this way: a week in the club scene. ;-)
If CCLines is reading, is this an accurate assumption?
CCLines
I am not trying to be smart or anything about this, but as you know the rules, i highly recommend you not bend them. You may win on smuggleing booze on other cruise lines, but i would be willing to bet you my pay check you wont win on Carnival. We have our rules and we have them in our brochures and they are clearly stated. So just a friendly reminder, i wouldn't try it. I'm not saying you cant.......you can if you want, but i know i wouldn't. We had one lady who baught a Cuban Cigar, it cost her $20.00 and she was bound and determined she was gonna carry it back home for her husband. Well, needless to say, that Cigar wound up costing her $520 because she got a $500 fine.if you would like a brochure feel free to call 1-800-Carnival and we will gladly send you one.
What is his position within Carnival?
Nowgotakeontheday :-)
I have also bought liquor at ports of call, no problem.
They sell liquor at the boutique and you can take it back to the cabin with you.
There are no checking of packages at the gangway.
So, I guess that on HAL they don't expect us to over do it or to trash the ship.
That is totally unclear. If you can't bring the alcohol onboard, how could you consume the not-allowed alcohol in a public area?
The way I had interpreted the Liquor Policy statement is that no liquor could be brought on board at the original port of departure. At subsequent ports of call, you can bring on alcoholic purchases but they must be consumed in your cabin.
Joel, as an official representative of Carnival, could you please respond. Carnival's policy/policy statement does need some clarification. Sentence 1 and sentence 2 of the "Liquor Policy" seem to be contradictory.
Fightthegoodfight :-)
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