Nancy Young wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> A cab driver in Funchal, Madiera told us how to sneak booze onto a
>> cruise ship. He had taken us to a wine tasting and we found the wines
>> to be rather 'feh' but did like the local rum a lot. He suggested we
>> get a bottle of water, drink it and fill the bottle with the pint of
>> rum. No problem getting it on the ship.
>
> I guess things have changed, on the cruise I took, there was a big
> liquor store right at the docks ... nothing was said about not bringing it
> on board the ship, you were just informed you couldn't bring home
> more than 6 bottles. I had a big bottle of Bailey's to make the coffee
> drinkable ... I'd get it from the snack bar every morning and it was
> pretty bad.
> I had no idea you weren't supposed to open booze on the ship,
> never mind that you couldn't bring it on board.

Different cruise lines have different rules about bringing liquor on
board. I am fairly certain it has a lot to do with liability issues as
well as revenue issues.


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Janet Wilder
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