HAL Liquor policy

My last cruise on the Rotterdam in 8/03 I was permitted to purchase liquor
for in cabin consumption by paying a 10% surcharge.

Has this policy been changed?

On Sun, 09 May 2004 14:54:39 GMT, "Norm" wrote:

My last cruise on the Rotterdam in 8/03 I was permitted to purchase liquor
for in cabin consumption by paying a 10% surcharge.

Has this policy been changed?


Still valid afaik.


Mason Barge

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee."
-- Abraham Lincoln

THE NEW HAL RULES ______ bring ONLY champaign and wine can be carried
aboard =/ can NOT buy aboard for USE on board

Is the carry on rule really enforced? Do they actually search your luggage
and take bottles that they find?

How rude!

Harvey

"0 O" wrote in message
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THE NEW HAL RULES ______ bring ONLY champaign and wine can be carried
aboard =/ can NOT buy aboard for USE on board

The new HAL rules probably keep cruise price lower and allow those who
wish to drink liquor to pay their share ?

You have got to be kidding!! C O M P E T I T I O N keeps cruise
prices low. However, the new policy may very slightly increase
Carnival Corp's bottom line

On Wed, 12 May 2004 10:49:49 -0400, (0 O) wrote:

The new HAL rules probably keep cruise price lower and allow those who
wish to drink liquor to pay their share ?

In article , Unknown says...


You have got to be kidding!! C O M P E T I T I O N keeps cruise
prices low. However, the new policy may very slightly increase
Carnival Corp's bottom line

On Wed, 12 May 2004 10:49:49 -0400, (0 O) wrote:

The new HAL rules probably keep cruise price lower and allow those who
wish to drink liquor to pay their share ?


It also alienates passengers. I have never brought spirits or beer aboard a
ship to consume during the cruise. However, I will not cruise on lines that
inspect passengers bags for these items; I don't care to submit to the
indignity of being searched. Instead, I will pay more money to sail on
another cruise line.

Why is that Carnival now find it necessary to have such a policy? It was
not necessary a year ago. Ten years ago, hardly any line did that. When I
was on a cruise in 1968 not only did the lines allow you to buy alcohol in
St. Thomas, one of their staff would carry it onboard for you and deliver it
to your cabin.

On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:29:13 GMT, Odysseus wrote:

It also alienates passengers. I have never brought spirits or beer aboard a
ship to consume during the cruise. However, I will not cruise on lines that
inspect passengers bags for these items; I don't care to submit to the
indignity of being searched.

Hi,

FWIW, all cruise lines are searching passenger bags, checked and hand.
They are not all confiscated liquor but they are searching the bags.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

Ray Goldenberg wrote:
On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:29:13 GMT, Odysseus wrote:


It also alienates passengers. I have never brought spirits or beer aboard a
ship to consume during the cruise. However, I will not cruise on lines that
inspect passengers bags for these items; I don't care to submit to the
indignity of being searched.


Hi,

FWIW, all cruise lines are searching passenger bags, checked and hand.
They are not all confiscated liquor but they are searching the bags.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com


I am sure they want everyone to believe all the bags are being
searched but on a ship with 2000 passengers and probally 5 or 6000
pieces of luggage it seems unrealistic that ALL luggage is searched.

On Thu, 13 May 2004 11:33:48 GMT, Kevin wrote:

I am sure they want everyone to believe all the bags are being
searched but on a ship with 2000 passengers and probally 5 or 6000
pieces of luggage it seems unrealistic that ALL luggage is searched.

Hi Kevin,

You are mistaken as I have witnessed it with my own eyes. Anyone that
sails from LA can see the screening area out on the cruise pier. You
can see the screening machines and see them screening each and every
bag before it is cleared to the ship. I have also watched the bomb
sniffing dogs check not only the bags but all of the stores (food
stuffs) before it is loaded. Yes, the cruise lines are quite serious
about checking baggage. That being said, liquor is the least of their
concerns in checked bags. I have never heard of them confiscating
liquor from a checked bag. I hope someone will tell us if they have
seen this happen. The cruise lines are checking hand carried bags as
many on r.t.cruises can attest. Some cruise lines confiscate liquor
and some don't. It often seems inconsistent whether a cruise line
will or won't confiscate the liquor.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com