Tuesday, November 25, 2008

How to sneak Alcohol onto a Cruise Ship - booze - customs - etc.

well.. for those of you who cruise as much as I do... (4+ times a year), you know how expensive alcohol is on the cruise ship, and I'm sure you have all said the same words "WHATTTT THEEEE FUCKKKKKKKKKKK!" when you received your bill at the end of the week. I have tried bringing strait bottles of Vodka, Tequila, Rum, etc with me just in my luggage, and with that method, I find it works about 25% of the time... which is horrible. Now, you must know that if they find that you have brought alcohol with you, you will not be in trouble, you will not pay fines, and in fact, they will actually give you your booze back on the last day of the cruise, but by that time, you will have drankan your way into your 2nd mortgage.

So here is what you do...

First, visit your local supermarket, and buy some 2 liter soda bottles (clear ones, like sprite, 7up, etc)


then go online, and find a place that sells 2 liter soda bottle sealed caps, you can google it and do some research to find many websites where you can find them but I will include one right here, for those of you in a hurry...

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1401

the link above is selling 30 sealed caps for $4.95.

so, you empty out the soda bottles, fill them to the right level (about an inch from the top) with vodka, or the spirit of your choice, then remove the old cap and cap seal from the bottles, and reseal them using your New Sealed Caps! Once you screw the caps on, the seal will go into place, and seal the bottle. THATS IT. Pack them in your suitcase just as you would a bottle of soda (soda is OK to bring on the cruise with you, and if anyone ever said anything, obviously it is because you don't like drinking the water on the cruise ship) but no one will

Now... I usually have an entourage of 6 friends with me, which for me is 10 2 liter bottles. (20 liters of vodka) but keep in mind that is on a 7 day cruise, and we are all alcoholics, but Plan accordingly and remember, it is always good to be over prepared, you never know when you might have 6 hot hunnies in the cabin who you have to host for, so I always say bring extras!

Also, try to separate the soda bottles evenly throughout the luggage when you put them in it. Put a few two liters in each piece of luggage, instead of 10 2 liters is just one bag... so split it up between your friends.


Happy hunting, and good luck

- Andrew Monda