Checking Rum on Embarkation Day in Puerto Rico?

[neutie88]

I searched the forum but could not find an answer to this particular question. I also plan on contacting DCL, but the forums will probably give me a better answer...

We are flying to Puerto Rico for the 4-day Wonder cruise from PR to Port Canaveral next month. We are spending a few days in on the island prior to the cruise, and I would like to buy a couple of bottles of rum that they only sell on the island to bring back with us. I don't want to try and sneak it on board, but Embarkation day is a bit different than a port call, and wonder if there are policies in place to "check" liquor purchased on the island. I don't want to lose it, which I heard happens in Port Canaveral, and I don't want to pay to have it shipped back home, since we live in Orlando.

Does anyone have any experience with cruises that depart from a foreign port, and how DCL handles liquor from that perspective? I simply want to hand it over to a cast member until the end of our cruise. I am considering just sticking it in our checked luggage, as there I know they will either miss it altogether or take it, and if they do, I can get it back when we disembark.

 

[anricat]

You won't lose it. (Even in PC they should hold it for you.) We did it in Europe and I don't remember the specific ins and outs. I just remember that we handed it over and they gave us a tag and then we picked it up upon disembarking.

 

[apathetic]

They should have a table set up during check in. Just notify them you have it while going through security and they will direct you to the right spot.

 

[Cruising Engineer]

We checked alcohol on the 10 day Southern cruise embarking in San Juan. If I remember correctly, they had a table (or two) set up between the point where you check in and where you start the loading process onto the ship.

 

[neutie88]

Thank you all! I think that relieves my fears of losing it altogether, and I feel better about handing it over rather than checking it (breakage).