Have you ever had anything confiscated? (Fess Up!)

[Diva of Dragons]

LOL Dave!!!!! After our 1st cruise, I wished they warned about the photos too!!! I almost got tackled by a customs guy when I took a pic in the luggage pick up. He didn't take anything from me though. My thought is, if they don't want tourists to take pics of something, don't make it interesting to look at!! When we disembarked from our 3rd cruise in Nov., I believe they had signs posted that said no pictures.

 

[Nick The Cat]

Originally posted by grandmalinda
I know all about those dogs! I was returning from South Africa and at the Chicago airport, was picking up my luggage to fly to Calif. A specialty in So. Africa is Biltong (beef jerky). There are Biltong stores everywhere. I thought a nifty souvenir would be to bring back ostrich and kudu (antelope). I had it stuffed alll throughout my luggage. Definitely not allowed. As I was walking along with my bags, this little beagle with a green jacket came over and went crazy over my bags. I knew I was in trouble! The officer asked was if I had any fruit. FRUIT?????, I exclaimed. I looked so guilty. No, no FRUIT!. Whew. No inspection.

May I just say that meat is confiscated for good reason and fruit. Talk to any farmer in the UK that was affected by foot and mouth disease last summer and you would know that it is a serious matter. Farms around us still have little or no livestock and I know of at least one farmer whose wife ran a childrens nursery on the farm who has lost his entire dairy herd and had to close down the nursery because of foot and mouth restrictions.
Please do not bring meat or fruit back into the US we don't bring any in with us when we visit.

 

[Sea Breez]

this will be my 1st DCL cruise ~ with that being said where is it that I can not take pictures? Naturally I will want to take pic of everything especially the terminal. I am assuming that is not what you are speaking of since I have seen other people's pics of the model ship, etc.

I did get in trouble on a RCL cruise for taking a pic inside the terminal (6 days post 9/11) I had no clue I was doing anything worthy of getting attacked by a security guy ~ only kidding but he wasn't pleased with me to say the least.

Back to my original question ~ sorry for the rambling and especially the mention of RCL (chuckle). Where is it that I can not take pictures?

 

[Valerie3kids]

You can not take pictures in the customs and luggage pick up area when you are disembarking. This is not the same area as the boarding lobby where the miniature ship is etc. We were there in June and I did notice there is sign that now says No Picture Taking in this area. Hope this helps.
Valerie

 

[RUDisney]

I got stopped in JFK after an international flight because of a food-sniffing dog in baggage pickup. It could smell the remains of food on the kids' toys. Of course, there was no food in the bag, just what sticky fingers had left. These dogs are very good at their job.

 

[grandmalinda]

Hi, Christine. Yes, I thoroughly agree there are reasons for not bringing in certain plants and food into another country or state. My beef jerky experience was several years ago before the tragic beef experience came to light in your country. Even in San Diego petting zoos, there were signs posted which asked you not to enter if you had traveled out of the country. Since we live in California (my dad was a rancher of lemons, oranges and avocados), we have seen our limit of nasty pests attack our agriculture. Even though my beef jerky was cooked and wrapped, it was still wrong to take it. And illegal.

 

[Nick The Cat]

Hi
I wasn't meaning to get at you just to warn people. We had become very complacent here in the UK before last year and I think it woke most people up to the fact that nasty things can happen when you import from other countries without restrictions.