Reports of passengers getting thrown off cruise for taking own alcohol

There do seem to be many tips from so called “booze smugglers” knocking around.

The main reasons for this I hear are people wanting to save some money on their drinks bill and others saying that they like their own drinks to keep in the cabin.

Different cruise lines have different policies about taking your own alcohol on board and some seem to be stricter than others.  P&O seem to let people take what they like for example (as long as it is not for use by others) and even sell bottles of spirits and mixers cheap on board for consumption in the cabin.

On the other hand Royal Caribbean seem to be very strict on this matter and I recently was reading on our cruises.co.uk forum site that some passengers on board the Independence of the Seas were asked to leave the ship after alcohol was found in their cases.

From what I had heard previously I gathered that people would normally get warning and their alcohol confiscated from them should they be caught, so I was quite surprised to hear about these people being asked to leave the cruise.

I may well look further into this matter myself as although this may be true, you can’t believe everything you read on forum posts.  If I hear any more information on the matter I will post back here.

I was wondering if anyone has any experiences of people being caught and what happened, please let me know if you do.