I'm not going to waste your time with pointless info about my hotels, where i flew in from and info about how to get from the airport to the port etc. Below are facts for the cruise itself.

Embakation We Embarked at 1pm. Took 30 mins to get on the ship, no worries, no hassles.

Liquor Before boarding we poured liquor into soda bottles and placed it in checked baggage. It was delivered, inside our bags to our room at approx 3pm. In fact, for those looking to smuggle liquor it really is a breeze. By the third port i'd dispensed with the soda containers and was putting a six-pack of bottled beer into my back pack each day before re-boarding the ship. Some days they went right through undetected. On other days, a more observant x-ray operator saw them and told me to check them at the liquor station. As soon as he looked back at his x-ray machine I walked right by the liquor collection point and up the stairs with my beer. With beers on the ship costing $6 it saved us a fortune. Read more