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I wrote back asking them to tell me the exact section of maritime law, and pointed out the skeet shooting, but never received another reply.

gmckinl wrote:guns? yeah sure.

You can't have even the smallest of pocket knives. Not even the small Swiss Army knife is allowed. We went thru metal detectors coming onto the ship.

I wrote to Carnival about why they were not posted 30.06 in accordance with Texas law and they wrote back that they didn't have to comply with Texas law, they were governed by international maritime law which dictates that civilian vessels may not be armed.

On a funnier note pertaining to knives, my wife and I had been ashore in Cozumel doing some diving things, and of course the obligatory stop at Senor Frog's. As we returned to the ship we had to pass through the metal detector. I had a big silver bracelet on, a tin of Altoids in my bathing suit pocket, and a SOG Flash clipped on my pocket. We also had a pretty good buzz on.

My wife passed through the detector without a peep, but it went off big time for me. I went back and took off the bracelet and set it off again, so I went back and took the Altoids out of my pocket, and set the thing off for a third time, at which point the operators just waved me through since I was holding up the line, as my wife shouted, gleefully - "Honey, maybe it's your knife?"

I've still got the knife.

stevie_d_64 wrote:

couzin wrote:That is correct also - can't take booze onboard. However, you would be amazed at how big they make those Listerine bottles these days...

Thats how we did it in the Navy...Amazing the color similarity to Jack Daniels (Black Label)...

Always in moderation of course...

And Galliano and Strega both look a lot like the original listerene, so that's what was in my locker at GMA School in GLakes. You should have seen the look on my roomie's face one night when he snuck a slug of my "mouthwash" as he headed out for the evening.

Such subterfuge was rarely necessary aboard ship.