Originally Posted By crazyformickey Last year when I was at Epcot I was in the wine shop and thought what a great gift for my dad and step mother. I didn't because I was concerned about bringing the wine on the airplane. Does anyone know if this would really be a problem? If I let them know ahead of time will they let me bring it on the plane? I don't want to check it for fear the bottles will be broken.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN You are able to bring wine bottles onboard in your carry on luggage with not problems. Just make sure they are properly wrapped to avoid breakage. Also, if you put them in overhead bins.. make sure the cork is still sealed and intact (meaning unopened) as the preassurization inside the aircraft's cabin may cause wine to spill thru the cork, and drip on top of passengers from overhead bins. One Federal Air Regulation to keep in mind... Consuming your own alcohol onboard is *PROHIBITED*. Only alcohol provided from crew may be consumed onboard inflight, as flight attendants are required to monitor alcohol consumption. If you open any alcohol beverage onboard that you brought with you and are caught by the crew, you will have to surrender your bottle or alcoholic beverage until the aircraft has parked at the gate, and you may be subjected to fines as provided by the FAA (Federal Air Administration). Flight Attendants are require to keep opened alcoholic containers in secured areas of the galley in order to avoid passengers from getting intoxicated and unable to perform if an emergency does come up later in the flight. I know this doesn't apply to you per se, but just wanted to pass that along as FYI for the benefit of everyone.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom During my last trip to WDW this past January, I took home several bottles of Disney Champagne as well as some Vodka from the Norway pavallion in EPCOT. I only did carry on. So the bottles were in carry on. I kept my luggage with me on the Magical Express bus and not down with all the other luggage. No problems at security or on the plane. I have been told that there are some alcohol that because of the alcohol content is NOT allowed on commercial jetliners. Barcadi 151 comes to mind.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN This is where one of my safety questions come into play in regards to the TSA's effectiveness about security at airports... In Japan, any bottles passengers may bring on the aircraft are scanned by a separate small machine that looks for liquid explosive materials or hazardous liquid elements, such as fuel. Yet in the USA, this technology is not available and anyone can pass any dangerous liquids onto an aircraft. Or so it seems. Some security we have in the USA!!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Oh, don't let that worry you much. The problem is not with security really, but cutback in airplane maintence due to budget cuts and bankrupcy proceedings... not to mention, short crew provisions since it is so so so so so so so so so so so so so expensive to operate planes with minimun crew plus 1 extra flight attendant. Happy flying.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> anyone can pass any dangerous liquids onto an aircraft. << Thanks for the travel tip!
