:-) I'm thinking my 18 count should work out good for December cruise. Just under 3 per day.
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I plan on 5 per day -- especially for sea days.

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:-) I just don't want to bring any back and have customs check my herf-a-dor :-)
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Take the bands off and put em in your wallet and when you get home put the bands back on. Never seen a TSA person yet who can tell an unbanded cuban from a ball point pen.
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I don't bring any back :-)
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Well, we just returned from our cruise down the Baja side of Mexico. Great weather, excellent ship and staff, and some wonderful cigars. One reason I enjoy cruises is because I have the time to light up bigger cigars, and then sit back and really appreciate them.

I smoked mostly larger Churchill cigars this trip, and even fired up a Lusi on my birthday. :-) I think the smallest cigar I smoked the entire trip was a robusto, which is a big change for me.

Sad news from Cabo though. Hemmingway's, one of two LCDH distributors there, has shut down. The building has a large for rent sign across it now.

Thank goodness we have another cruise booked for March. :-)
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I always take extras.
On one cruise, made friends with the comedian that was main event and we ended up having a blast in the cigar lounge at 2 a.m., smoking away so I shared a smoke with him.
On another, met an 85 yr. old Cuban enjoying cigars in his wheelchair. I shared some with him.
I have also run into Head Waiters, who love CC's and have traded CC's for bottles of wine. In fact, on one cruise, 4 CC's got me three bottles of wine, one per night for three nights.
So......always take more as you just never know if you will need them.

Bingo!
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Great advice here. Every cruise I take I always bring more than I know I will smoke as I usually meet people on there and will share with them. Have met some really amazing people on cruises and talk with them for hours and have learned quite a bit about them and their lives. Cigars are great for bartering as was said here,,,I took care of my cabin steward and he ended up letting us use his discount to buy things on the boat which added up to some very significant savings by up to 30%. He bought the items and we paid him back as he showed his the receipt and the savings.
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Ok you twisted my arm so now I'll take my 30 count :-)
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I Just Carry A Large 1.5 Gallon Zip Lock with 65 Boveda Pack Inside. Easy To Pack and RH Stays Perfect!:-)
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I didn't want to find out what was on the first three decks...might be a brig in there somewhere. :-)
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I don't know how it is on other cruises...but on the cruise we were on, you could smoke cigarettes in your room or on your balcony. You could not smoke cigars or pipes.
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I took 16 for a 7 day cruise. I took 8 "everydays" and 8 Premiums. However, a guy bought me a Davidoff in the lounge. then I bought six Fuente's in St. Thomas. Then I bought 6 JdN's in the duty free shop. I brought those six home, plus one of the ones from St. Thomas. I also brought 2 premiums and one everyday back. I decided it was better to have them and not need them than to want them and not have them.

Like others have said, I also gave two CC's away. One guy was in the lounge on the first night of the cruise and we got to talking about family troubles he was having. He was smoking a Padron '26 and stated that he had never smoked a CC. He said he'd catch me later...but we never got hooked up again in the lounge. I gave another away to a guy that hung out a lot in the lounge. He was sailing with his mom, dad and two aunts. He was a really good guy and very grateful. Have a great cruise!
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My wife bought a tupperware container that fit the churchills very well. I used that in connection with my 8 ct. otter box. It was so humid down there that the churchills in the tupperware didn't even need humidification. Wasn't there long enough to mold...and was plenty humid enough.
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Hey about the cigars on a cruise, how would anyone even know if you are smoking it if you do it in private?
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Well, if you are smoking on your balcony, I'm sure someone else will know since the balcony's are so close together and the smoke would drift toward the fantail as the ship goes forward. If you smoked in your room, I'm sure the stewards would know as soon as they go in your room and they are in there 1-2 times a day.
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But since cigars are banned and barely no one does it or get caught anyway, would they even know what a cigar smells like? :-) unless they actually see it right..? what proof could they have? unless they are some how cigar smokers who just "knows"..
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lol...I'm sure they know what a cigar smells like. They could always call down to the cigar lounge and bring in an "expert". :-)
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LOL.... ;/ all of that for a cigar, thats pretty crazy.. I always thought on something like a cruise the people in charge would have much better stuff to look out for like weapons,fighting,bandits, customer dispute,thef's and accidents.. You would think something as simple as smoking a cigar would slip through the cracks... but I guess you are right..
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:-)
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