we got some weird looks boarding our may 14th cruise to alaska because we were carrying a huge bottle of champagne, a jeroboam! i know many were thinking that there's enough on board, why bring more. we had gone to the tiburon wine and art festival the day before boarding in san francisco and won that bottle of champagne and two magnums of wine in the silent auction. it wasn't until we went to pay that we found out they don't ship so we schlepped those huge bottles to alaska on the mariner, then to vancouver and home to florida on our aa flight. so people, appearances can be deceiving! if it looks like someone thinks there might not be enough champane on board and they're boarding with a ridiculous amount, it just might be someone in our situation who didn't pay attention to details. it seems like there's a lesson to be learned by us, not the first time we get into a pickle by not paying attention to details, our cingular cell phone bill after the cruise is a shining example!