<p>Broward authorities said the package floating alongside a cruise ship Monday morning at Port Everglades was not an explosive device.</p><p>The initial discovery raised fears among thousands of cruise ship tourists aboard the Enchantment of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.</p><p>The all-clear message came across the Enchantment of the Sea's public address system about 10:30 a.m. </p><p>''They did a pretty good job of keeping things under control,'' said passenger Dan Desharnais of Weston. ``They gave us fairly regular updates. [The Broward Sheriff's Office] was taking it real seriously.''</p><p>The scare came at the end of the ship's four-day trip through the Caribbean, with stops in Cancun and Key West.</p><p>As the boat returned to Port Everglades Monday morning, authorities received a call about a one-foot-by-six-inch plastic package at 9:06 a.m. BSO deputies were sent to the seaport, which stretches across Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale.</p><p>According to port spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy, the package was found floating near the large ship, which had docked at Terminal 25 about 6 a.m. Passengers began to disembark around 8 a.m., but the process was halted when the package was found.</p><p>A bomb squad later deemed it safe. BSO officials said the package contained either rope or shrimp.</p><p>''Someone said it looked like a taped-up box, like a present,'' Kennedy said.</p>