A New Thing You CANNOT Bring on Your Cruise

[@LaLidoLoca]

Man Jenny and I really need to redo do this one, SO CHEESY, but there is some still good info. It an oldie but goodie check it out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5izpmSXfK-Vj9k QUESTION - What is something you always pack but never or rarely use on your cruises?

[@veronicanolastname2467]

First aid kit including Bonine, Dental repair kit, ginger chews, bandaids, and travel sizes of common over-the-counter medications

[@candytucker5010]

Swimsuit

[@KnowShipSherlock]

A customs declaration of bringing off $10,000 or more of cash form... Someday the casino may mess up and give me a jackpot...

[@susana7968]

@@veronicanolastname2467 but if you don't pack it, you'll need it!

[@susana7968]

I bought a cute sun hat at a street festival once, even though I'm not a hat person. I could see myself wearing it with a sundress on a cruise, or by the pool. So I've brought it on most of my cruises since then, where it hangs on a hook on a wall the whole time. (I do use the hooks I bring, at least! 😁). I finally stopped bringing it the last couple of cruises. 😁

[@bernicetodd9717]

Not confiscated but my husband had a complete tool set with him when we arrived for our cruise having just help someone move. He realized he couldn't take it on board and asked an employee in the terminal what his options were. She told him she'd take it and would be there when we disembarked. He wasn't sure he'd ever see them again, but there she was waiting in the terminal to hand over his tool set.

[@mikehenderson2039]

Tony, My wife and I are both frequent cruisers as well as subscribers and always look forward to your daily rant about various cruise (and cruisers!) topics! Your wit and sense of humor are a welcome break from the hectic day’s events! Keep up the great job and take care of that beautiful Jenny!

[@ChuckLMI]

Carnival's preferred policy to place used room service plates on a tray in the hallway is not a good decision on their part. Passengers with mobility issues using wheelchairs, scooters or power chairs will not be able to move through the hallways unhindered by items blocking the hallways. In addition, in the event of an emergency, hallways being blocked present a hazard to all cruise passengers.

[@charyperez6159]

When we went on our cruise to Bermuda, we brought walkie talkies and noticed that we could sometimes hear the cruise staff talking on them during their work shifts. They were discussing items needed in rooms or transporting food from one place to another. Perhaps the ban on the walkie talkies is to keep the airways free as the crew use them to communicate with one another.

[@starstables1]

About 10 yrs ago, we were disembarking and had to walk by the table of shame with confiscated items. There were the usual irons and portable heaters as well as 3 full sized crock pots!!

[@JanetsJourneys]

I was bored one day and read what Princess won't allow you to bring. Unfortunately, according to them, I will need to leave BOTH my catapult and kayak at home.😂

[@susana7968]

Well, there go my plans for a kayak/catapult excursion!😂

[@pileofstuff]

You know those were added to the list after someone tried to bring them on.

[@huskidawgs]

You mean I can't bring my crossbow???

[@romeoslover817]

Plus, the kayak would take up too much room in your suitcase.

[@susana7968]

@@romeoslover817 🤣🤣🤣

[@staceypugh2817]

Glad you're bringing back the punishments; they were sorely missed...

[@pbraun2102]

As an amateur radio operator, I’ve wanted to bring a handheld radio and antenna so I could sit on my balcony and work one of the amateur satellites or the International Space Station as they fly over. It’s always been prohibited. But then I’d just get irritated as heck when I’d see families roaming around with cheap FRS radios and wonder why they could have radios and I couldn’t.

[@kevinrafuse2565]

2 years in & still enjoying your show big guy..

[@TinaLee2042]

We used walkies when our girls were younger. My husband called it the electric leash. Yes, you can go hang with your new friends, but you’d better let us know where you’re going… and if you don’t answer when dad calls then you get to stay right with us from then on. Worked like a charm and we’re still friends with the parents of some of the kids they befriended :) (of course this was pre messaging apps)

[@ve2vfd]

Another possible reason for some cruise lines banning walkie-talkies, is that the frequencies used by the FRS radios bought in the United States, may not be legal to use in some of the countries the cruise ship is visiting. In some cases, they may even interfere with local public safety, radio frequencies.

[@_SR375_]

bingo!

[@robinbrook5624]

30+ years of cruising has never been an issue!

[@cpufrost]

FRS radios aren't the issue it's the higher powered GMRS and particularly the Chinese (eg. BAOFENG) radios that will cause trouble particularly in the hands of those unqualified to operate them correctly!

[@DavidWood2]

@@robinbrook5624 Just because a radio works does not make the operation legal. I can buy radios from Amazon that I can readily fire up on frequencies that I am not licenced to use - or use them on amateur frequencies and use someone else's legitimate callsign if I didn't have one of my own (I have a UK Amateur licence), but such operation would be illegal and might be disrupting the legitimate users of the frequency. The safe thing is to stick to using your mobile phone, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth equipment. Such equipment carries what is essentially worldwide approval, though cellular service is, of course, subject to you being a customer of the network you want to use or your home network having a roaming agreement with the network you want to use.

[@robinbrook5624]

@@DavidWood2 - We are talking walkie talkies not hamm or even CB! Walkie talkies are only good for very short distances compared to real radios

[@carmengonzalez4446]

Hi Tony! I’m so glad they banned walkie-talkies! They are so noisy and annoying. Hopefully soon the other cruise lines will do so as well.

[@troy1193]

Game consoles and streaming sticks can be brought and used on the ships. You just also need to pack a universal remote, so you can change the input on the TV. On Carnival, you actually have to unplug the ethernet cable before the TV allows you to change inputs. On Celebrity, changing inputs worked without doing this. It probably has more to do with the TV brand than the cruise line, though.

[@jeanmorgan2825]

Thank You NCL. I love this. I don't enjoy my peace being shattered by screaming "Can You Hear Me" into a walkie talkie. Put your device where the sun doesn't shine before I do.

[@trishkeller920]

You say the preferred method for leaving room service on carnival is to leave it in the hallway. And that’s cool. We were just on Royal Caribbean, and I’ve seen all the controversy about this. I asked our cabin attendant and he said please leave it in your room. I prefer that as a safety measure. And they have a separate station in the hallway to take care of those.

[@NancyD2]

Princess has a messaging service thru their medallion system. No extra cost. We only use our walkies to park the RV.

[@janetroberts4359]

To touch up wrinkles in your clothes without an iron-Downy wrinkle release spray helps A LOT. Also cuffs, collars, pant creases, etc can be touched up with a flat iron for the hair.

[@reginacruz2900]

Didn’t work for me.

[@lindamorris7332]

I have a steamer that I take with me. It hasn’t been confiscated yet…

[@alexflanagan25]

Steamers do get confiscated...

[@planner722]

My 10 year old son had his wooden pirate dagger confiscated (but was returned at the end of the cruise- fully encapsulated in bubble wrap and a sealed bag). That blade was a dull as a bat! We bought in one of the ports.

[@planner722]

This was NCL, BTW.

[@davidabrule1819]

That’s crazy to want to bring your Rhoomba. It’s your vacation. Interesting vlog Tony.

[@lisahalamka9717]

I like that the "punishments" are back!

[@huskidawgs]

I use a rollator and made a shelf to put on the seat when I go to the buffet. Worked like a charm--dishes, cups, drinks all fit with room to spare.

[@rickthibodeau9172]

We just sailed on NCL Prima. They charged $10/person to have the ability to do the messaging system. In fact, they tried to charge my husband a second time. He went to guest relations and they took off the 2nd charge. Watch your invoices daily.

[@seaturtle3212]

Addressing being directed to leave the room service dishes left in the hallway… just off the Wonder of the Seas and we were directed to put our items out in the hallway! (YUCK!) We were so surprised!

[@kathibell562]

I like your shirt today. And I like watching you everyday. AND I like Jenny B a lot. Thanks.

[@lindam2733]

A Roomba? Seriously???? 🤦🏻‍♀️ I nearly spit out my coffee with the 23 and me comment! Hilarious!! 😂

[@jasonnicholes4051]

Our first cruise was on the Mardi Gras in June this year. Trays outside your door is preferred. Shoving your mess in front of others doors is rude. Day two of seven someone had started a science project by soaking ice cream into the carpet outside our door. Every day after trays of food spilled over in the same spot. People are gross and inconsiderate.

[@dominicm2175]

I’m sure specific ‘walkie talkie’ frequencies may interfere with ship facilities. We always used to bring them with us on RC but now all the ships have cell service so the walkie talkies are no longer needed…..not to mention that RC sells ( or certainly used to) them in the gift shop

[@sudan01cs]

If you order room service order coffee so they’ll bring a coffee carafe. Set it aside when you put the dirty dishes in the hall. Then you can go fill it at the buffet . There’s always a way !

[@ShipToShoreCruiseNews]

If you have iPhones, then you can still text each other once hooked up to the ship wifi when sailing on NCL! You don't need the internet package either. You can still message people who are on your contact list, including people onshore! I was told this by the Internet person on an NCL ship, and I've tested it successfully on NCL Ships. It works great, as long as you are connected to the ship wifi. I have not tested this on any other cruise line.

[@johnh2601]

I bring my drone on most of my Carnival cruises. As soon as I get on board I turn the drone over to security (air tag attached), they give it to me when I get off the ship and then I turn it back in after each day in port. When I disembark I get it as I am leaving the ship. Super easy.

[@billwareagle7047]

Hey Tony, HAL’s Dive In has nice smaller trays, order a meal there and use the tray for the remainder of your cruise. 😎😎

[@williamoday573]

My wife used to bring workout weights on our cruises. On one cruise her suitcase didn't arrive at our stateroom when mine arrived, so we called and discovered that her suitcase had been taken to the "naughty" room on Deck 2. When we visited that room, which was wall to wall with suitcases and had a long queue to enter, we learned that it was those weights that had concerned ship's security. My wife opened her suitcase so they could inspect more closely (they don't open bags until the owner arrives - things are discovered via x-ray inspection as the bags are loaded onto the ship) and they got a closeup look at those hand weights. Well, after a bit of a chuckle, and a promise from my wife that she wouldnt' hit me with them, she was allowed to take her suitcase AND hand weights to our stateroom. On another occasion I was prevented from bringing CO2 cartridges for my auto-inflating snorkel vest onto a ship. Although it wasn't included on their prohibited items list I was told it was captain's prerogative to prohibit additional items in their discretion. So you never know what's going to catch their eye. Even something that is seemingly innocuous, and not on their list, may not make it on board.

[@briantupper2860]

Tony, the Quest is back. My wife and I played on our last cruise in February. We were told that it is now left up to the cruise director on whether they feel comfortable in doing the game our not.

[@patrickcole1962]

No walkie talkie. No speakers. No kids in hot tubs. Should be mandatory

[@maryannfox1774]

yes they confiscated my heating pad, as I had hurt my knee before we left and i had to use a walker, but i was in pain. I figured they would say no but my know it all husband said Oh it will be fine. NOT then i forgot to pick it up after debarkation! he had to buy me a new one!!

[@carminealiffi9738]

I Still can't bring myself to cruise on one of the new mega ships I stayed away after cruising started opening up after the covid bs but now out of NYC as the smaller ships are all but gone I just find the new ships intimidating. Maybe one day I will give it a try

[@matthewferrick3288]

I belong to a few NCL groups and can't believe the number of ppl that want to bring walkies on board. And not for children either but for adults. Ships are big but they aren't that big. What ever happened to let's meet at the pool at 10 or the Atrium at 3? Maybe I'm old fashioned.

[@sdanson5668]

I bought a Coco themed play guitar for my grandson’s birthday at WDW prior to a Disney cruise. We had also just run at the WDW marathon weekend. All the (washed) running stuff went into one suitcase (along with the guitar) and went under the bed on the ship and was never opened. We had no need of any of the contents on the cruise. When we got home a week later the guitar was gone and had been replaced with a note saying that it had been removed from our luggage because it was a prohibited “musical instrument” and we could pick it up after the cruise. Good to know after we got home.

[@paulcalhoun6339]

I agree with the comments on US FCC approve W-talkies frequencies interfering with the local country channels frequency allocations. A perfect example is US approved baby monitors….the frequency approved for use here in the US is the same frequency use by ambulances Japan. This comes from personal experience….

[@mrcoffee70]

Since the ships produce their own fresh water, I'm sure the trays 6 not removed for conservation. They likely did it to reduce wasted food from 5 plates being gotten at a tume.

[@DavidWood2]

Ships can produce fresh water, though they use energy to do so. Washing up uses detergent and produces grey water, which requires energy to treat before the water is discharged to the sea and the residual component is stored on board for shore disposal. Saving water is worthwhile on a ship.

[@RetiredSignDude]

And they'd need to process 10000 trays a meal; Collect. Wash. Put out for reuse. The wait staff is ls ready busy enough!

[@CandiPinki]

Yes! In Singapore, they took my non-surge protected cord with extra plugs that I took on 10 previous cruises with no problem! That was so frustrating!!!

[@vickik9104]

A roomba? Really? Who and why would you want to bring one with your?! LOL Thanks Tony!

[@heideleskun1163]

Get free continental breakfast to your room, coffee, Danish etc. Keep the tray I've done that. We drink our coffee black so we get coffee, OJ and Danish. We keep the tray put the carafe outside the door and everything else we take to lido and put it in the area where they have dirty dishes. Just like you take a wine glass from your room if you bring wine to dinner. Leave the glass, it gets put back.

[@gregparkes633]

Tony, I either travel solo or with a small group of friends. We have our own way of keeping in touch. No need for walky talkies!

[@emitbow]

Thank you for the tray tip. It is a good idea and i get some for my upcoming trip. I think Walkie Talkie is a must item. We are traveling with kids and for us to communicate with them, we need a walkie talkie

[@dena-mo118]

Boarding a Norwegian ship in early August. In our cruise docs clicked on the "Prohibited Items' list. Walkie-talkies have been added. Wow! That is a fast update.

[@gregparkes633]

Tony, I remember that you said your goal was 18 million subscribers. A journey begins with one step!!

[@davidh0809]

Tony, the biggest reason that Carnival got rid of trays in the buffet is that so many people were loading them up and attempting to take them to the Lido or their rooms! Too much lost dining ware! If you order room service, they know what is sent, but if 200 plates disappear from the buffets supply daily, they will run out. The various eateries do not share utensils and it caused problems.

[@terriellis3697]

It also reduces how much food you eat. It's a known thing. I work at a university and they got rid of the trays in the dining halls for just this reason- to reduce food waste.

[@susancook1448]

Wouldn’t it just be easier to post a rule and a crew member asking th not to take the dishes or tray outside the buffet??

[@jdjeep98]

I was surprised to hear you say that Carnival prefers that you leave your room service dishes in the hallway. I always thought that was wrong. I think most people leave the trays in the cabin and it always seemed tacky to see trays in the hall. Does that "preference" include all the lines owned by Carnival or just the Carnival ships?

[@ivanmorley3735]

I recall many years ago, when we used walkie talkies, that the ferries between the UK and europe would not permit their use on board. First of all, maritime law restrictions would allow only certain frequencies to be used at sea, which also required a licence. Also, there are different regulations in countries regaulating frequencies and licence requirements. The radios I used in the UK are illegal in the USA, and vice versa.

[@julieolson9832]

I was just starting to think about subscribing since I hadn’t heard a punishment for quite a while. And then you had to go and do it today. Oh well. Tata

[@mpoulin]

We had our baggage searched once because we brought a travel iron. However, this wasn't a normal iron, but it looks like one if (I'm assuming) it is seen by an Xray machine. There was no hot bottom metal plate on ours. It had an all plastic body, including the bottom, but it did produce steam. We were allowed to keep it, though I'm pretty sure we never ended up using it. This was quite a while ago. We pack lighter these days.

[@bruceslack6288]

Yes, our son had his wooden knife confiscated on the Liberty back in 2013. It was his souvenir from Belize. When we were able to get it back at the end of the cruise they had broke it.

[@Purvis-dw4qf]

I know on Carnival they have staff that will help you carry your food and or provide a tray if requested.

[@susancook1448]

Everyone should do that in protest!

[@darlenesims3027]

Lol. I haven't seen trays on carnival in forever. Hardly realized they didn't have them anymore. We rarely get room service. As long as there's one coff station going on the lido I'm good.

[@yalihil1003]

on-board chat apps are free to use on most lines (using the ship's WiFi without internet connection)

[@Melissanailzcliques]

We purchased wooden sword from the Bahamas...they took it and saved it for us to claim at the end of the cruise. ...my tip though is always take pics also

[@poodlebone]

My cousin & I were born one day apart and when we were little we'd tell people we were going get married when we grow up. Idiot adults told us first cousins can't get married, it really pissed us off. When we were 5-6. my cousin was the ring bearer in a wedding 9non-family) and I saw a picture of him & the flower girl and thought they got married. It crushed me. Fortunately we grew out of the idea of getting married. My high school English teacher told us his parents were first cousins, and I knew a couple in my neighborhood growing up were first cousins.

[@brianbedoe8656]

Walkie Talkies were great back in the day to keep track of eveybody.... With the FREE Medialion App on Princess, we were able to track and text message everybody in our party without the radios. Problem solved! Let's hope the other cruise lines wise up too this nice feature.

[@mimi2one92]

Congratulations!

[@mc1031]

Bring the spray and hang and spray the anti wrinkle spray when you first unpack and it will take out the wrinkles

[@bobs4291]

My second wife’s parents were first cousins. So that meant her three daughters were also her cousins as well as being a cousin to her parents. Think about it. When her mother called on the phone I would often say “Your cousin is in the phone.” That really pissed her off. Oh, and it gets even weirder. Her parents, the first cousins? Their mothers were sisters. So mothers-in-law that we’re also their aunts. A family tree with no branches.

[@vidaudink3044]

Omg I laughed so hard at the punishment at the end!! 😂 That's so random!!

[@HummusLuver69]

Love the punishments you come up with!!!! This one had me dying!

[@gardenjunkie1]

Interesting on the room service trays. I've been on cruise lines that requested that you did not put them in the hall.

[@larry4111]

Yup. All my cruises have been on Royal and NCL and it's not allowed. They even have a card on the tray saying, "DO NOT put in hallway - leave for room steward or call this number..."

[@normajeanjohnson912]

My great grandparents were blood first cousins and married in the mid 1800s. One of their many children was an imbecile according to the census forms

[@nicolad8822]

Never been on a cruise, never will. I find these type of videos hilariously entertaining . Who puts themselves through this for ‘fun’? Seems like self flagellation.

[@roythousand13]

😂

[@benwilson9150]

Oh I have had power strips taken off me but fully expected and ready for it to happen, needed it for a further part of trip so had labelled with name and cabin number ready to go.

[@ronbrandich4196]

Great Show Tony as always!!

[@KathyL4444]

We were on the Oasis and we were not allowed to board with a non surge multi plug outlet with USB. It was confiscated at the port. It was strange because it was recommended by cruise vloggers and Amazon because it was supposedly cruise approved. Also we had brought on many cruises before.

[@MrBornfisher]

My wife brought a plastic trident for a theme night. They (HAL) said no. She was a bit miffed when she saw another passenger who had one for sea-creature night!

[@stephenjordan8712]

Have a great weekend! 🎉

[@CognosGoddess]

I agree that walkie talkies are annoying on ship. My husband and I both use mobility scooters, and we bring walkie talkies onboard. We never use them on ship, but we rely on walkie talkies when we are in port. Its often impossible to ride side by side on sidewalks and riding one behind the other, its impossible for us to hear each other over the city noise. Hopefully they don't make us leave them behind.

[@TheCmn777]

Thank you Tony and Jenny!

[@donnaschuepbach3830]

No trays because of the environment! I dont believe it for a second. It's so we'll take fewer food items! Congrats on gettng more subscribers!

[@patricksterling7389]

Huh. Thats interesting. I just bought some walkie talkies on board the Holland America MS Oosterdam gift shop. Also interesting, i have considered bringing my own cafeteria tray but i already pack too muck junk so that idea is on hold for now.

[@Niallisababe1]

That tray thing is ridiculous. You'll have to make several trips back to your table

[@roythousand13]

Think of it as exercise! 🤣

[@jayndough68]

Awesome show today! Fun and informative 😊🛳️

[@ronaldjones996]

Years ago I had to go to Guest Services and was taken back into a room to explain a knife in my bag. Fortunately I am a dive master scuba diver and had a small dive knife in a sheath in my dive gear with a blunt tip. They did let me have my dive bag and knife for my scuba diving at that time!

[@soniauk4284]

MSC doesn't have trays either - great idea to pack one

[@deadmeat1240]

Plus the walkie talkies don't usually work all that well on a metal walled structure like a ship.😅

[@jackmortimer329]

RC cut out trays years ago. They also shrunk the "dinner platter" size plates down to a standard dinner plate size in the buffet.

[@larry4111]

No trays on NCL, either. I didn't even know any cruise line ever had them.

[@deborahwilliams7072]

My daughter and I went on an NCL cruise with a friend and her daughter. She brought an iron and she used it! That made it even tighter with 4 females in a 2 bunk cabin…lol

[@deborahwilliams7072]

Of course, that was 1996

[@johnwalterc]

Hand cuffs and a bike chain/lock. I had a couple of stuffed Octopus and in order not to loose them I bought 2 pair of cheap hand cuffs ($10 each) I cuffed each octopus and then attached the other end to the bike chain. I wore the bike chain like a belt with an octopus dangling from each hip. I was an adult leader of a girls group and to steal the mascot was a fun time to be had. I got my cuffs and chain lock back when we arrived back in Seattle.

[@edremmert1849]

Tony, 2 small frt wheelchair wheels, wrenches that fit bolts for these wheel. On a port stop in st. Maarten had a front wheel snap in a crack along the pier. Ever since then bring spares. They are obviously needed but its a fight with security to make them understand.

[@lindastover9541]

Great video ❤❤❤❤

[@mikemcdonaldart]

I did not have enough coffee in my system before watching that intro. I was not prepared for that.

[@kentmiles6186]

Some of the Red Frog Pubs have dart boards - either soft tips or hard tip boards - but they never seem to have darts. I was just on the Dream and had both in my luggage and they were confiscated. I did get them back at the end of the cruise.

[@DanaM2012]

I brought a Honeywell air filter which I used as a white noise machine to sleep, this was before they made a lot of those computerized ones. Holland America didn’t know what it was and took it from me for five days of the seven day cruise, finally returning it to me after investigating it on the internet. This was like 20 years ago

[@carolynlewis6232]

Yes at one time they had trays but I never knew why they stopped providing them. A couple cruises ago I ordered sandwiches from the deli, as soon as I picked up the 2 plates, one slid off onto the floor. Oh well.

[@captainbob1415]

Yes, I was shamefully summons to the room of "Confiscated luggage's", during a RCL cruise in 2015. I almost always bring my leatherman when I travel, but in this case, one of the security officer could've sworn it was a Samurai Sword. If it weren't for my quick thinking, and telling the gentleman it was a multi-purpose tool, highlighting all the great features and benefit's, it would've ended up in the pile of power strips and Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.

[@captainbob1415]

@@thomasallen6980 Tommy, the key word is travel. I'm sure you carry a box of suppositories on your travels, but hey, to each their own!

[@ninerjen1]

I agree that walkie talkies seem to ramp up the kids using them. Thanks for the where to put your rooms service dishes. I did not know that was preferred way😮. Omgosh rumba? I don’t even have room or weight allowance for needed things Ha ❤👍

[@rogerdixon7178]

I didn’t read the rules and packed my bottles of wine in checked luggage, I had the wrong type surge suppressor in checked luggage and it was returned at end of cruise, but last I had a small fan I had used on at least 3 prior cruises that was confiscated and not returned. I actual still pack that same type fan and have had no problem just that once!

[@dgaither3838]

😂😂😂 You just ticked off everyone in the Tuscaloosa area.

[@robertsnary472]

Some of the radios available on Amazon etc ( Baofengs) can be extended to operate in marine band and could cause interference to ship communications and SOLAS ( safety of life at sea). Also technically the spec of some of the cheap handheld radios is they cause interference outside of their normal operating frequencies

[@kathryngrant582]

hey tony, that is quite the SUNTAN! OF course you do live in Florida, and i am out west in VancouverBC. 🤣

[@colleenhowell9470]

an evening bag Jewels arranged in a way that looked to them like brass knuckles

[@k9tide]

Good show today, Tony. The iron and game console questions are never ending on a lot of the FB cruise pages.

[@douglasbray3563]

Good morning Tony, I missed the alert so I am a bit tardy watching today's show

[@LaLidoLoca]

Morning Doug, I'm building El Dorado!