Those who have gone on a cruise even once will know that there is a long list of items which may seem harmless on land but are not allowed aboard a ship.
Examples of the latter across all major cruise ship lines include appliances such as irons and kettles as well as candles, sparklers and anything with an open flame.
Recreational vehicles such as motorcycles and ATVs are not allowed in any form while electric scooters can be approved in advance if needed for mobility purposes but need to fit within certain size dimensions and not be used outside of designated areas.
“If you are going to bring them aboard, they must be folded”: Carnival on foldable wagons
This week, Carnival Cruise Line put out a social media post in which cruise director and brand ambassador John Heald to offer more guidance and specificity on collapsible wagons, which in the last five years seen a surge in popularity among campers and other travelers for transporting larger quantities of relatively light items.
“You know these things that you can pull,” Heald explained to his nearly 700,000 followers. “A lot of people were asking me about the wording and whether they could be used or not. So, I just wanted to clarify that if you are going to bring them on board they must be folded. You have to carry them.”
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The Carnival website has also been updated to state that any foldable wagons can be brought aboard but “must be collapsed during embarkation and debarkation and may not be used on board (where allowed, wagons may be used in ports other than Carnival’s private destinations).”
The wagons are also not allowed in any private ports used by Carnival, including RelaxAway, Half Moon Cary and Celebration Key. This means that the only reason one would bring one would be to transport one’s items to the ship before boarding and after disembarkation, or for use in ports that allow it,
For the rest of the time, they must remain folded and stowed away in the stateroom.
You should not bring these things aboard a cruise ship
Other major cruise lines, such as Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, do not currently mention these types of wagons in their lists of banned items, but will still generally prevent passengers from using them in the ship’s hallways and elevators due to the narrowness of the spaces and tripping risk. The wheels also cause damage to the deck of the ship.
Cruise lines will typically also have similar restrictions for sporting equipment, alcohol not purchased through the ship, and various other household appliances and larger electronics such as boomboxes and personal televisions.
“If you are getting off the ship and you want to [use a wagon to] take something with you into port you cannot,” Heald explained the policy further. “You have to carry the wagon, so I guess if you look at it like that, it is not really worth you going through all the hassle of bringing them.”
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