Q
What items are prohibited onboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship?
A
- Illegal Drugs & Substances: All illegal drugs and illegal substances are strictly prohibited as well as narcotics paraphernalia.
- Firearms and weapons - All firearms and weapons, parts, ammunition, explosives and incendiary devices are strictly prohibited. Law enforcement officers and contracted security personnel while on duty and while in their area of jurisdiction may carry authorized weapons in the terminal and on the ship. Firearms and weapons include, but are not limited to:
- Rifles,
- Shotguns
- Pistols
- Revolvers
- All their components
- Guns, replicas and ammunition - All guns, replicas and ammunition include, but are not limited to:
- Guns, operational or replicas
- Ammunition of all types
- BB Guns
- Compressed air guns, including paint ball guns
- Flare guns
- Gun lighters
- Gun / firearms parts
- Pellet guns
- Spear guns
- Starter pistols
- Realistic replicas of firearms
- All their components.
- Explosives - All explosives include, but are not limited to:
- Blasting Caps
- Dynamite
- Fireworks
- Hand Grenades
- Plastic Explosives
- Bomb Making Components
- Replicas of Explosives
- Gun Powder
- Flammable Items - All items with open flames or heating elements are strictly prohibited, with the exception of hair curling irons and hair dryers which are permitted onboard. Flammable Items include, but are not limited to:
- Candles
- Clothing Irons
- Travel Steamer
- Hot Plates
- Incense & Burners
- Tea Cup Immersion Heaters
- Aerosols, except for personal care toiletries which are permitted
- Fuels, including cooking fuels and any flammable liquids
- Gasoline
- Gas Torches
- Lighter Fluid
- Flares
- Flammable Paints
- Turpentine & Paint Thinner
- Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries
- Hookahs & Water Hookah Pipes
- Car batteries
- Hoverboards
- Extension Cords and Multi-Plug Outlets/ Power Strips
- Knives and sharp objects - All knives with a blade length of four (4) inches or greater are prohibited. Knives that are concealed or disguised as other commonplace objects such as belt buckles, walking canes, pens, credit card holders, etc. are also prohibited. Flick knives (also known as an automatic knife, push-button knife, ejector knife, or switch blade) or any other type of knife with a folding or sliding blade that is opened automatically by activating a button, lever, or switch on the handle. Knives that incorporate locking blades are also not allowed onboard. Other sharp objects, such as scissors with a blade length of four (4) inches or greater which could reasonably be used as a weapon, are also not allowed. Sharp Objects include, but are not limited to:
- Box Cutters
- Ice Picks / Ice Axes
- Meat Cleavers
- Razor-type blades, such as box cutters utility knives and razor blades not in cartridge (Note: shaving safety razors are allowed.)
- Sabers
- Swords and Fencing Foils
- Scissors with blade length four (4) inches or greater
- Exceptions:
- Recreational diving knives exception: Recreational diving knives are permitted onboard regardless of blade length but must be held in the safe custody of the Chief Security Officer.
- Dive knives may be checked in and out by the owner for dive excursions during the cruise.
- Alaskan Ulu knives exception: Alaskan Ulu knives which have been purchased legally during ports of call are permitted onboard. However, guests should be advised that the items must be stored in their stateroom and are not to be used, displayed, or carried in the public areas at all. Violations of this policy will result in confiscation of the item and may be a Guest Conduct Policy violation.
- Personal grooming items exception: Personal grooming items such as metal nail files, cuticle tools, scissors for trimming facial hair, manicure sets and other similar small personal grooming implements, are permitted onboard.
- Tools - Tools include, but are not limited to:
- Axes & Hatchets
- Cattle Prods
- Hammers
- Drills and Drill Bits
- Saws
- Other Tools (such as wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers) greater than seven (7) inches in length
- Martial arts and self-defense items - Martial Arts & self-defense items include, but are not limited to:
- Billy Clubs
- Black Jacks
- Brass Knuckles
- Kubatons
- Mace / Pepper Spray
- Martial Arts Weapons
- Night Sticks
- Nunchakus
- Stun Guns / Shocking Devices
- Throwing Stars
- Handcuffs
- Bows & Arrows
- Sporting goods - Sporting goods and equipment are permitted onboard. However, guests should be advised that the items must be stored in their stateroom and are not to be used, displayed or carried in the public areas at all. Violations of this policy will result in confiscation of the item and may be a Guest Conduct Policy violation. Sporting goods include, but are not limited to: Baseball and cricket bats, Hockey sticks, Skateboards, Surf boards, Golf clubs, Bicycles
- Disabling chemicals and other dangerous items - The following items or those similar are not permitted onboard:
- Chlorine
- Bleach
- Spray Paint
- Tear Gas
- Transformers
- Electrical Extension Cords
- Spillable Batteries (Note: Wheelchair batteries are permitted)
- Small Compressed Gas Cartridges
- Fire Extinguishers
- Other Compressed Gas Cylinders (Note: Dive tanks are permitted if they are empty; Medical gas bottles are also permitted)
- HAM Radios.
- Alcohol - Guests of drinking age wishing to bring wine and champagne onboard may do so only on boarding day, limited to one (1) 750 ml bottle per guest. A corkage fee may apply. Guests are not permitted to bring onboard any other alcoholic beverages on turn-around day or in any of the ports of call. Any other alcoholic beverages in their original sealed containers will be collected, a receipt issued, and returned on the final day of the sailing. Opened bottles or containers, concealed, or other forms of smuggled alcohol will be collected and will be destroyed.
- Food - The Public Health policies do not allow any potentially hazardous foods (PHFs) or cooked food from restaurants or private homes, raw foods, etc. to be brought onboard. Only packaged dry snacks (e.g., chips, nuts, candy, etc.) are allowed to be brought onboard.
