Ever had anything confiscated?

[Stinkerbe11]

After seeing threads about bringing coffeemakers, blenders, irons etc... I'm just wondering if anyone has actually brought something that was confiscated before or during the cruise???

 

[Alsobrook]

My dignity and self respect were confiscated during a hypnotist's show, where I appeared on stage and performed Hannah Montana's Best of Both Worlds to the amazement of my wife, children, and in laws.

Other than that....no.

 

[mmouse37]

My dignity and self respect were confiscated during a hypnotist's show, where I appeared on stage and performed Hannah Montana's Best of Both Worlds to the amazement of my wife, children, and in laws.

Other than that....no.

Haaaahaaaa!!! I have read posts where a "Leatherman" tool was confiscated out of luggage and returned at the end of the cruise...also heard about a dive knife being confiscated....and I have heard of candles being removed from cabins.

LEATHERMAN TOOL WEBSITE

Here is a list of prohibited items from the DCL website:

Question
What items are not permitted on board?
Answer
In order to maintain a safe and secure environment for our Guests and crew, the following are examples of items that Guests are not allowed to bring on board. These and other similar items will be confiscated upon being found.

Weapons and firearms (including ammunition, knives—including dive knives—swords, daggers or any other types of weapons) are not allowed onboard under any circumstances
Realistic replicas of firearms and weapons
Highly flammable liquids and combustible substances
Non prescribed controlled substances, illegal drugs, medically prescribed and synthetic marijuana
Power Tools and Tool boxes (except those tools of the trade utilized by vendors providing services)
Sporting equipment (i.e., baseball and cricket bats, hockey and lacrosse sticks, pool cues, ski poles, fishing gear and archery equipment.)
SCUBA equipment (i.e., tanks, spears guns /slings, dive knives, pry bar, and underwater scooter)
Kites, balloons, surfboards, wave boards, inflatable floats/pools (including pool noodles), and wagons
Bicycles, Segways, skateboards, inline & roller skates, any footwear with wheels, (i.e. Heely's type shoes)
Electrical appliances such as rice cookers, hot plates, coffee makers, electric irons, bottle sterilizer and bottle warmers, etc. Please note: A limited number of approved bottle warmers and bottle sterilizers are available upon request through Guest Services. Also all ships offer laundry facilities with irons and ironing boards. Valet laundry service is also available for a nominal fee.
Candles & Incense
DVD, VCR, or Blu ray players or, Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo Wii gaming systems are not allowed because of compatibility issues with the stateroom TVs
Musical instruments
Large Ice Coolers (Please note: small, personal-sized coolers, no larger than 12" x 12" x 12" brought onboard for the purpose of housing medications are permitted as carry-on luggage.)
Homemade, pre-cooked or other perishable food items plus any open snack containers
Metal detectors are not allowed on the ship or on Castaway Cay, as any object found using thesedevices would need to be returned to the owner or donated to charity
Personal fireworks or pyrotechnics
Seasonal and celebratory lighting strings
Liquid oxygen
The following items are permitted but with the following restrictions:

Walkie-talkies and two-way radios (e.g., Motorola, JVC). Please be aware that the amount of steel in the ship's infrastructure may cause some "dead zones" and the radios may not transmit in these areas.
A small portable fan. However, please contact Guest Services to have the Chief Electrician approve the use of your particular appliance in the stateroom.
Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices (PFDs) and flotation sewn into the bathing suit for safety. However, recreational floating devices such as floats, rafts and fun noodles cannot be brought on board and are not permitted in the pools or on Castaway Cay.
Golf clubs, as long as they are stored in your stateroom.

MJ

 

[tinkerbellmom1]

My dignity and self respect were confiscated during a hypnotist's show, where I appeared on stage and performed Hannah Montana's Best of Both Worlds to the amazement of my wife, children, and in laws.

Other than that....no.

 

[jjgarv]

My dignity and self respect were confiscated during a hypnotist's show, where I appeared on stage and performed Hannah Montana's Best of Both Worlds to the amazement of my wife, children, and in laws.

Other than that....no.

 

[girl_barrie]

Haaaahaaaa!!! I have read posts where a "Leatherman" tool was confiscated out of luggage and returned at the end of the cruise...also heard about a dive knife being confiscated....and I have heard of candles being removed from cabins.

LEATHERMAN TOOL WEBSITE

Here is a list of prohibited items from the DCL website:

Question
What items are not permitted on board?
Answer
In order to maintain a safe and secure environment for our Guests and crew, the following are examples of items that Guests are not allowed to bring on board. These and other similar items will be confiscated upon being found.

Weapons and firearms (including ammunition, knives—including dive knives—swords, daggers or any other types of weapons) are not allowed onboard under any circumstances
Realistic replicas of firearms and weapons
Highly flammable liquids and combustible substances
Non prescribed controlled substances, illegal drugs, medically prescribed and synthetic marijuana
Power Tools and Tool boxes (except those tools of the trade utilized by vendors providing services)
Sporting equipment (i.e., baseball and cricket bats, hockey and lacrosse sticks, pool cues, ski poles, fishing gear and archery equipment.)
SCUBA equipment (i.e., tanks, spears guns /slings, dive knives, pry bar, and underwater scooter)
Kites, balloons, surfboards, wave boards, inflatable floats/pools (including pool noodles), and wagons
Bicycles, Segways, skateboards, inline & roller skates, any footwear with wheels, (i.e. Heely's type shoes)
Electrical appliances such as rice cookers, hot plates, coffee makers, electric irons, bottle sterilizer and bottle warmers, etc. Please note: A limited number of approved bottle warmers and bottle sterilizers are available upon request through Guest Services. Also all ships offer laundry facilities with irons and ironing boards. Valet laundry service is also available for a nominal fee.
Candles & Incense
DVD, VCR, or Blu ray players or, Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo Wii gaming systems are not allowed because of compatibility issues with the stateroom TVs
Musical instruments
Large Ice Coolers (Please note: small, personal-sized coolers, no larger than 12" x 12" x 12" brought onboard for the purpose of housing medications are permitted as carry-on luggage.)
Homemade, pre-cooked or other perishable food items plus any open snack containers
Metal detectors are not allowed on the ship or on Castaway Cay, as any object found using thesedevices would need to be returned to the owner or donated to charity
Personal fireworks or pyrotechnics
Seasonal and celebratory lighting strings
Liquid oxygen
The following items are permitted but with the following restrictions:

Walkie-talkies and two-way radios (e.g., Motorola, JVC). Please be aware that the amount of steel in the ship's infrastructure may cause some "dead zones" and the radios may not transmit in these areas.
A small portable fan. However, please contact Guest Services to have the Chief Electrician approve the use of your particular appliance in the stateroom.
Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices (PFDs) and flotation sewn into the bathing suit for safety. However, recreational floating devices such as floats, rafts and fun noodles cannot be brought on board and are not permitted in the pools or on Castaway Cay.
Golf clubs, as long as they are stored in your stateroom.

MJ

Oops!!! Apparently we violated a couple of these - unknowingly...
And we didn't end up using the portable DVD player, blow up beach ball, or candles (especially after the fire safety talk!) that we had brought (good thing we brought bathroom spray!)!!

 

[IFlossU]

They took my husband's Swiss Army knife out of our suitcase. What can I say, we were newbies. It honestly never even occurred to us, because we typically didn't use it as a weapon

My husband was ticked off, to put it nicely. We also didn't know that we could reclaim it at the end of the cruise. I don't know where that's posted, other than the Disboards, but we certainly weren't informed. I guess I should have asked, but we figured it was just gone. Lesson learned

 

[insureman]

Wow! No candles on a rolling , pitching ship? Who would have thought?

 

[atinkerbellmom]

Our friend had our SRH remove her portable iron. She brought it and placed it on the vanity to cool, when we went down to dinner. Our SRH left a "prohibited items" list in it's place. The SRH then came back to the room that night and told her it could not be returned until the end of the cruise. They did return it on the last night and had wrapped it so nice in a box.
I did not feel bad as my friend did know it was not allowed.
We also had a friend have a bottle warmer taken by her SRH. Both times, they were women SRH; so I do not know if that made a difference. I wonder if the men even know what the items were...

 

[SallySkelington]

My dignity and self respect were confiscated during a hypnotist's show, where I appeared on stage and performed Hannah Montana's Best of Both Worlds to the amazement of my wife, children, and in laws.

Other than that....no.

 

[girl_barrie]

Wow! No candles on a rolling , pitching ship? Who would have thought?

LOL!!! Yeah! Who'da thunk!!! Duh!

 

[AZPirate]

We didn't have anything confiscated but when we got off the ship at the end of the trip, there was a table set up after baggage claim covered in irons and the like that were waiting for their owners to pick them back up. There must have been at least 8 to 10 irons, both travel and full size. I hope the owners didn't get too upset at their SRH and still gave them a fair tip.

 

[Windermere]

Had a friend that needed an extra bag last minute and grabbed one of his military bags. Forgot to check all pockets and apparently had some kind of knife in one of the pockets. When he got his luggage and opened it there was a note inside that something had be taken and he could retrieve it at the end of the trip. He could not even think of what it might be.. We found out when we got back on land.

 

[sunkisser]

My friend wants to take a travel kettle to make coffee when she wakes up in the morning. Is this allowed?

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

My friend wants to take a travel kettle to make coffee when she wakes up in the morning. Is this allowed?

Absolutely not! Sorry but this would be taken away from her. Just think that this could be a fire hazard. She can have room service delivery set up for set times in the morning.

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

My friend wants to take a travel kettle to make coffee when she wakes up in the morning. Is this allowed?

Really????

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Here is a list of prohibited items from the DCL website:

In order to maintain a safe and secure environment for our Guests and crew, the following are examples of items that Guests are not allowed to bring on board. These and other similar items will be confiscated upon being found.

Electrical appliances such as rice cookers, hot plates, coffee makers, electric irons, bottle sterilizer and bottle warmers, etc. Please note:

MJ

Ex Techie

 

[sunkisser]

No mention of a kettle thoughA kettle doesn't stay hot like all the above mentioned items.

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

No mention of a kettle though

Order room service if you want hot water for tea/instant coffee, or order coffee.

(me think's she (or or friend could well burn the ship down given the chance...... )

Ex Techie

 

[gfolchick]

Pool noodles or personal float? Oops, I violated that one in 2009, I brought both and used them for 2 days at Castaway, no one said a word. I had no idea and was planning on packing the float again next month...

 

[sunkisser]

Order room service if you want hot water for tea/instant coffee, or order coffee.

(me think's she (or or friend could well burn the ship down given the chance...... )

Ex Techie

You could well be right I will tell her not to bring it. She prefers our awful instant UK coffee to decent American stuff