Naughty Room on RCCL Ships?

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

Royal Caribbean has a "naughty table" by the x-ray scanners for carry-on luggage. Hubby was hustled to the nuaghty table and told to open his carry-on. He had a pair of scissors in his bag, just like he has always brought on every cruise.

 

These scissors were confiscated and tagged. Hubby had to sign a form and after the cruise, he was able to retrieve the offending item after we picked up our baggage off the ship.

 

We still laugh about it. If he had wanted to attack anyone, he could just simply go to the Windjammer and get a knife or snitch one from the MDR anytime he pleased.

 

Can anyone honestly recall a cruise ship scissor attack that ever took place?

[KandMGIn]

Alright....great tip. Men...where baggy cargo shorts with the big pockets on the side. Place rum runners in pockets. Walk through metal detector. Proceed to ship. Drink.

[beer1234]

It's not stealing your booze, it's called confiscation of contraband. You know full well it's prohibited to bring alcohol on board. This equates to stealing profit from the ship! If you can't afford to buy your drinks STAY HOME. Like I said before I'd throw them off the ship!

[xpcdoojk]

It's not stealing your booze, it's called confiscation of contraband. You know full well it's prohibited to bring alcohol on board. This equates to stealing profit from the ship! If you can't afford to buy your drinks STAY HOME. Like I said before I'd throw them off the ship!

 

Stealing profit from the ship... does this apply to anyone who doesn't drink? Doesn't buy photos? Takes photos with their own camera of themselves on the ship? Doesn't use the spa? Doesn't use the casino? Doesn't eat at Johnny Rockets? Doesn't buy anything from the onboard shops? All of these activities and many more deprive the ship profit.

 

Throwing people from a ship would probably result in a murder charge, since falling 9 stories into the ocean or onto the pier will probably result in tragic consequences, seems a bit harsh to murder someone for possessing a legal item. :rolleyes:

 

I have zero problem with them holding my possessions for me until the end of the cruise, I have a real problem with them stealing my possessions.

 

I feel like I am argueing with an i..... That is usually a waste of time.:D

 

jc<---- is getting out there because of the Nation of Why Not. Why not bring my own.....

[alphakitty]

Dear CL&A-

 

I'm VERY curious about your statement above. Is it a big mystery (how this can be done) or am I just dense/naive?:confused:

 

Here is the link to the You Tube video.

 

[truffles2]

Freedom has a large naughty room and it was full on our cruise. Our luggage tags were "torn off" (funny, it takes superman to get them off when you want to get them off!) so we had to go there. At the end of the cruise, they had tables set up with all the confiscated merchandise and it looked like a flea market! (bottles, fans, scissors, :rolleyes:)

[dad son team]

The Mariner does have a Naughty Room. I was called down there. They do not inspect the cases, you do it yourselves. I pulled two bottle of beers and gave it to the guy. I left my large bottle of vodtka in my suitcase.

 

 

So you need to have a decoy bottle in your bag to hide the good stuff...hmm. I guess that would make sense if they just scan it and think there is alcohol in the bag. Open the bag, hand them the decoy bottle while keeping the other out of sight, and hand it to them with a "you caught me" laugh.

[beer1234]

You are missing the point.The activities you speak are your choice. You have already made a choice to drink when you attempt to smuggle booze on the ship. The profit you steal at some point gets added to MY BILL therefor you are stealing from ME. If you can't understand this then you are an i..... Anyone who who tries to bring alcohol on board is a thief PERIOD.

OK you can't be thrown off the ship immediately but you should be put off at the first port with no refund of any sort.

[beardedladies]

Interestingly, RCCL sister company Celebrity allows you to take two bottles on wine onboard with you....:eek:

I wouldn't mind paying more if you could buy a couple of bottles onboard and have them in your suite aswell, its nice to offer a drink to a friend... mark

[mklions]

This smuggeling of booze could all be avoided if the ship charged sensible prices for drinks and I am sure would sell more of it if the price was more reasonable as well. $5+ for a beer plus 15% tip is a rip off period. Last year on Ocean Village a pint of draft stella was £2.20 with no tips added.

[KandMGIn]

You are missing the point.The activities you speak are your choice. You have already made a choice to drink when you attempt to smuggle booze on the ship. The profit you steal at some point gets added to MY BILL therefor you are stealing from ME. If you can't understand this then you are an i..... Anyone who who tries to bring alcohol on board is a thief PERIOD.

OK you can't be thrown off the ship immediately but you should be put off at the first port with no refund of any sort.

 

I do know I am going to steal portriats when I get gussied up for formal night, stand infront of the stairs and ask a complete stranger to take my picture. I know I am going to steal a massage and a polish when DH uses lotion I brought to rub me down and when I change my polish in my bathroom. This is cutting into the ships profit just as much as a recovering alcohol does when they come on board.

 

Come on you alcoholics...drink already! I don't want to pay more because you are causing RCI to lose money...and don't even get me started on the recovering gamblers...:mad:. My bringing a rum runner on the ship is the same as my choosing not to drink alcohol on the ship.

 

If I couldn't bring my own and get it through security, then I just would not drink rather that pay those prices. I would get liquored up at the ports and drink the free stuff at the tastings, crown and anchor and such events. So still...NO PROFIT.

 

Anywho....please do not insult yourself by saying "i..." in your posts. It says nothing about the person you are responding to and everything about yourself.

[xpcdoojk]

You are missing the point.The activities you speak are your choice. You have already made a choice to drink when you attempt to smuggle booze on the ship. The profit you steal at some point gets added to MY BILL therefor you are stealing from ME. If you can't understand this then you are an i..... Anyone who who tries to bring alcohol on board is a thief PERIOD.

OK you can't be thrown off the ship immediately but you should be put off at the first port with no refund of any sort.

 

That is the silliest arguement of all time. I have the "right" to own and possess alcohol. If I am traveling thru France, and while I am travelling I buy some wonderful aged Cognac and perhaps a bottle or two of a nice Margaux, I can get on an airplane and travel with my prized possessions, I can rent a car to travel on with them, or I could stay at a lovely resort with them, and I can travel on a train with them, but you are saying if I travel on a ship with them, that I am stealing from you, and that I am a thief? Seriously....

 

I think people who think this way, scare the heck out of any rational people...

 

I love people who think they have a right to where I spend my own money. I call those people something far worse than a thief. I owe the cruiseline for what I choose to buy from them, I do not owe them for anything else.

 

jc

[SliderNc]

I know when my girlfriend went on her Carnival cruise, her and her friend both put a bottle of wine in each of their bags. I don't know the policy on bring onboard alcohol either but they got through with no problems. Smartly, they brought on their favorite white wine with a screw top so no corkscrew was necessary.

 

I think our Seapass tab at the end of the cruise after $200 OBC was $1100 for just our alcohol. That included at least 1 bottle of wine each night at dinner, some nights splurging on good wine that we wouldn't normally drink, martini's before dinner, drinks after dinner and on the sea days all of our drinks. I'd say about 60% of our bill was wine related. Even if we could have brought wine onboard (1 bottle each or even 2 bottles), I doubt it would have been much less as that would be used solely in the cabin.

 

I don't view it as stealing if you choose to smuggle booze onboard. However, I do see it as a reason why RCCL might increase the prices of their cruises, which effects all of us. Revenue is tough for all of the cruise lines right now so they are going to nickel and dime and raise prices to make sure they are making a profit.

[vickiw0318]

There are multiple other venues that don't allow you to bring alcohol into them - sporting events, concerts, festivals, etc. I am not going to make a sweeping statement that all such venues in the DFW area search purses for such things, but I sure have had mine checked in lots of places. It is a question of profit, of course, and I do believe, in the case of RCI, a question of liability also. They've had alcohol related incidents that the other cruise lines haven't had.

[beer1234]

Sadly you still don't get it. It's not my policy it's RCCLs. None of the things you stated have a policy. If you choose to disregard the policy you are aware of beforehand you are a thief and you should be punished in some way.

Oh by the way if you look back you will see I was not the first to use the i word.

I don't think some of you are ever going to get it so this will be my last comment.

The next time you are caught and hopefully fined or escorted off the ship please listen for laughter. It's ME!

[xpcdoojk]

Sadly you still don't get it. It's not my policy it's RCCLs. None of the things you stated have a policy. If you choose to disregard the policy you are aware of beforehand you are a thief and you should be punished in some way.

Oh by the way if you look back you will see I was not the first to use the i word.

I don't think some of you are ever going to get it so this will be my last comment.

The next time you are caught and hopefully fined or escorted off the ship please listen for laughter. It's ME!

 

Funny, of all of the problems in the world this is a big deal to you.

 

If you hear someone laughing from the balcony next door it will be me, having a double gran marnier from my rumrunner. :D

 

I would quit commenting to this thread too, if I had no logic other than calling law abiding citizens thieves. :rolleyes:

 

jc

[KandMGIn]

Sadly you still don't get it. It's not my policy it's RCCLs. None of the things you stated have a policy. If you choose to disregard the policy you are aware of beforehand you are a thief and you should be punished in some way.

Oh by the way if you look back you will see I was not the first to use the i word.

I don't think some of you are ever going to get it so this will be my last comment.

The next time you are caught and hopefully fined or escorted off the ship please listen for laughter. It's ME!

 

I see you have 66 posts...welcome to cruisecritic...so glad you are here.:rolleyes:

[xpcdoojk]

There are multiple other venues that don't allow you to bring alcohol into them - sporting events, concerts, festivals, etc. I am not going to make a sweeping statement that all such venues in the DFW area search purses for such things, but I sure have had mine checked in lots of places. It is a question of profit, of course, and I do believe, in the case of RCI, a question of liability also. They've had alcohol related incidents that the other cruise lines haven't had.

 

A cruise ship, a train, and a plane are different than a venue... If you can't see the difference then you need to cogitate on what the differences are.

 

No arguement that they have the right to hold the alcohol it is the theft that I argue with.

 

jc

[KandMGIn]

A cruise ship, a train, and a plane are different than a venue... If you can't see the difference then you need to cogitate on what the differences are.

 

No arguement that they have the right to hold the alcohol it is the theft that I argue with.

 

jc

 

You know they just make it look like they are throwing it away so they can drink it all week long!!!

[gerif]

That is the silliest arguement of all time. I have the "right" to own and possess alcohol. If I am traveling thru France, and while I am travelling I buy some wonderful aged Cognac and perhaps a bottle or two of a nice Margaux, I can get on an airplane and travel with my prized possessions, I can rent a car to travel on with them, or I could stay at a lovely resort with them, and I can travel on a train with them, but you are saying if I travel on a ship with them, that I am stealing from you, and that I am a thief? Seriously....

jc

 

OK, so here's the difference - if something is prohibited at a certain venue, they have every right to confiscate and dispose of the item. For instance, while you may pack your Cognac and Margaux in your checked luggage on a plane, you may NOT carry them on board with you. If you attempt to do so - gone. The rental car, lovely resort and train DO NOT have rules prohibiting these items, so, of course, you are free to take them with you. The cruiseline (at least this one) DOES have rules prohibiting them and you agree to these rules when you purchase and use your ticket. So, if they choose to confiscate and dispose of these items they are totally within their rights to do so.

[xpcdoojk]

OK, so here's the difference - if something is prohibited at a certain venue, they have every right to confiscate and dispose of the item. For instance, while you may pack your Cognac and Margaux in your checked luggage on a plane, you may NOT carry them on board with you. If you attempt to do so - gone. The rental car, lovely resort and train DO NOT have rules prohibiting these items, so, of course, you are free to take them with you. The cruiseline (at least this one) DOES have rules prohibiting them and you agree to these rules when you purchase and use your ticket. So, if they choose to confiscate and dispose of these items they are totally within their rights to do so.

 

Wrong. They are providing transportation between places, and they may like the airlines have provisions for how they transport your legal property, but they don't have the right to steal. If you conceal the booze in a mouthwash bottle they have no way of knowing what it is and thus may dispose of it because it could be bomb making material or whatever, but they like the airlines have provisions for transporting my Cognac. Why else do they not just dispose of it instead of tagging it and holding it til the end of the cruise? Because their smart legal staff has determined that they don't have a right to steal.:D

 

jc

[Captain Jake]

Wrong. They are providing transportation between places, and they may like the airlines have provisions for how they transport your legal property, but they don't have the right to steal. If you conceal the booze in a mouthwash bottle they have no way of knowing what it is and thus may dispose of it because it could be bomb making material or whatever, but they like the airlines have provisions for transporting my Cognac. Why else do they not just dispose of it instead of tagging it and holding it til the end of the cruise? Because their smart legal staff has determined that they don't have a right to steal.:D

 

jc

Yup.They will hold it in the naughty room.The airlines will even allow you to make other arrangements for the items on their naughty list

 

:cj

[mccasey]

Whoa... am I the only one who thought this thread was going in a completely different direction?

 

I was about to respond "the cabin my DW and I are staying in, of course". :D

 

Ha Ha! I thought the exact same thing!

[xpcdoojk]

Yup.They will hold it in the naughty room.The airlines will even allow you to make other arrangements for the items on their naughty list

 

:cj

 

cj when you find yourself agreeing with jc, does it make your stomach churn?:D

 

jc

[G'ma]

I do know I am going to steal portriats when I get gussied up for formal night, stand infront of the stairs and ask a complete stranger to take my picture. I know I am going to steal a massage and a polish when DH uses lotion I brought to rub me down and when I change my polish in my bathroom. This is cutting into the ships profit just as much as a recovering alcohol does when they come on board. The HUGE gorilla in your statements here is this: there are NO rules in place prohibiting lotions, having your picture taken, polishing your own nails. There IS a rule in place prohibiting alcohol.

 

Come on you alcoholics...drink already! I don't want to pay more because you are causing RCI to lose money...and don't even get me started on the recovering gamblers...:mad:. My bringing a rum runner on the ship is the same as my choosing not to drink alcohol on the ship. Not the same at all...another gorilla. There is no rule saying you MUST consume alcohol..so, if you choose not to drink, fine.

 

If I couldn't bring my own and get it through security, then I just would not drink rather that pay those prices. I would get liquored up at the ports and drink the free stuff at the tastings, crown and anchor and such events. So still...NO PROFIT. Do you not believe that RCCL and other cruise lines have averages and statistics they have gathered over many years and KNOW what average percentage of their passengers drink, don't drink, smuggle? To believe they don't know exactly what they are doing and exactly what they need to do to meet targe revenues is simply too precious and naive. And, how sad that your idea of a "good" cruise is getting "liquored up".......as cheaply as possible.

 

Anywho....please do not insult yourself by saying "i..." in your posts. It says nothing about the person you are responding to and everything about yourself.

 

When revenues are not met over time, ALL cruise lines will raise prices..whether it's on shore excursions, in the spas, in the for-fee venues and especially at the bars. When YOUR smuggling activities effect MY pocketbook, it becomes my business.

 

Think of it this way. Many folks think it's perfectly fine to hand little Johnny a banana or a bunch of grapes in the supermarket to keep him quiet. No big deal...nobody ever went broke because little Johnny ate the banana.

 

Now, multiply that out to 500 little Johnnys. Sooner or later, the price of bananas is going to go up, effecting MY purse.

 

Smugglers are stealing...from the cruiseline and from me personally. You can put any spin on it and many do...but, the facts are the facts...and they are "stubborn things"......