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I’m upset as one item I've taken on every cruise I've done to date has just been banned. But I'm not the only one devastated about new cruise line bans, as three people contacted me about a less-publicised ban making cruising more costly for them. While I saw another recent ban got one cruiser banned for life when she unwittingly broke it.
I’m Gary Bembridge, and I’m here to tell you about six items cruise lines have recently banned that could change the way you cruise. Forever.
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I'm upset as one item I've taken on
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every cruise I've been on to date has
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just been banned but I'm not the only
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one devastated about new Cruise Line
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bands as three people contacted me about
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a less publicized band making cruising
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more costly for them while I saw another
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recent ban got one Cruiser banned for
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life when she unwittingly broke it
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welcome aboard I'm Gary bembridge and
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I'm here to tell you about six items
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cruise lines have recently banned that
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could change the way you and I crew
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Cruise forever before I talk about the
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one that upset me the most here's two
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that have been discussed a lot online
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many many Cruisers are annoy that raw
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Caribbean have banned multiplug Outlets
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those that allow you to plug in several
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devices at once adding them to the
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already banned surge protector extension
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cords and power strips all Cruise Lines
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ban any extension cord with a surge
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protector feature as unlike at home they
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are not compatible and could affect the
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electrical system on ships and cause a
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fire in your cabin now after some
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confusion when they brought this band
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they have clarified that we can still
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bring on board a multi-port plug or
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extension that only takes USB or USB C
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cords but if it has even one socket to
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plug in a regular electrical plug it is
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no longer allowed so basically anything
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allowing multiple plugs is no longer
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allowed certainly on Royal Caribbean
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cruise groups forums and blogs were all
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chuckling when Carn 's brand ambassador
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John heeld reported that the infamous
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upside down pineapple door decorations
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were no longer permitted on Carnival
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ships and would be removed for those who
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don't know an upside down pineapple has
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become a bit of a cruise folklore and is
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reportedly used to advertise you into
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the swinger lifestyle and inviting
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interested parties to connect it got a
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little bit Mur here as he later deleted
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the post but it certainly seems it is
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banned as a door decoration personally
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I've never quite understood the hit
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inness nature of advertising using that
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on regular cruises when there are entire
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ship Chargers dedicated to swingers run
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by groups like uh Bliss cruises that
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seems more of a shorer thing before I
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talk about the less well publicized band
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those three people contacted me about I
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spoke about earlier here is the recent
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one that's upset me the most that is a
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ban on Bluetooth speakers including
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White Noise machines and other types of
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audio equipment that's by Carnival
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they've said that if any passenger tries
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to bring them on board at embarcation or
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even in a port they'll be confiscated
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and if Cruisers buy a Bluetooth speaker
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in the onboard shops because they do
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sell them they will be held by the shops
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until the end of the cruise Carnival
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claims the band is for safety reasons so
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public announcements can be heard and
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the guests must now use earphones when
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listening to music watching shows or
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movies in public spaces though
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personally I'm pretty sure it has really
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been done because it's really annoying
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and intrusive having people playing loud
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music at the pools around the deck and
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on their balconies and in their Cabins
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this band has affected friends of mine
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that use White Noise machines to help
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sleep as they also use Bluetooth
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speakers the ban at the time of
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recording is just on Carnival Cruise
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Line and I really hope it does not
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spread across the lines because I always
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take Bluetooth speakers with me to
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listen to music and podcasts in my cabin
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before I get into the band that upset
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those three people I spoke about at the
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start I want to talk about a rather
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unusual ban but one I had to tell a
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passenger on my last Cruise about
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because they were planning to bring one
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on their very next Cruise probably one
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of the more high-tech bans recently is a
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ban on bringing your own personal
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styling dish and device of course it can
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be really expensive buying Wi-Fi on
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board so a Carnival Miracle guest and
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YouTuber called Richard Shillington of
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the no pants profits Channel he brought
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his own styling mini dish on board his
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particular Cruise he made a video
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actually showing how he used it on the
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ship and he posted using his starlink
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connection but as soon as the cruise
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line saw the video and that he had his
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own starlink dish on board They
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confiscated it so now most Cruise lons
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in their prohibited list actually call
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out the ban on personal starlink devices
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or similar devices cruise lons by the
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way also ban setting up personal Wi-Fi
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hotspots and Equipment which allows you
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to set one up although I've actually met
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several people who actually do this
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while this ban is inconvenient it pales
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into insignificance compared to the next
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ban that have and will have a bigger
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effect on quite a few people's ability
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to cruise at all this seems to be mostly
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focused on UK based lines at the moment
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such as Pino and Fred awon and they are
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Banning guests from bringing a
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wheelchair unless they have booked an
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accessible room now in the past people
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using wheelchairs on these lines could
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often book just a regular cabin
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particularly if they used you know a
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foldable wheelchair and only used it
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infrequently however some cruise lines
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have changed their approach arguing to
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meet the Solas that's the International
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Convention for the safety of Life at Sea
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to meet the soless rules they now need
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to restrict the number of passengers who
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use Wheelchairs and so require
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assistance to get to the must station in
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an emergency which of course is usually
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on a different deck so they need to
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restrict the number of people using a
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wheelchair because lies have to have
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crew allocated to assist anyone with
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mobility issues using a wheelchair and
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they said too many people are not
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declaring their Mobility restrictions
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arriving with a wheelchair meaning that
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they do not have enough crew capacity in
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an emergency now several lines I checked
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are saying that they've changed their
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policy and they will now restrict the
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number of people that use Mobility AIDS
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specifically wheelchairs per sailing and
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if people arrive without having declared
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their bringing and user wheelchair and
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haven't booked an accessible room they
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could be denied boarding at their own
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cost at check-in for some lines the
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number of people in wheelchairs they can
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cope with is the same number as
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accessible cabins they basically now ban
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people from traveling with a wheelchair
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without booking an accessible cabin on
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those ships all those three people that
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contacted me are now finding that the
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cost of their cruises has gone up fairly
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significantly because accessible cabins
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are usually at a premium to what they
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used to book so do check if this affects
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you as the policy seems to differ line
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by line and I think is likely to keep
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changing but you don't want to find out
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the hard way one item that has been
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added very clearly to the band list
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recently is products containing
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CBD all Cruise Lines ban illegal drugs
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or recreational drugs and they've added
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CBD gummies and products containing C BD
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canabidol if I pronounce it correctly
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even though from what I've read this is
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not a compound that has psycho activity
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so it does not make people high like
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cannabis does and it actually has more
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medicinal and therapeutic effects
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however it is banned for example
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Carnival says on their website and I
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quote while certain CBD products used
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for medicinal purposes may be legal in
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the US they're not legal in all the
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ports you visit and therefore are
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considered prohibited items
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this is something that Melinda eron van
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valhen discovered to a huge cost trying
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to board a carnival cruise with her
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family in Port Miami in Florida to
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celebrate her wedding anniversary CBD
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gummies were spotted in her bag and she
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was denied boarding with no refund and
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was also banned for life for cruising on
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Carnival so bear that in mind products
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with CBD are a nogo if you want to find
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out the full list of what is actually
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banned on your next Cruise search the
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name of the cruise line and the words
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prohibited items and you will get the
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latest full list or find it on the
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cruise line website but if you actually
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want to know more about packing and what
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to leave behind these days join me over
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in this video where I start with one
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thing I now never take even though in
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fact it's not banned see you over there
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