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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
