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10 Rules Cruise Passengers Break Most Often !
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Jan 28, 2025
All cruise lines have rules and regulations about what you can bring and do on your cruising vacation. Some are seen by cruise passengers as less cruise rules and more guidelines that can be easily ignored. I explore the 10 rules on cruises that I have seen broken most often. Some cruisers may be breaking them as they are not really aware of them, or think they are unnecessary. I talk about the rules that I also see cruise lines themselves not really enforcing despite having the rules. Breaking some cruise rules can have serious consequences and I discuss those too... SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY USING THESE AFFILIATES: * Cruise deals via CRUISEDIRECT.COM: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/CruiseDirectYT * Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2VBBhag * Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2VCGeiN GEAR USED TO MAKE MY VIDEOS (with Amazon affiliate links) * Canon D70 - USA https://amzn.to/2GOSt2B UK https://amzn.to/2LfXWoE * Canon 24mm Lens - USA https://amzn.to/2PCIUb1 UK https://amzn.to/2DEwFpu * Sony RX100 V - USA Amazon https://amzn.to/2PENw09 UK https://amzn.to/2J8eHiA * DJI Osmo Pocket - USA https://amzn.to/2Wjs7fx UK https://amzn.to/2LfWGSs * Rode VideoMicPro Microphone - USA https://amzn.to/2WhkeHz UK https://amzn.to/2J3WYJn * Manfrotto BeFree Travel Tripod - USA https://amzn.to/2ZPinf6 UK https://amzn.to/2J6QQQp * Joby Gorilla Pod - USA https://amzn.to/2ZOgbob UK https://amzn.to/2LcDB3f * GoPro Hero 5 - USA https://amzn.to/2vxXkQq UK https://amzn.to/2J7egFf * DJI Mobile 2 Gimbal - USA https://amzn.to/2Wi4wf6 UK https://amzn.to/2DL7JNg * Zhiyun Crane M Follow Tips For Travellers on:
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you're about to discover the 10 Cruz
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rules that passengers break most often
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I'm Gary beverage and this is another of
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my tips for travelers I've done over 66
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cruisers and trying to pack all the
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things that I've learned in every single
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video there are quite a few rules that
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cruise lines have for passengers I'll
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take a look at the 10 that I've observed
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being broken more than any of the others
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the first rule that gets broken is
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people lying on the health declaration
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form when they check in when you check
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into a cruise there is a little form
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that you normally have to fill in which
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confirms that you haven't been suffering
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from stomach upsets diarrhea or vomiting
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in the last 24 or 48 hours people who
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are perhaps suffering often will say
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they haven't because they're worried
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about the consequences will they be
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allowed on the cruise will they be
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confined to their cabin there is a risk
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for other passengers because if you're
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suffering from those you could be
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bringing on board the virus which will
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cause norovirus which can often spread
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very quickly through a ship and take a
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lot of people down with them so that is
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one rule that you often see people lying
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about because they worried about the
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consequences to their particular cruise
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not always thinking about the
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consequences for the whole ship and
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other passengers on board the next rule
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is sneaking alcohol on board or cruise
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lines have restrictions and regulations
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around how much alcohol you can bring on
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board and that is both for when your
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board but also during the course of the
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cruise so often they'll take excess
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alcohol away from you and they'll sort
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till the end of the cruise even if you
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by said you free alcohol on board now a
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lot of passengers will break that rule
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and find ways of bringing it on board
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either by trying to smuggle it in with
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very innovative and clever ways or just
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simply ignoring the rule and chancing
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their arms by drinks on board can be
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quite expensive so that's a rule you'll
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often hear people talking about braking
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and you're fine on many of the cruise
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forums you'll find lots of tips and
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advice about how to sneak alcohol
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through it's a very popular rule to
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break the third rule which is actually
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now quite difficult to break is not
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attending the muster draw or the safety
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briefing in recent years the rules
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around attending that has increased
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significantly and that's particularly
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after some
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incidents and accidents most cruise
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lines will either take a register or
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they will actually scan your cruise card
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to make sure that you've gone if you
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don't attend a muster station you're
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very likely to find that you are refused
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to actually go on the cruise or you have
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to go to a separate briefing event
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however it used to be quite popular for
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that people try and skip it and still
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you're fine
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when you're on a cruise they're often
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calling people's names because they
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haven't gone to the muster station the
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next one is around dress codes some
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cruise lines have very strict rules
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around dress code so for example if you
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go on a Cunard cruise they have very
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strict formal nights or garden lights
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where you if a gentleman have to wear a
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black suit and tie or you have to wear a
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tuxedo and ladies wear equivalent never
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glamorous gowns or very glamorous
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cocktail gowns even on their less formal
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nights the gentlemen are required to
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wear a jacket no tie so they have a very
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strict rule you'll find no matter which
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cruise you go on there will be people
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breaking the dress code rule I'm finding
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that as people start to ignore the dress
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code the cruise lines though are not
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actually being that strict about
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enforcing it so there will be certain
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cruise lines that are very picky so for
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example on a Cunard Cruise or perhaps on
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a piano cruise where they have much
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stricter dress codes some of that cruise
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lines they'll turn a blind eye to it so
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you're finding increasingly that dress
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code and then ignoring the dress code
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rules is one thing that's becoming
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pretty widespread because of cruise
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lines are not actually enforcing it that
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much the fifth rule is one that probably
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causes the most upsets and the most
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conflict and that's around reserving
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seats the two big problems here are
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around the pool and the pool deck where
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people will basically dump stuff there
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to reserve a Sun bed and then perhaps
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disappear for many hours most cruise
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lines have rules that say if your seat
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is unoccupied for thirty minutes they
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will remove the stuff and let your Sun
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bed that you've been reserving be taken
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by somebody else however again the
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enforcement of those rules by cruise
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lines is very very patchy so people have
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learned actually if they reserved that
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Sun bed they're probably going
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all day the second area where I see a
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lot of it happening is in the theatres
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where people will book a whole bunch of
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seats for their friends or family and
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wait for them to eventually come by
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again that's an area with a lot of
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conflict and you will find the cruise
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lines are always making announcements
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about not reserving seats reserving
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seats is certainly one of the most
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argued about and controversial
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surprisingly of all of the rules that
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passengers get ready upset about the
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next rule is also one that probably
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causes some upset and this is smoking or
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vaping on people's balconies most of the
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cruise lines don't allow you to smoke or
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vape on your balcony a lot of people
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will still go out on the balcony and
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smoke because their view is actually too
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clear if you're at sea so what the smoke
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is going to dissipate however it is a
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very strict rule and the cruise lines
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are more likely to enforce it if people
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do report you smoking on your balcony
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it's very unusual for people to break
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the rule about smoking in their cabins
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because they will get hit with a
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cleaning fee if they do so a lot of
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people who they often ignore the smoking
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rules sitting on the cruise lines I've
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been on recently they have the same
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rules for smoking as they do have for
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vaping another bunch of rules that I see
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being broken a lot and I see a lot of
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discussion around that is the rules
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around use of the pools and the hot tubs
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most cruise lines have a lot of rules
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and regulations because very few of the
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cruise lines to me as the time of
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recording have lifeguards around the
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pool a few of the more family orientated
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cruise lines are introducing lifeguards
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so for example MSC Cruises so they do
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have a lot of rules around safety and
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running and diving around the pool you
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know because the pools are quite small
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but a lot of them also have less formal
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rules or restrictions around which pools
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are allocated for adults only and which
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are for kids or at certain times a day
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kids allowed to use the pool but only a
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very restricted times it can be a hot
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tub of what time the age of people in
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the hot tub
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I found generally speaking often those
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rules get broken and they get ignored by
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passengers and again what's interesting
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is the cruise lines are not that good at
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enforcing that maybe because the crew
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worried they're gonna get a lot of push
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back now the next one we've all seen
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people do it and I've been as guilty of
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doing it as everybody else this is
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around taking food off the ship in some
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countries you are absolutely by local
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regulations not allowed to take food
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from the ship onto land and often the
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cruise lines will stress that you must
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not take any form of food on looked
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often is more applicable to things like
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fruit nuts those kind of more
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agricultural type things we've all done
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it though we're out for a long day on an
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excursion and we think breakfast well
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pack a couple of pastries or some rolls
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on some cheese or whatever however it
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could have some big penalties because
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there are some parts of the world and
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some parts that I've been to where they
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will actually do checks I'll have you
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know sniffer dogs or whatever to check
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that you're not taking product and
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produce onto land but it's one that
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certainly you see being broken quite a
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lot the next one is one that probably
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does frustrate me a little bit when it
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comes to rule breaking and this is
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around the meet up time for excursions
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or if you've been out an excursion the
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time to get back to the bus or the
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meet-up point and people will just
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ignore that because they know generally
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speaking that what's you're on an
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excursion you not like to be left behind
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the danger with that of course anything
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as frustrating is it means if you go on
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an excursion it's always going to be
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held up by the people who decide to come
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last and often it's the same people
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because they know the guides I'm going
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to leave without them everyone's gonna
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wait until they are back so they'll
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appear back at the meetup time 10:15 or
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someone's even longer than that also you
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know when you're checking for excursions
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in this in the morning you'll find
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you're waiting because they're waiting
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for a few people to arrive to get the
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full number that off tickets that have
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been sold before you depart the pace of
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excursions and the timing of excursions
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is always going to be defined by
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whoever's the slowest and the last so
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breaking that rule might get you a
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little bit of extra time but it's not
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really great for the other people who on
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that excursions the next rule is really
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a set of rules and these are ones that
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can have really really serious
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consequences
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so whilst the other rules are perhaps a
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little bit frustrating a little bit
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annoying they don't necessarily have
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dramatic and terrible consequences for
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passengers so for example the rule about
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do not sit on the railing
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with us on the balcony or the ship the
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way that people have fallen off a ship
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is when they're lurking around messing
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around flying on the railings of
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balconies perhaps climbing up on the
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balcony railing to go from one cabin to
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the next and people either fall on to
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the key sides the dockside or they've
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fallen off the shape of man overboard
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another really important rule is about
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fraternizing with the crew but if you're
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going to crew areas the crew member
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could find themselves fired and you
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could find yourself disembark authorship
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there's very strict rules around
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passengers not going into crew areas and
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of course then there's one around just
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treating people with respect if you
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damage property if you have a punch-up
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fight with someone you're also very like
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to find yourself disembarked at the next
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port at your own cost so there's a bunch
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of rules there that are probably much
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more fundamental people know that if you
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do things that are fundamentally illegal
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there are big consequences too if you
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found this interesting and helpful why
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don't you watch many more of my tips of
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travelers videos they're packed full of
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tips advice to help you make the most of
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your precious travel time and money
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