Sharkb8

We had two SA cruises which had a port that made us leave our passports on the ship for inspection (5 years back). I can't remember which Countries required this, does anyone remember? I've got several people (posting elsewhere) who tell me that it never happened, and because the cruise lines use facial recognition that they don't have to hold passports. My explanation was that it was the host country's requirement and it may have changed, but "don't tell me it never happened". Thanks much.

The 'with our without knowledge or approval' wasn't really the question. We've had bags vandalized at port before and have been lucky that they've not popped open, and the lock was fully secure .. as secure as we could assume, lol.

Yes, I know about the "Naughty Room", and the lock was firmly secure when we dropped it off. Thanks for the insight.

We drove to Baltimore for our recent cruise and noted that one of our locks had been removed. Fortunately, it seemed that all was in place, but it did cause me to wonder if the Port baggage crew had TSA lock access? In the bad old days someone would leave a card (and lock, lol) and we didn't have anything that would have shown up on X-Ray as suspicious. Thanks for any insight.