Steamers

[wpgcycler]

No Steamers allowed but Mussels are okay.................;)

 

:D Like!

[dkjretired]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Celebrity inconsistency.

 

Here is the list of what not to pack, from their website:

 

Firearms & Ammunition, including realistic replicas

Sharp Objects, including knives and scissors*

Illegal Drugs & Substances

Candles & Incense

Coffee Makers, Clothes Irons, Electrical Extension Cords, & Hot Plates

Baseball Bats, Hockey Sticks, Cricket Bats, Bows and Arrows

Skateboards & Surfboards

Martial Arts Gear

Self-Defense Gear, including handcuffs, pepper spray and night sticks

Flammable Liquids and Explosives, including lighter fluid and fireworks

HAM Radios

Dangerous Chemicals, including bleach and paint

Alcoholic Beverages**

 

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Additionally, you will find on the website the following statement in the FAQ

 

"Is my stateroom furnished with amenities that I don’t need to pack?

 

……Steamers or irons are not allowed onboard."

 

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At the entrance to the ship, you may find a document posted. You may have walked past it a hundred times and never noticed it.

 

Prohibited Items SQM 5.12.3 R12

 

The following items are prohibited aboard all Celebrity ships. (see exceptions, section 5.12) For questionable items not on the list, the Staff Captain and the Security Officer will determine what is or is not allowed onboard.

 

Sharp Objects

All knives, regardless of blade length, including disguised knives such as belt buckles, walking canes, pens, et cetera

Box Cutters

Ice Picks/Ice Axes

Meat Cleavers

Razor Type Blades, such as box cutters, utility knives and razor blades not in cartridge. Note: shaving safety razors are allowed.

Sabers

Swords

Scissors with blade length 4 inches or greater

 

Guns & Firearms

 

All firearms. Note: including rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers et cetera

BB Guns

Compressed Air Guns, including paint ball guns

Flare Guns

Gun Lighters

Gun/Firearms Parts

Pellet Guns

Starter Pistols

Realistic Replicas of Firearms

 

Sporting Goods

Baseball Bats

Bows & Arrows

Cricket Bats

Hockey Sticks

Skateboards

 

Disabling Chemicals and Other Dangerous Items

Chlorine

Bleach

Spray Paint

Tear Gas

Transformers

Electrical Extension Cords

Spillable Batteries

Note: Wheelchair batteries are permitted

Small Compressed Gas Cartridges

Other Compressed Gas Cylinders

Fire Extinguishers

Other Compressed Gas Cylinders

Note: Dive tanks are permitted if they are empty

Note: Medical gas bottles are permitted

HAM Radios

 

Explosive Materials

Blasting Caps

Dynamite

Fireworks

Hand Grenades

Plastic Explosives

Bomb Making Components

Realistic Replicas of Explosives

Gun Powder

 

Flammable Items

Candles

Clothing Irons

Hot Plates

Incense

Tea Cup Immersion Heaters

Aerosols, except for personal care toiletries which are permitted

Fuels, including cooking fuel and any flammable liquid

Gasoline

Gas Torches

Lighter Fluid

Torch Lighters Note: common lighters are permitted

Strike Anywhere Matches

Flares

Flammable Paints

Turpentine and Paint Thinner

Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries

 

Martial Arts and Self Defense

Billy Clubs

Black Jacks

Brass Knuckles

Kubatons

Mace/Pepper Spray

Martial Arts Weapons

Night Sticks

Nunchakus

Stun Guns/Shocking Devices

Throwing Stars

Handcuffs

 

Tools

Axes and Hatchets

Cattle Prods

Hammers

Drills and Drill Bits

Saws

Tools Greater than 7 inches in length (Wrenches, Pliers, Screwdrivers, et cetera

 

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So, the questions on the floor (aren't you glad you asked, OP?) are

 

Which of these lists is the most official?

If something is on one list as forbidden, but omitted from the other two, what does that mean?

Which list should passengers adhere to?

 

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The fact is, that passengers HAVE been stopped and had items taken from them, including kettles, extension cords, clothes irons, steamers, electric coffee pots, and power strips.

 

OTHER passengers have gotten through with all of the above.

 

One passenger's success at taking on a steamer, or a kettle, or a pair of scissors, or a hammer does not mean that the next passenger will be equally successful.

 

On a recent cruise I was on, some passenger's scissors (less than 4 inch blades) were taken by Security in Auckland, New Zealand. Others on the same cruise broughtrohibotef the same kinds of scissors on board with no problem.

 

Some posters report bringing steamers aboard with no problem. Others have theirs taken.

 

Just be ready for anything.

 

Up until a few years ago they actually had hand grenades on the list of prohibited items.

Edited May 21, 2014 by dkjretired

[cruisestitch]

They are still there.

 

But I did just now realize that I neglected to include one other line

 

Under flammable items it should also read

 

"Hookahs & Water Hookah Pipes"

[sdnich]

I guess it depends who is checking.I had mine taken in March on the Reflection.It saws no irons but there was nothing about steamers are not on the list.I will bring on my next cruise maybe they will know by then it can not cause a fire ::rolleyes:

[WestLakeGirl]

Maybe the cord was frayed? Even a supposedly safe electrical item can cause a fire if the cord is frayed

[sdnich]

Maybe the cord was frayed? Even a supposedly safe electrical item can cause a fire if the cord is frayed

 

If you were referring to me it was brand new.

[bisabella]

I am just wondering -- if the specific edocs that you receive for your specific cruise do not specifically say you cannot bring a steamer aboard and they discover the steamer and attempt to confiscate it, can you successfully argue that you should be able to bring the steamer aboard? Would you have any recourse?

[sdnich]

When I went down to customer service I did ask because it was not in E-doc the gentleman said it was up to the screener.I did not argue just picked up at end of cruise

[cruisestitch]

I'm guessing that they would fall back on the statement from their SQR:

 

"For questionable items not on the list, the Staff Captain and the Security Officer will determine what is or is not allowed onboard."

 

Since it appears in print on an official Celebrity document (the FAQ) they would also probably quote that.

 

I doubt if there would be much you could do.

[wpgcycler]

When I went down to customer service I did ask because it was not in E-doc the gentleman said it was up to the screener.I did not argue just picked up at end of cruise

 

Where did they keep it? With the hand grenades?

[sdnich]

No hand grenades lol !! But it was in my check in next to my curling iron and hairdryer.:)

[dkjretired]

Where did they keep it? With the hand grenades?

 

Next to the confiscated booze....

[sasset]

First time I noticed. At debarkation there was a table with liquor, irons, a complete set of kitchen knives and other items that I could not readily identify all, apparently, taken at embarkation.

[dkjretired]

First time I noticed. At debarkation there was a table with liquor, irons, a complete rom the crewset of kitchen knives and other items that I could not readily identify all, apparently, taken at embarkation.

 

And that was just from the crew...

[need2bespoiled]

No Steamers allowed but Mussels are okay.................;)

 

This is what I was thinking!

 

Happy sailling,

Jenna

[Svenster]

Whoa. I'd not go there. My Mrs. sends my stuff out with my complete agreement.

 

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[ClaireP]

been reading this thread with interest. I have not long returned from Infinity cruise departing from the UK and loved the kettle in my room, as I am a big tea drinker

 

the FAQs do reference coffee makers and the list at the door appears to say hot water immersion coils but not kettles. I would really love to bring a kettle on my next one - anyone know if the US mean kettles when they state coffee makers?

[WestLakeGirl]

Your kettle will not be allowed. Probably.

 

While almost everyone in the US knows that a kettle and a coffe maker are two different things, the screeners who are the ones making the local decision probably lump all these devices together and will take it from you.

[Dorset Cruiser]

So - are kettles allowed or not. My 'kettle' boils water, is thermostatically controlled and switches itself off once boiled. It is not like a coffee-maker or clothes iron which stay on until manually turned off. I cannot see kettle mentioned in the list above.

[WestLakeGirl]

As answered elsewhere, water heating equipment is not allowed, they are lumped together with immersion heaters and coffee pots. There are many, many reports from cruisers who have had their kettles taken from them