iceberg1116 Posted December 3, 2015 #1 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) With the crazyness of the California shooting and other mass shootings this year, does anyone know if Carnival checks the checked luggage for contraband seriously? It is just a concern that my wife had brought up last night. Edited December 3, 2015 by iceberg1116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loubetti Posted December 3, 2015 #2 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yes, especially alcohol, but you are not getting an AR-15 / AK-47 assault rifle or pipe bombs on board either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceberg1116 Posted December 3, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Who knows. Maybe an angry person with a bottle of alcohol is more dangerous with an angry person with AK-47. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner15km Posted December 3, 2015 #4 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'm sure they have a efficient luggage screening process but its a whole new ballgame once the ship leaves port. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieN Posted December 3, 2015 #5 Share Posted December 3, 2015 There have been reports of kids guns (for Halloween costume) a and handcuffs have not been allowed onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil2Angelic Posted December 3, 2015 #6 Share Posted December 3, 2015 There have been reports of kids guns (for Halloween costume) a and handcuffs have not been allowed onboard. Not even if the handcuffs are covered with pink fuzzy fur? :eek: Darn, too many rules!..I'm staying home! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted December 3, 2015 #7 Share Posted December 3, 2015 With the crazyness of the California shooting and other mass shootings this year, does anyone know if Carnival checks the checked luggage for contraband seriously? It is just a concern that my wife had brought up last night. Yes. People get called to the naughty room to open bags all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted December 4, 2015 #8 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Lock your bags, so they'll have to call you to open your stuff, IF they think they see something. They shouldn't just "go through" your things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Dutch Girl Posted December 4, 2015 #9 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Lock your bags, so they'll have to call you to open your stuff, IF they think they see something. They shouldn't just "go through" your things If an x-ray reveals contraband THEY WILL cut the locks..No expectation of privacy on cruise ships just like on airlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil2Angelic Posted December 4, 2015 #10 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Lock your bags, so they'll have to call you to open your stuff, IF they think they see something. They shouldn't just "go through" your things Hmmm..(wheels turning in my head)..Never been called to the naughty room before..wonder what it looks like? ;) I'll tell you what..After reading some of the posts here and on John Heald's fb, I think any "coward terrorists" that even attempt to mess with upwards of 3000+ cruiser's on their hard earned, much anticipated vacation..well lets just say I think they would have their hands full. Has anybody read people's reaction when JH has asked about shutting down the ice cream machine after 9pm? I have and it was not pretty! You just do not mess with "cruisers"!..especially "Carnival Cruisers"! Edited December 4, 2015 by Lil2Angelic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crzndeb Posted December 4, 2015 #11 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I have a small clutch with a handle that you fit your fingers through, which looks like rings on your fingers. Unfortunately it looks like brass knuckles under X-ray. They caught it before I boarded and my card beeped as I was boarding. Security came and got me and I had to unlock my suitcase and carry it on. Imagine the looks I got as I walked with a security guy pass the boarding passengers. I was shocked when the security guy told me on almost every cruise they find bullets in checked luggage. So they do check pretty closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksflann Posted December 4, 2015 #12 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I was on the Sensation in Port Canaveral probably 10 years ago. I went to Bealls and purchased a rolling cooler bag for our sodas. I checked it with a 12 pack of soda. some water, and other items but it was pretty heavy. So we get on the ship have lunch, roam around and then head to our cabin about 230 and the phone is ringing. I was told to go to deck three and meet security. I have no idea why. I went alone I don't remember what my husband was doing at the time but he didn't know about it. So I get to deck three and they say come with me and not very nice. We get off the ship and go to the luggage screening area. It was a long walk. They say to me that I can't bring the cooler on board. Too big. I can however empty the contents and carry them back. Well they were nice enough to give me one white trash bag. I load everything into the trash bag and basically kissed my new bag goodbye since I didn't have a car at the port to put it into and they do not hold items. So now I am carrying about 40 pounds of stuff (OK maybe wasn't 40 but I know it was a lot) back to the ship and get back on and then back to the room. The trash bag has almost stretched to the breaking point by this time and I am so glad to have made it back to the room. I find my husband in the room and tell him my story and he thinks it is funny. I have not lived it down to this day. Oh, but something even funnier is the couple that we travel with had a hard time getting through security because the guy had put a butter packet in his shirt pocket at breakfast and the metal in the wrapper kept setting off the alarms. When they finally found it, the butter was all melted and had stained his shirt. We HAD to buy that embarkment picture because you can see the stain on his shirt. So to the OP point about security, I do believe they check things pretty closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theriac Posted December 4, 2015 #13 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Not even if the handcuffs are covered with pink fuzzy fur? :eek: Darn, too many rules!..I'm staying home! ;) Just get the ones in the shape of a heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargate fan Posted December 4, 2015 #14 Share Posted December 4, 2015 With the crazyness of the California shooting and other mass shootings this year, does anyone know if Carnival checks the checked luggage for contraband seriously? It is just a concern that my wife had brought up last night. All checked luggage goes through scanners. We've seen police with dogs walk around the crates of provisions that are waiting to be loaded onto the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger71 Posted December 4, 2015 #15 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I have a small clutch with a handle that you fit your fingers through, which looks like rings on your fingers. Unfortunately it looks like brass knuckles under X-ray. They caught it before I boarded and my card beeped as I was boarding. Security came and got me and I had to unlock my suitcase and carry it on. Imagine the looks I got as I walked with a security guy pass the boarding passengers. I was shocked when the security guy told me on almost every cruise they find bullets in checked luggage. So they do check pretty closely. I have a clutch like that and had it in my carryon on one of my flights and was pulled aside and lectured that I was lucky they are going to let me take it but don't put it in my carryon in the future because it will get confiscated. I WAS going to bring it on the ship next week but after seeing this post I think I won't! Edited December 4, 2015 by avenger71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieN Posted December 4, 2015 #16 Share Posted December 4, 2015 First off it's a port thing, not a Carnival thing. In some ports we've been sniffed by bomb and drug dogs during embark, either going into the terminal or just stepping onto the ship itself. This wasn't a Carnival cruise but Princess both times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauty1492 Posted December 4, 2015 #17 Share Posted December 4, 2015 YES! they do take it seriously. We have the round weighted matt that holds the GPS in the car it might be made of lead in our luggage and yes we were ask to open our luggage. We use wire ties and know if anyone had been snooping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waywyrd Posted December 4, 2015 #18 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We bought a small wooden "sword" in Nassau a few years ago, and they held it until the end of the cruise. It was nowhere close to being a real weapon, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakeamy Posted December 4, 2015 #19 Share Posted December 4, 2015 My father in law accidentally had 2 bullets in his checked bag. :eek: They were called off the ship to the security office. The port authority was nice about the mistake, but the bullets were confiscated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittybork Posted December 4, 2015 #20 Share Posted December 4, 2015 My BF always carries a leatherman in his checked bag. In Seattle, he was carted off the ship and not treated very well in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cio541 Posted December 5, 2015 #21 Share Posted December 5, 2015 We were called off ship for pliers we had with scuba gear Sent from my SM-G920R4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfaaa Posted December 5, 2015 #22 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Who knows. Maybe an angry person with a bottle of alcohol is more dangerous with an angry person with AK-47. =) A bottle of Jack + towel animal and you effectively have a molotov cocktail. Can't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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