Bringing Irons Onboard - Is it really prohibited?

[rosieado]

Absolutely YES to bringing aboard a travel steam iron. When I want to get the wrinkles out of my clothes before putting them on I will use my own from home. That way I know 100% that it works and no waiting.

I leave it in plain sight in our cabin and the steward has never said a word.

[Donnask8pro]

"Shields up" :eek:

[Mikew0805]

I don't know what Goincruisin meant by "plates", but if that is the hot metal surface that is on a regular iron, then no, it does not have that. I thought the whole point of a steam iron was to avoid those, as I said in my first post on this thread, anytime I have tried to use those, I make the clothing much worse than it was before I tried to use it, so I don't use those at all, even at home.

 

 

-Mike

[Cotton]

Absolutely YES to bringing aboard an iron........

I leave it in plain sight in our cabin and the steward has never said a word.

 

Then your cabin steward was simply not doing his job.

 

But, just think - You could possibly be adrift in a life boat one day, and proudly announce: "I'm the one who started the fire on the ship, but see how nice and unwrinkled my clothes are?":rolleyes:

 

The no-iron policy is in place for a reason - the safety of thousands of people.

[BND]

I don't bring alcohol onboard either:D

[sw6416]

Getting out the popcorn ..... this one could get nasty.

[Cruising89143]

I don't know what Goincruisin meant by "plates", but if that is the hot metal surface that is on a regular iron, then no, it does not have that. I thought the whole point of a steam iron was to avoid those, as I said in my first post on this thread, anytime I have tried to use those, I make the clothing much worse than it was before I tried to use it, so I don't use those at all, even at home.

 

 

-Mike

 

Mike it sounds like you use a travel steamer and yes that is much different than a travel iron. I also use a travel steamer and it does work well.

[Mikew0805]

Ok, I am going to try to post my first picture here, the only difference mine is from this picture is mine is in a black color. I would be hard pressed to find a safety issue with this item, and I don't see how it could start a fire.

 

I hope I uploaded this right, it kept saying the file was too big, but this picture is so much smaller than others I have seen here, so I don't know if I did it right.

 

-Mike

[MrPete]

Mr Pete, No I didnt say anything about being selfish, AGAIN read the post, I was told it was ok to bring by operations. That answers your question right?

 

 

Nope

 

YOU said you brought an iron, NOT a steamer.

 

Guess I should have suggested a dictionary.

[BND]

That is not an IRON. It is a steamer, only a steamer. If you had been clear on what you actually brought on board, you wouldn't have gotten any reaction. Steamers are allowed.

[VentureMan_2000]

Why would someone think that their variation of an iron doesn't count...?

 

They are all not allowed...!

[BAHAMAS BOUND]

Irons NO, steamers O.K.

[BND]

Because a steamer is not an iron. It doesn't have a hot surface.

[RDSLS]

I agree that irons should not be allowed. But why is SMOKING allowed in rooms. Smoking presents the same danger, if not more than irons.

 

Dumb.

[Mikew0805]

We have brought our portable steam iron on board for every Carnival cruise, with thier consent. It fits easily into our "duffle" that we carry on to the ship for each cruise.

 

Did I use the word Iron, yes.. but I also used the word portable and steamer. If their is such a thing as a portable steam iron with hot metal plates.. then I apologize for using the wrong terminology. Like I said, I thought the point of anything that was called a steam iron, was to avoid that hot "pressing" feature.

 

MrPete, as you can see I did say steamer, I just included the word "iron" in my post. I am SO sorry!! Again, thanks for being so polite. I certainly hope no one ever treats you like this, when you have something to offer to a conversation.

 

-Mike

[BND]

[quote name='RDSLS']I agree that irons should not be allowed. But why is SMOKING allowed in rooms. Smoking presents the same danger, if not more than irons.

Dumb.[/quote]

Not really. Smokers don't tend to go off and leave their cigarettes plugged in and on;) But I agree there shouldn't be smoking either, but that's just my personal opinion.

[MrPete]

[quote name='RDSLS']I agree that irons should not be allowed. But why is SMOKING allowed in rooms. Smoking presents the same danger, if not more than irons.

Dumb.[/quote]

Didn't know cigarettes could cause an electrical overload. :confused:

And Mike, nothin against you sir; it was how you came on and made your "in your face" post (and no, you didn't say STEAMER). But as far as I'm concerned (still), all irons I own are steam irons, and they are all portable.

[Mikew0805]

[quote name='MrPete']And Mike, nothin against you sir; it was how you came on and made your "in your face" post (and no, you didn't say STEAMER). But as far as I'm concerned (still), all irons I own are steam irons, and they are all portable.[/quote]

MrPete, I didn't mean to have a "in your face" post, and as I read back over that first post, I didn't think I sounded mean or rude at all, and that is part of the problem with typing. All I meant to do was give the OP an alternate option. Now that I think about it, yeah regular irons do have steam coming out of them, so I agree, I could have been more descriptive. I also thought that since I said in my first post that I am no good at using regular irons, that it was clear that I dont use the ones that have a hot piece of metal.

-Mike

[RDSLS]

[quote name='BND']Not really. Smokers don't tend to go off and leave their cigarettes plugged in and on;) But I agree there shouldn't be smoking either, but that's just my personal opinion.[/quote]

I smoked for 33 years - Quit 10 months ago (yeah!)

But smoking has proven to be a HUGE fire hazzard, even on cruise ships.

Read this: [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11975460/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11975460/[/URL]

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - [SIZE="3"]A fire apparently started by a cigarette [/SIZE]broke out aboard a giant cruise ship early Thursday as it sailed through the moonlit Caribbean, leaving one passenger dead, 11 people injured and at least 100 rooms scorched.

The Star Princess, carrying 2,690 passengers and 1,123 crew members, bore evidence of the nighttime drama as it pulled into Montego Bay’s port. About 85 exterior cabins were blackened from the fire, a stark contrast to the otherwise gleaming white exterior of the ship. Metal was twisted, evidence of the heat of the blaze.

“We consider ourselves very lucky,” Klemens Fass, of Toronto, Canada, told The Associated Press after he and his wife were evacuated with other some passengers. “When we got out of our stateroom ... there was someone lying in the hallway passed out. He was being attended to but it was very, very scary.”


[SIZE=3]A smoldering cigarette is suspected as the cause of the blaze[/SIZE], said Horace Peterkin, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, who toured the ship after it docked here.

According to MSNBC.com’s Susan Lim, who was vacationing on the Star Princess, passengers were told late Thursday afternoon that the cruise had been terminated.

[B][B]Full fare to be reimbursed[/B][/B]
Lim also reported that Princess Cruises had sent letters to passengers stating that full cruise fares and air transportation will be reimbursed. Passengers who booked air transportation separately were advised to fill out a form and state their destination cities. Princess will arrange flights for Friday and Saturday, Lim reported.
Also, two charter flights have been arranged for Friday morning, with 138 seats from Montego Bay to Fort Lauderdale, and an additional 250 seats for passengers traveling from Montego Bay to Atlanta. People living in those areas will likely be assigned to those flights.
Passengers grabbed life jackets and raced to “muster stations” after the fire started about 3 a.m., said Julie Benson, spokeswoman for Princess Cruises, which is owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp. The crew put out the fire, then did a cabin-by-cabin search to check for victims and make sure everyone else was safe, she said.


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Richard Liffidge, 75, of Georgia, collapsed and died on deck, said Karl Angell, communications director for the Jamaican police. Benson said the passenger died after suffering cardiac arrest. But Peterkin said an autopsy would be performed to determine the cause of death.
Liffidge’s wife was taken to a hospital in Montego Bay, Angell said. There was no immediate word on what she was being treated for or her condition.

A company statement said two passengers suffered “significant smoke inhalation injuries” and nine others had “minor complications.”
Benson said the company has reached no conclusions about the cause of the blaze.
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he said about 100 cabins were affected by the fire, though Peterkin put the number at around 150.
The Star Princess was sailing from Grand Cayman to Jamaica when the blaze started. Reportedly built at a cost of over $430 million, it has four swimming pools, a half-dozen restaurants and dining rooms, a casino, two theaters, and several nightclubs. It stretches about three football fields long.
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[B][B]Running out in nightgowns[/B][/B]
Zach Bramlage, 19, of Columbus, Ohio, was having a late-night meal when word spread that there was a fire.
“Some people just ran in where we were eating and told us the ship is on fire and we got our life vests real quick and headed downstairs,” Bramlage said. “I was pretty scared initially but the captain came over the (intercom) and told us everything was going to be all right.”
Hours after the ship arrived in Montego Bay before noon, passengers boarded buses that took them to hotels in the nearby resort towns of Negril and Ocho Rios. Other passengers remained on board.
David Haltom was on his honeymoon when he and his bride awoke in their cabin, smelling smoke and hearing people running in the halls yelling fire.
“Everybody ran. There were people in nightgowns and robes because it happened so fast,” Haltom said by phone from his Negril hotel. The crew lowered lifeboats to the ship deck and instructed passengers to grab their life vests, he said.

After the blaze was extinguished, passengers were allowed to retrieve belongings from their cabins, some blackened from smoke.
“You saw people bringing out clothes in bags and they were black, their hands and their faces were black,” he said.
The fire melted locks on some of the cabins and burned some passengers’ luggage, Lim reported from the ship.
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[B][B]Investigation in progress[/B][/B]
The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched investigators and fire engineers to help determine the fire’s cause and whether the ship was seaworthy, Coast Guard Petty Officer James Judge said in Miami. Teams were expected to arrive Thursday afternoon.
“Our No. 1 concern right now is safety,” Judge said.
The ship was not seriously damaged and would sail back to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday, Peterkin said. There was no immediate confirmation from officials at the cruise line.
The Star Princess sailed from Fort Lauderdale on March 19.

[texas greeneyes]

[quote name='RDSLS']I smoked for 33 years - Quit 10 months ago (yeah!)

But smoking has proven to be a HUGE fire hazzard, even on cruise ships.

Read this: [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11975460/"]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11975460/[/URL]

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - [SIZE=3]A fire [B][COLOR=red]apparently[/COLOR][/B] started by a cigarette [/SIZE]broke out aboard a giant cruise ship early Thursday as it sailed through the moonlit Caribbean, leaving one passenger dead, 11 people injured and at least 100 rooms scorched...

[SIZE=3]A smoldering cigarette is [COLOR=red][B]suspected[/B][/COLOR] as the cause of the blaze[/SIZE], said Horace Peterkin, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, who toured the ship after it docked here...

The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched investigators and fire engineers [COLOR=red][B]to help determine the fire’s cause[/B][/COLOR] ...[/quote]

[B][COLOR=green]I don't believe a cause has yet been determined even now.[/COLOR][/B]

[janetz]

I agree, that it is not a good thing to be allowed to smoke in your cabin. I think about a person having a few too many and then going to their cabin and smoking...ugh :cool:

[Catnip]

[quote name='salty dingo']Who the heck wants to spend precious vacation time ironing? Yuck![/quote]

My thoughts exactly!!!!! Or doing laundry???? :rolleyes:

[Buster27]

How is a little travel iron any more of a fire hazard than a curling iron left on???? Hot rollers left on????? Hair straigteners left on??????
And how in the world could a little travel iron overload an electrical system?

Ever been in a cabin with a couple of women getting ready? There's so many things plugged in, you can hardley move.

I've never heard or read of any fire anywhere being started by an iron being left on.
Yet it's ok for some drunk to come back to the cabin and light up??????

Get real.

[RDSLS]

[quote name='texas greeneyes'][B][COLOR=green]I don't believe a cause has yet been determined even now.[/COLOR][/B][/quote]

Perhaps you are right: [URL="http://www.travelweekly.com.au/articles/82/0c03f182.asp"]http://www.travelweekly.com.au/articles/82/0c03f182.asp[/URL]


Star Princess fire started on balcony



Princess Cruises has confirmed that a fire on the Star Princess in March started on one of the ship’s balconies and spread to other balconies, however no definitive cause has yet been determined.

The company said it had put precautions in place immediately after the fire to ensure that a similar incident does not reoccur.

It has implemented a 24-hour balcony fire watch, introduced specific training and fire response procedures for crew on handling balcony fires, enhanced communication to passengers regarding fire safety and changed certain crew housekeeping procedures on balconies.

The company said it was also “well advanced” with the development long-term and permanent measures to improve fire safety on balconies.

[big_duck]

[quote name='Buster27']How is a little travel iron any more of a fire hazard than a curling iron left on???? Hot rollers left on????? Hair straigteners left on??????
And how in the world could a little travel iron overload an electrical system?

Ever been in a cabin with a couple of women getting ready? There's so many things plugged in, you can hardley move.

I've never heard or read of any fire anywhere being started by an iron being left on.
Yet it's ok for some drunk to come back to the cabin and light up??????

Get real.[/quote]

Do you seriously believe that cruise lines put these rules in effect just to inconvience us. The fact of the matter is, they are following the advise of fire prevention professionals, people who know a hell of a lot more about the subject then you are me.

Leave the irons at home folks.