Sharps In Hand Baggage?

[vcdarty]

I know liquids are OK for carry-on with HAL. What about razors, clippers, and all those sharp metal necessaries?

[lakemurraykid]

I suggest that you go to www.tsa.gov and they provide you with a list of what is allowed in carry-on bags and what is prohibited.

[Deb C.]

I have never heard of any restrictions for HAL.

The tsa website would give rules for air flights. Right??

[sail7seas]

You are permitted to have those things in your hand baggage to board HAL ships. The advise about checking the TSA site for hand baggage on airplanes is what I would do.

 

[Juanita462]

I believe that they will confiscate knives in luggage but pocket knives must be ok as I found one on a seat in the library once.

In Alaska I bought 2 ulu knives to take home - both in original packaging and the man on the x-ray machine told me to take them to the cabin and lock them in the suitcase or he would have to confiscate them until the end of the voyage.

 

I take my lancets for blood testing and have never had a problem either on a plane or boarding the ship.

[arzz]

Boarding the Volendam a couple of years ago one of my traveling companions had her knitting confiscated (due to metal knitting needles) -- after much appealing to the authorities we were able to get it back once out at sea but we were originally told that it would be kept until we returned to Fort Lauderdale.

 

I would exercise some caution about what I put in my carry on bags while boarding the ship. My friend would have been fine had her knitting been stashed in her checked bags. When she has cruised since then her knitting has been stashed in her checked bags and has always made it on board.

[dakrewser]

Boarding the Volendam a couple of years ago one of my traveling companions had her knitting confiscated (due to metal knitting needles) -- after much appealing to the authorities we were able to get it back once out at sea but we were originally told that it would be kept until we returned to Fort Lauderdale.

 

I would exercise some caution about what I put in my carry on bags while boarding the ship. My friend would have been fine had her knitting been stashed in her checked bags. When she has cruised since then her knitting has been stashed in her checked bags and has always made it on board.

 

I'm sorry, but what possible difference does it make which bag they are in coming on the ship????

[PennyAgain]

Boarding the Volendam a couple of years ago one of my traveling companions had her knitting confiscated (due to metal knitting needles) -- after much appealing to the authorities we were able to get it back once out at sea but we were originally told that it would be kept until we returned to Fort Lauderdale.

 

I would exercise some caution about what I put in my carry on bags while boarding the ship. My friend would have been fine had her knitting been stashed in her checked bags. When she has cruised since then her knitting has been stashed in her checked bags and has always made it on board.

 

I'm sorry, but threatening to take knitting needles is idiotic!

 

I travel with knitting and crochet work all the time, but don't use metal hooks or needles.

 

All these excuses for security are ridiculous and likely will affect my decisions on which cruise lines to book in future.

[arzz]

Dakrewser

 

I agree with you 100% -- but that is what happened. After her knitting was "discovered" she was treated very poorly. She was subjected to multiple searches. When she complained she was told that her knitting would be held in Fort Lauderdale or alternately, they would take the knitting off of the needles and return the actual garment to her. She was not happy.

 

As soon as we were able to board we went directly to the front desk to appeal the issue -- they were polite but said that there was not much that they could do .... however, after we left port, sort of as soon as we were really out of the harbor area, there was a knock at our door and as we stood out on our balcony enjoying the view, the knitting was left of one of the beds by an HAL crew member.

 

If I hadn't been present and watched this whole incident myself I may have had trouble believing it.

 

Makes no sense to me.

[dakrewser]

As soon as we were able to board we went directly to the front desk to appeal the issue -- they were polite but said that there was not much that they could do

 

Who was doing the searching of the bag, then? Because every time I get on the boat it's HAL personnel searching - and the purser's office can certainly do something about them!

[Bill S]

Funny story here: last year while on the White Pass & Yukon excursion from Skagway, DW found 3 old, rusty railroad spikes laying in the snow at Fraser Station. She threw them in her HAL bag.

Upon returning to Skagway, we boarded the Zaandam and when DW's bag went through the x-ray device, security pulled the bag and pulled out the spikes. The security officer asked DW where she got them. She explained and the security officer said they would hold them until the last day of the cruise and have them delivered to our cabin.

Sure enough, on the last day, the 3 spikes, bound by masking tape, appeared in our cabin. We also had a voicemail message from the security officer confirming the delivery and he expressed hope that DW had not removed the spikes from an active track! :)

[Frick_&_Frack]

We had issues in FLL once at boarding - but that was due to port workers who were hired by the port and not HAL (since I called over a HAL employee who helped us out).

 

Never had issues with HAL employees taking sewing items, etc. (though they may take a look at them).

[NHBob]

I'm sorry, but threatening to take knitting needles is idiotic!

 

Maybe they thought she was going to knit an Afghan. OK, I apologize for that bad joke, but I couldn't resist.

 

Bob

[arzz]

Who did the inspections? My memory is not firm here, but all along I assumed that it was port security, not HAL -- I do not think that the inspectors were wearing the red vests but rather dressed more like the TSA security people at the airports. But then again, I was not thinking about who they were at the time.