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Don’t Do Any Of These 12 Things In Your Cruise Cabin! Here's Why.
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Jan 28, 2025
There are 12 big cruise cabin No-Nos I see people doing. Things you should never do or get up to in your cabin when cruising. ABOUT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS: If you want to get cruising right, Tips For Travellers makes it easy to plan and have the incredible cruise experiences you dream of every time. All my Tips For Travellers advice, tips and tricks tips draw on everything that I have learnt on the 92 cruises I have done to date. BUY MY CRUISE-THEMED T-SHIRTs ————————————————- * Check out my T-Shirt range: http://bit.ly/TFTStore SUPPORT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS ————————————————————— * Become a Channel Member and get perks: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/Join * Become a Patron on Patreon and get perks: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers * Make a donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=V9STJGYSEMGLJ * Buy my book “Cruise Traveler’s Handbook: USA Amazon https://amzn.to/2YVFmG4 and https://amzn.to/3tzIxBn UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3oXbzYc and https://amzn.to/3qawqIQ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA ——————————————— * Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge
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a german couple renata and her husband
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volker were thrown off a mindshift
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cruise for something they did in their
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cabin that they thought was perfectly
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fine to do they weren't aware of a bunch
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of cabin rules which if broken could see
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passengers like them you and i
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disembarked banned for life find or even
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have our possessions confiscated i'm
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gary bembridge welcome aboard here's
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what we must not do in our cabins
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including as you will see later what
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renata and volker got horribly wrong but
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first before that you will get
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disembarked and banned for life if you
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do what nick nadev did he jumped off his
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royal caribbean balcony into the ocean
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in nassau
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for fun and to show off to his traveling
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companions who filmed it he and those
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friends are now banned for life from
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cruising a female passenger on a lure of
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the seas was also banned for climbing
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onto a balcony handrail to pose for
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photographs for instagram or whatever
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climbing and standing on your cabin
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balcony railings while sailing is
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dangerous people going overboard ship
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are rarely found if you fall onto the
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dockside and port you're unlikely to
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survive so if you're traveling with
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children please make sure they're not
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left alone on the balcony and really
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understand the risks and while we're out
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on the balcony there are a couple of
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other things that can get us into
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trouble with very few exceptions like a
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couple of german lines you're not
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allowed to smoke
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or vape on your balcony or in your cabin
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either
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if your neighbors complain about you
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doing this on the balcony and you don't
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stop when warned you can actually be
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thrown off now friends of mine saw this
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happen to their neighbors on a recent
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caribbean cruise if you smoke or vape in
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your cabin the lions will charge fees of
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250
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upwards to clean the room and clear the
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smell as an aside if you do sneakily
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smoke
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on the balcony don't throw the match or
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the cigarette butt over the side they
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can get sucked back into the ship and
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cause a fire a fire on the star princess
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in 2006 was blamed on this very thing
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one man died 11 were injured and over
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100 cabins were seriously damaged by
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that fire while we're still on the
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balcony there is also a couple of things
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that you shouldn't do which is where we
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return to renate and her husband volker
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they were actually thrown off their
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caribbean cruise after making love
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very loudly with their balcony door open
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in what the cruise line ended up calling
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a security related incident whatever
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that means but this does raise a few
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cabin do-nots first if you do want to
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have sex on your balcony or sunbathe in
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the nude consider that cruise lines have
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cctv covering the exterior and so of
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course the balconies so your efforts
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may be recorded the barriers between
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balconies often have gaps making it
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unavoidable or certainly very easy for
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your neighbors to
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spectate your activities second loud
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noise on a balcony that disturbs your
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neighbors the lines really frown upon if
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you blast music through those wireless
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speakers you packed or you play your
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musical instrument and the cruise line
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gets complaints at worst those will be
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confiscated while ronaldo and folker's
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noise disturbed it also broke another
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cabin rule which is to keep the balcony
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door closed now i know some cruisers
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like to jam it open to hear the ocean
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when they're sleeping but leaving it
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open place havoc with the air
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conditioning and the amount of energy
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used but if you're sailing and the cabin
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door is open by someone entering or
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leaving it it creates a massive wind
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tunnel effect that will blow things all
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around the cabin
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but talking of issues in the cabin
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here though are what most people get
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into hot water literally with that
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kettle you packed you cannot use you
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can't use anything with a heating
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element in your cabin unless it's been
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provided by the line so for example some
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lines selling out of the uk do provide
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kettles and coffee makers but you cannot
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plug in anything with a heating element
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that you brought on board that includes
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irons baby bottle warmers electric
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blankets hot plates and so on most lines
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by the way allow personal hair dryers
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even though they do provide them and
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most of them will allow you to use
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curling tongs but how you plug them in
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is also a potential problem you cannot
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use an extension cord with a surge
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protector as that could damage the ship
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electrical system which works
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differently to the way those do on land
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it will be confiscated usually when your
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luggage is screened at boarding when you
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leave your cabin you can't leave things
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like cameras phones ipads toothbrushes
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and so on to charge i've occasionally
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forgotten and left things charging and
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i've found that the cabin students have
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been briefed and they're required to
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unplug those because they again are seen
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as a fire risk and fire as we've heard
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are the thing that lines fear the most
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this sphere of fire is also why you
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can't light candles incense burners or
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in fact anything that has a flame the
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smoke alarms in cabins are actually very
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highly sensitive settings and so it
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could literally rain on your parade even
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if you do if you want something to
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create the ambiance take some of those
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little battery operated tea lights this
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is actually what the cruise lines use
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you'll find in their restaurants now
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before you dig into the mini bar
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in your cabin take care a few years back
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assuming that all drinks on the ship
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were covered by my top range drinks
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package i merely used the mini bar now
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luckily i spotted the chargers started
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appearing for everything including the
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sodas from the minibar the prices per
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item by the way are like hotels really
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really high if you've got a drinks
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package check if the minibar is included
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i certainly haven't found actually many
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or any lines that it is this is really
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important because more and more lions
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have got drinks packages included within
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their fares like celebrity always
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included princess plus hollow america
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avatar norwegian free at sea so just be
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careful if you have a drinks package if
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it's included if you're in a suite like
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i was on cunard queen's grill or you're
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traveling on one of the ultra luxury
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lines like seabourn drinks in the
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minibar are normally then included but
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one watch out i've also discovered is
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watch out for water some lines include
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bottled water in the cabin and some
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don't so again check if that water left
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in your cabin is included to avoid
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unexpected costs if you take items from
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your cabin on disembarkation like
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umbrellas
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bathrobes binoculars and so on expect a
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generous charge to appear on your credit
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card for those items the lines do give
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you the option of buying those and it's
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definitely cheaper to do it that way
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first then take them and get charged
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afterwards what about things like
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toiletries now here i have to admit my
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guilt
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while many lines they're scrapping those
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little miniature bottles in favor of the
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large installed refillable pump
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dispensers some do still have those
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fancy brand name individual bottles
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toiletries now i slowly stash away those
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if they're a fancy brand like l'occitane
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or molten brown which i love
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and if i see them getting replenished i
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figure it's going to be safe to take
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those home though this next item you are
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likely to be charged for cabin walls and
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most of the doors are metal and you can
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stick things to them with magnets
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without worrying at all
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if you use sticky tape or other
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adhesives to stick things on the wall or
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put up door decorations and you damage
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them you could and are likely to be
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charged for any repairs post-it notes by
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the way to leave notes for your cabin
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stewed or traveling companions they
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they're great to use because they don't
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damage the walls one big watch out by
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the way if you on door decorations is
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that almost all lines except for
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norwegian cruise line at the time of
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recording do allow them that they must
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be made of non-flammable materials or
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they'll be taken away and again that's
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because of the fear of fires let's head
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into the bathroom because there's also a
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few areas and things in there that you
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shouldn't do having been on a few
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cruises where toilets stop working
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thanks to fellow passengers it is
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frustrating really frustrating because
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this is easily avoided never ever flush
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anything other than the supplied toilet
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tissue down the toilet the toilets work
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on a suction system and are really
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easily blocked products like wipes
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feminine hygiene products are the most
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common causes of problems like i've
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experienced instead you wrap those kind
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of things up in dish or little bags that
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are supplied and you just throw them in
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a small rubbish bin which are in all
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cruise bathrooms you'll find a
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retractable washing line in the bathroom
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in the shower or above the bath by the
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way and this is because you shouldn't
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hang things out to dry on your balcony
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where they can easily get blown off and
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head into the ocean
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and so in addition to losing it it's
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really bad for marine life and
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protecting the ocean it also happened to
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me by the way and others i know where
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i've stepped out of the bathroom stock
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bollock naked to find the cabin steward
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cleaning or doing a turn down and
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surprising them not in a good way so now
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pop the do not disturb sign on my door
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in the morning or when i'm showering or
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getting ready in the evening also
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remember when you step out the bathroom
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consider that you may find that the ship
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is now docked to another one close by
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and you've got people looking in on you
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this is probably more of an issue on a
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river cruise where the ship will
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literally be two or three feet away and
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people can really see in if you have
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late night parties or a noisy in your
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cabin and disturb your neighbors the
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lion's security is likely to shut it
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down do repeatedly and lines are known
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to throw cruisers off for this but there
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is another consideration which is
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less
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serious but an important one loud music
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and tvs do carry through the walls
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because
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they're not that soundproof in reality
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on a recent seabourn cruise our next
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door neighbor
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were avid late night and really early
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morning full volume tv watches it
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carried into our cabin very clearly it
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was kind of annoying and did put a bit
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of a damper on the enjoyment of our
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cabin so do consider the impact the
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noise you're making can have on others
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this brings me onto one thing that
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people have told me they disagree with
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when i've suggested it previously i
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certainly try not to make a lot of mess
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in my cabin cabin students have a lot of
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work and many cabins to clean and care
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for many lines have actually increased
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how many cabins they now have to cover
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they're on six or nine month contracts
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they work seven days a week long hours
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and while of course it is their job
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making it just that bit easier seems
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like a great thing to do they can spend
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less time cleaning up it also means more
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time to do those extra touches or sort
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out any issues or needs that we might
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have now if you find this all
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interesting and want to know mistakes to
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avoid when choosing your cabin watch
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this video starting with the biggest
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mistake that almost all cruisers make
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see you over there
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