RCI - Naughty Room?

[vmt514]

Ok, I have heard / read about being sent or avoiding the "naughty room" but I'd like to know exactly what this is.

 

Scenario: I have something I'm not allowed in my suitcase and instead of the suitcase being delivered to my room - what actually happens. Do I have to pay a fine to get me clothes? Sign a pledge in blood to never ever do this again? Walk the plank? Just wondering.

 

Is anyone willing to admit this has happened to them and therefore tell me of the adventures?

[Clarea]

Just an area on deck 1 where security gathers bags that are suspicious.

[leaveitallbehind]

My understanding is that if something is identified as "suspicious" in a piece of luggage, prior to sailing the owner will be called to the security area on the ship to open the luggage with security for a closer inspection. If something is found that should not be there it can be confiscated or further action (depending on what is found) could be taken.

Edited April 27, 2014 by leaveitallbehind

[Brigbound]

There is a place to claim luggage that may have a questionable item in it which did not get delivered to your stateroom. It does not have to always be a 'naughty' item, just something that needs extra scrutiny and you have to come to claim it. Of course, people have taken to calling it the Naughty Room on account that in some cases the items are actually deemed 'prohibited' and confiscated (held until end of cruise and returned most of the time) from the passenger, hence, naughty on them.

[xxoocruiser]

Ok, I have heard / read about being sent or avoiding the "naughty room" but I'd like to know exactly what this is.

 

Scenario: I have something I'm not allowed in my suitcase and instead of the suitcase being delivered to my room - what actually happens. Do I have to pay a fine to get me clothes? Sign a pledge in blood to never ever do this again? Walk the plank? Just wondering.

 

Is anyone willing to admit this has happened to them and therefore tell me of the adventures?

 

You'll receive a call in your cabin from security. You than will be required to go to the location directed and open your bag for inspection. Depending on the item it may be confiscated. You'll only have to walk the plank depending on the severity of the violation.

[Brigbound]

You'll receive a call in your cabin from security. You than will be required to go to the location directed and open your bag for inspection. Depending on the item it may be confiscated. You'll only have to walk the plank depending on the severity of the violation.

 

Or spend time in the coal room stoking the furnace. :p

[island diver]

Many years ago when we were cruise newbies, we noticed we were missing a piece of luggage, later that afternoon we recieved a voice mail and were told to go down to deck 1.

Upon arrival we noticed a very long line, with a table set up with a couple RCCL crew member's and a rather large amount of luggage behind them. We knew then that we were summoned to the "naughty room".

They had scanned our bag and found a small travel iron inside.

It was confiscated, and we weretold we could pick it up at the end of the cruise upon disembarkation. Needless to say we learned our lesson and have never visisted the "room" again. :cool:

[CruisingSteelerGirl]

I went to the naughty room on Carnival last cruise. We had tried to smuggle some alcohol in which was confiscated. When I went to the lower level where the naughty room was located, they opened the luggage in question to see what was in there. It was a curling iron that they were questioning.

 

I did not sign anything saying that I would not try to smuggle alcohol again. I laughed with the guy who escorted me down there. There were so many luggage in question. The number of contraband items was crazy. Rows and rows of stuff. The experience was a behind the scenes tour moment(this should be in the behind the scenes tour)

 

My naughty room experience only consisted of alcohol smuggling which from what I saw was the norm. Depending on what your item in question is could be a different outcome.

[vmt514]

Thank you all for the responses. I learned about security and got a good laugh too. I am thinking that it might be fun to plant a curling iron just to get this behind the scene tour but we have reservations for the first night at Chops, so maybe next time. :)

[betmust]

So I have a question about this also. If you get called down to the naughty room and have to open your suitcase, do they go thru your suitcase or do you just have to take out the "naughty item". Do they usually know what they are looking for - say for instance, do they tell you what they saw that was suspicious? A bottle, a curling iron, a power plug thingy?

[sunsetbeachgal]

I got a phone message on our last cruise in March to "come to floor 1 to claim your luggage". I knew I didn't have liquids of any kind in my luggage...we carried on our two allowable bottles of wine, and my toiletries were in my hand carry.

 

This was a five PM, and we had early seating dinner. The line was fairly long and most of it was for liquids they had spotted in the luggage X-ray. One older man had a box of wine in his luggage that as found, and he was irate. I felt sorry for the employee...he was just doing his job. When it was finally my turn, after patting down the contents they re-xrayed it and said they must have been wrong...no liquids. We were late for dinner and that bag had my clothes in it, so I wore my bathing suit cover up to dinner!

Edited April 27, 2014 by sunsetbeachgal

[Thoie]

So I have a question about this also. If you get called down to the naughty room and have to open your suitcase, do they go thru your suitcase or do you just have to take out the "naughty item". Do they usually know what they are looking for - say for instance, do they tell you what they saw that was suspicious? A bottle, a curling iron, a power plug thingy?

 

I got summonsed on my first cruise, and had no idea why. When I got there, they put my suitcase on a table and told me they'd seen a bottle in there. I opened it up, and it was a half full water bottle that I'd shoved in on top at the airport. They took it, shook it, and gave it back to me (it was just water). I presume if was further under clothes they'd ask you to produce it, and they could always re-x-ray the bag if they wanted.

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Thank you all for the responses. I learned about security and got a good laugh too. I am thinking that it might be fun to plant a curling iron just to get this behind the scene tour but we have reservations for the first night at Chops, so maybe next time. :)

 

A curling iron will not do it. [for hair] It is the clothes iron that is forbidden. I always take a curling iron.

[Diamond Dandy]

I've travelled with a Swiss Army Knife so long I don't even think about it. Nice tool to have. Sailed Navigator for 2 weeks starting at the end of March and got the "come to security on deck 1" call this time. As we disembarked I was directed to a separate room beyond Customs where it was returned.

[leaveitallbehind]

So I have a question about this also. If you get called down to the naughty room and have to open your suitcase, do they go thru your suitcase or do you just have to take out the "naughty item". Do they usually know what they are looking for - say for instance, do they tell you what they saw that was suspicious? A bottle, a curling iron, a power plug thingy?

 

Each piece of checked in luggage is x-ray'd as it is being checked in and there frequently are also customs dogs patrolling the luggage holding areas at the pier. They know pretty well what they are calling you in to look for - you are there to assist their search and to be advised directly of what resulting actions will be taken. But they have the right to examine any piece completely if they believe there are items that should not be there.

 

They also scan anything you bring back on board as you re-enter the ship at a port of call, and local island government officials also can scan you and your items at the pier prior to boarding depending on on the island.

Edited April 27, 2014 by leaveitallbehind

[CruiseKeeper]

So I have a question about this also. If you get called down to the naughty room and have to open your suitcase, do they go thru your suitcase or do you just have to take out the "naughty item". Do they usually know what they are looking for - say for instance, do they tell you what they saw that was suspicious? A bottle, a curling iron, a power plug thingy?

 

 

You may or may not get a call from security. You may get a notice from security in your cabin if you are at a late dinner. The naughty room is the place where all the suspect luggage awaits the owners. It's not necessarily a room. On the Enchantment, we found our luggage by asking guest services and then we were directed behind a curtain near GS. All the luggage that was there was marked with masking tape with the offending item written. Ours said FAN, ours always says fan. Others were marked with alcohol, iron, etc. Some ships allow fans, others do not.

 

YMMV but we are pretty experienced with the naughty place, we've seen stuff. ;)

[W5KAP]

To show you ho this varies from line to line, I'll tell you that in 2011 we were on the Coral Princess out of Vancouver on a 17 day Panama Canal repo. At that time Princess was pretty lax on wine. I had 12 (yeah 12 for 2 couples) bottles of wine in a carry on bag that weighed a ton. No problem going through security or x-ray. but when our bag didn't show up at the room I had a feeling. so I went to the Pursers Desk and asked about it. When they asked me to describe the bag I mentinoed it had Hawaii in colorful letters. They said oh yeah we have it and brought it to me wine and all. The luggage tag had puled off so they didn't know where to deliver the bag. Well inside, one bottle had broken in three large pieces but a sweater had absorbed all the wine. It was the only bottle we had two of. So we got to enjoy the other 11. Sigh. I wish it was still like this. So, no, I haven;t visited the Naughty Room but I sure tried!!

 

Cheers, Kenn

[Gopher1934]

We received a message to report I think it was on Celebrity our item was a power strip that caused the problem. they said it was a power strip even before the luggage was opened. we always bring one I use a CPAP machine for sleeping and my wife likes a very small fan but for some reason they did not like it. so they took it and gave it back at the end of the cruise.

[pmkejk]

We took liquor on board in our luggage for 34 or the last 35 cruises, with no trips to the naughty room.

 

This past year we was the first year we did not smuggle alcohol and we were surprised that we were sent to the naughty room. I had put a power strip in my bag and that is what we were called down for. We were told we could pick it up before leaving the ship, but it was not worth the effort and time to get it back.

[CruisingSteelerGirl]

The naughty room is more like a big hallway with X-ray machines lined up. A curling iron did catch my carnival personnels eye. Although other luggage had the alcohol in it.

 

People brought on 6 packs of beer in their luggage. Frozen drink mixes with alcohol in them already. I mean the amount of smuggling that goes on, on that particular ship-supports at least 10-15 employees.

[runner2013]

Ok, I have heard / read about being sent or avoiding the "naughty room" but I'd like to know exactly what this is.

 

Scenario: I have something I'm not allowed in my suitcase and instead of the suitcase being delivered to my room - what actually happens. Do I have to pay a fine to get me clothes? Sign a pledge in blood to never ever do this again? Walk the plank? Just wondering.

 

Is anyone willing to admit this has happened to them and therefore tell me of the adventures?

I have long curly hair and my hair dryer is rather large with a big diffuser on the end of it. When scanned it looks to be the shape of a gun. I never received any calls about my luggage being put in this holding area. When I inquired at the courtesy desk at first they thought it was lost or worse, maybe didn't make it on board. They did give me something to sleep in for the night if they couldn't locate it and only after they tried the 'naughty' room on a whim were they able to locate it.

I went and got it no problems , but did receive a few stern looks from the crew while there. Seems like they take security very seriously. But I didn't have anything illegal in it to worry about.

For me, it's not worth being reprimanded or being kicked off the ship by bringing something I shouldn't on board.

[cruisegirl1]

We have been called to the area many times. Sometimes it was for something as simple as a bottle of water in our luggage, other times it was for other items, usually a bottle of wine prior to it being permitted. We have always found the staff to be extremely professional and courteous. Anything we had taken was always in the original container and it was returned the morning or even the evening prior to our leaving the ship.

 

On one of our cruises, we took a walk down to the baggage holding area just to watch those who had their luggage pulled. Listening to some of the excuses is often funnier than the headline comedine. The most common excuse, "oh my husband/wife/mother/father/daughter/son" packed my suitcase. Also I am so surprised at the size of containers. Really, a half-gallon of liquor for a three night cruise? Or my favorite, a 24 ounce bottle of "mouthwash" also for three night cruise.

 

Now, on the rare occasion we decide to pack anything (water, our permitted wine, etc) that might cause the suitcase to be pulled, we usually put it in a bag with items we do not need the first evening. That way, we don't get tied up in the long line.

 

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