Door Decoration banned on Regal Princess

[PMGS247]

7 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Oooooo.... well that could be problematic.  I guess the ship can give them a deadline and then just remove it all themselves.  Personally, I just don't see the necessity of it.  I know some folks enjoy it, but if the cruise line says NO, then why rock the boat over some decor?

 

yeah this would be a strange hill to die on.

[Host CJSKIDS]

Maybe we can keep it on topic of door decorations!

 

Happy Friday!!

[TRLD]

On 3/7/2024 at 10:55 AM, cnice515 said:

Please indulge us by explaining how ANY decoration applied to a metal (i assume since magnets stick to them?) would be the cause or an accelerant for a fire?

On my last cruise saw a one case that might be an example of a safety hazard that was not fire related. One cabin had a couple of smooth plastic signs.  One fell off and I saw a person walking down the hallway stepped on it and apparently on carpet it made for a very slippery combination and the person slipped and almost fell, but did manage to catch them self. 

 

Saw another room where a person had a lot of decorations and kept shedding during the cruise leaving glitter and paper bits all over the floor, including blowing down the hallway.

Edited March 8 by TRLD

[4x4bob]

Ug.  No door decorations.  That means at 10:00 or 11:00 PM I will have to stand out in the hallway to help the Wife find our cabin as she comes back from the Casino. 😁

Bob

[Super27]

Good job Princess! Hopefully some of the other lines will follow suit. 

[bambooshoot]

I enjoy seeing door decorations on cabin doors, but the small and tasteful ones. 
 

I imagine the ones Princess is wanting to ban are the large, ostentatious decorations that are actually causing damage to the walls and doors. 

[bambooshoot]

On 3/8/2024 at 2:35 PM, Steelers36 said:

Oooooo.... well that could be problematic.  I guess the ship can give them a deadline and then just remove it all themselves.  Personally, I just don't see the necessity of it.  I know some folks enjoy it, but if the cruise line says NO, then why rock the boat over some decor?

Some people just can’t handle being told “no.”

[Klugslodge1]

On 3/6/2024 at 10:23 PM, GK95 said:

Some people don’t know how to behave and end up ruining it for everyone else. 

Exactly!

[memoak]

2 hours ago, bambooshoot said:

I enjoy seeing door decorations on cabin doors, but the small and tasteful ones. 
 

I imagine the ones Princess is wanting to ban are the large, ostentatious decorations that are actually causing damage to the walls and doors. 

And being an election years some decorations could get pretty nasty and cause real issues

[mpdog42]

On 3/6/2024 at 8:15 PM, Btimmer said:

None of the above.  It's a change in policy just being implemented without notice.  

Are we talking about Princess or the US Army?🤪

[mpdog42]

On 3/7/2024 at 7:41 AM, PacnGoNow said:

I thought Princess was trying to attract families to sail?  No door decor, no ducks?  WTH

Kind of hoping Princess doesn't want to attract families with kids!!! there's enough cruise lines out there.. Carnival Royal Caribbean,NCL for families with kids and I don't feel like paying Oceana or Viking prices so I can come on to be an adult

[MacMadame]

On 3/7/2024 at 5:41 AM, PacnGoNow said:

I thought Princess was trying to attract families to sail?  No door decor, no ducks?  WTH

Ducks haven't been banned. That was Disney that banned them, not Princess.

[Lucky TGO]

I always like putting this on my cabin door just to see the faces on some of them people when I walk by😀😀 see photo.

Tony

[Stosh68]

I wonder how much this has to do with beginning of "election season".   

 

Gone are the days where you could put up lawn signs, bumper stickers or where a pin supporting your candidate or cause without having wo worry about your car being keyed, house trashed or being physically threatened or worse.  Agree to disagree is a forlorn attitude to a certain percentage of the population and verbally and physically confronting people is becoming more and more common.

 

I can see Princess just not wanting to have to deal with it, and it's just easier for them to ban everything than for them to have to become the arbiters of what is or isn't acceptable, especially when 95+% of the crew aren't from the USA and don't know, care or want to involved in anything political involving guests.

 

It's easy for us to say, sure no "Vote for XXX" signs.   I see plenty of Canadian flag stickers on doors, and nobody gets offended by that.  But what happens when somebody puts up an Israel or Palestine flag sticker that we all know will "offend" a percentage of the population?  You can't possibly expect Princess to have a list of acceptable and unacceptable country magnets.

 

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I've never decorated my door, but I've considered it for future cruises.  I'm just saying I can understand why Princess would say no door decorations and say it's because of a fire hazard, because it's easier to give "fire hazard" as a public reason instead of "We've found that more and more people have stopped acting civilized over material put on doors, and we're tired of having to get security involved over a bunch of upset Karen's and Kevin's.    

 

 

[TrixieBel]

1 hour ago, Stosh68 said:

I wonder how much this has to do with beginning of "election season".   

 

Gone are the days where you could put up lawn signs, bumper stickers or where a pin supporting your candidate or cause without having wo worry about your car being keyed, house trashed or being physically threatened or worse.  Agree to disagree is a forlorn attitude to a certain percentage of the population and verbally and physically confronting people is becoming more and more common.

 

I can see Princess just not wanting to have to deal with it, and it's just easier for them to ban everything than for them to have to become the arbiters of what is or isn't acceptable, especially when 95+% of the crew aren't from the USA and don't know, care or want to involved in anything political involving guests.

 

It's easy for us to say, sure no "Vote for XXX" signs.   I see plenty of Canadian flag stickers on doors, and nobody gets offended by that.  But what happens when somebody puts up an Israel or Palestine flag sticker that we all know will "offend" a percentage of the population?  You can't possibly expect Princess to have a list of acceptable and unacceptable country magnets.

 

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I've never decorated my door, but I've considered it for future cruises.  I'm just saying I can understand why Princess would say no door decorations and say it's because of a fire hazard, because it's easier to give "fire hazard" as a public reason instead of "We've found that more and more people have stopped acting civilized over material put on doors, and we're tired of having to get security involved over a bunch of upset Karen's and Kevin's.    

 

 

Pretty sure “election year” is not a huge thing for this global cruise company. As a reminder, there’s many countries where Princess ships are sailing where it’s not currently an election year. And where many people sailing on the ships aren’t American. 

[PacnGoNow]

4 hours ago, MacMadame said:

Ducks haven't been banned. That was Disney that banned them, not Princess.

Joking!  Someone commented on that was next.  
😳

[555]

1 hour ago, TrixieBel said:

Pretty sure “election year” is not a huge thing for this global cruise company. As a reminder, there’s many countries where Princess ships are sailing where it’s not currently an election year. And where many people sailing on the ships aren’t American. 

Although Princess does carry the presidential election results in the show lounge on election night.

[cnice515]

3 hours ago, TrixieBel said:

Pretty sure “election year” is not a huge thing for this global cruise company. As a reminder, there’s many countries where Princess ships are sailing where it’s not currently an election year. And where many people sailing on the ships aren’t American. 

Wait, so you mean that the US is NOT the only country that matters in the world 😜

[Steelers36]

I have never seen a cabin door decorated in a manner that would even remotely invoke a political theme.

[vjmatty]

1 hour ago, 555 said:

Although Princess does carry the presidential election results in the show lounge on election night.

That might depend on the sailing. 

[EDVM96]

1 hour ago, Steelers36 said:

I have never seen a cabin door decorated in a manner that would even remotely invoke a political theme.

One I saw some religious stuff on a door. And I really don't want to see that on a cruise ship.

[Outerdog]

2 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I have never seen a cabin door decorated in a manner that would even remotely invoke a political theme.

 

And I have. People are insane.

 

[Daniel A]

Often times, rules are made to be used as a tool only when needed.  As an example, when alcohol is prohibited in public parks.  Nobody bothers someone having a beer with your lunch at a picnic table, but when rowdy drunk groups bring a keg to a park, the rulebook gets pulled out and the drunk rowdies are told to leave.  This preserves the peaceful enjoyment of the park for others.

 

I didn't have time to read through 7 pages of responses, but I did not see where the OP wrote what the door decoration specifically displayed.  Does anybody know what exactly was on the door decoration?  Before anybody says I'm accusing anybody else of anything, I'm just wondering if the OP's decoration content was causing an issue for others.  I don't know.  🤷‍♂️ 

[Btimmer]

22 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

Often times, rules are made to be used as a tool only when needed.  As an example, when alcohol is prohibited in public parks.  Nobody bothers someone having a beer with your lunch at a picnic table, but when rowdy drunk groups bring a keg to a park, the rulebook gets pulled out and the drunk rowdies are told to leave.  This preserves the peaceful enjoyment of the park for others.

 

I didn't have time to read through 7 pages of responses, but I did not see where the OP wrote what the door decoration specifically displayed.  Does anybody know what exactly was on the door decoration?  Before anybody says I'm accusing anybody else of anything, I'm just wondering if the OP's decoration content was causing an issue for others.  I don't know.  🤷‍♂️ 

The door decoration was not in any way shape or form offensive nor were those of our neighbors.  It appears there was a zealous new crew member trying to make an impression by enforcing a little known policy in an inconsistent manner. 

[tonit964]

1 hour ago, EDVM96 said:

One I saw some religious stuff on a door. And I really don't want to see that on a cruise ship.

I would agree with you if it was in a public area but walking down the cabin corridor, I would just ignore it. That wouldn't have an affect of my enjoyment on my cruise at all and if it bothered me that much, I wouldn't look towards that cabin door as I walked by.