Member Submission: NCL no longer allowing registrants to cruise
MEMBER SUBMISSION: I wanted to share a recent experience with you of being denied boarding on Norwegian Cruise Line. I have previously been on one of their cruises after my conviction with no problems after researching what cruise lines allowed people forced to register. We planned this new cruise on NCL with 12 other family members, my husband and I for a family vacation. I received a call from NCL one week prior to the cruise and was told my reservation was being canceled and because I was on the sex offender registry and I could not appeal the decision. I looked up and contacted Matthew Lewis (Sr. VP Chief Security Officer) and was then contacted by Scott Bernstein (Director of Security Operations and Investigations) who’s was very polite and professional. He said he would look into the matter and call me back. He called me back the next day and told me that it was a new policy, started on June 1st 2022 and purely by being on the registry regardless of my crime, which was non-violent with no actual victim from a sting operation, bans me from being allowed on their ships. I don’t know what you will do with this information but I wanted to share it with you.
I want to put this out. I just got back from a MSC 7 day cruise. I got wonderful news to tell you. The day I boarded the cruise I did not have any problems at all. All went well. Then when I got off today. I had no problems. I just went right through. Was never stopped and pulled aside.
Here is the other thing I want to share. One of the stops was Montego Bay, Jamaica. I was able to walk right off with no problem at all. And other stop was Ocean Cay, Bahamas a private owned Island by MSC. I got off fine.
I didn’t have any issues has a RSO.
I will be going back on to MSC Cruise 🛳.
Does anyone know of any all inclusive s that allow RSO?
I wanted to share that we too were successful in taking MSC earlier this month. My husband even has a passport with the identifier and embarkation took less that 30 minutes. Had no issues whatsoever getting off the ship in the Bahamas either. Debarkation was just as fast. Literally just walked off, had our faces scanned by the facial recognition software customs uses and walked outside. We will definitely be sailing with them again.
Ive been on a registy for a crime ive never comitted or would even think about commiting .Never the less Ive been on 45 cruise with never an issue and as of 4 years ago ive been kicked off every cruise line except MSC. But im sure is coming.
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