How safe am I from crime on board a cruise ship?

How safe am I from crime on board a cruise ship?

Dan Ilves (Dan Ilves, CTC, MCC) gives expert video advice on: Will I be bored on a cruise ship?; How safe am I from crime on board a cruise ship? and more...

Some people are concerned about safety on cruises. Cruising is actually, and statistically, extremely safe. Cruises are safer than a lot of other types of travel. As far as security of valuables, just like in a hotel room, you have a private safe on most ships in most cabins. In addition to the private safe in your cabin, if there is or isn't one, there's also the pursers desk, which is the info center, the hub of the ship, and they often have safe deposit boxes. If you needed to store some valuables, you can do that. I've been on so many cruises, forty some cruises, I've never had anything stolen from me or lost on board a cruise ship. Safety isn't really an issue. There is security on board a ship, and usually the kind of problems that occur are when somebody has had a little too much to drink, isn't in control of themselves and needs to be put to bed. There's security on board a ship to take care of those instances, but it generally doesn't happen. Most people are responsible.