# Cruise ships: Why does the ship gather your bags and then deliver to your room?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** vacation-travel\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-why-does-the-ship-gather-your-bags-and-then-deliver-to-your-room/1015466 "2025-03-12T13:56:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-why-does-the-ship-gather-your-bags-and-then-deliver-to-your-room/1015466/46 "2025-03-16T15:48:39Z")

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Also, I started a separate thread about cruise ship drink packages here: [Are cruise ship drink packages cost-effective? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cruise-ship-drink-packages-cost-effective/1015665)

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