# Do any cruise ships allow pets such as dogs?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 13, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365 "2014-09-13T04:01:34Z")
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### Author:  [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/1 "2014-09-13T04:01:34Z")
See above. Not counting service animals.
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### Author:  [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/2 "2014-09-13T04:11:43Z")
It looks like Cunard is the only line that allows pets, and only on their transatlantic routes. Not sure how they figured out how to accommodate pets while no other line has.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/3 "2014-09-13T04:11:45Z")
[This article has some details](http://www.pettravel.com/passports_cruise_ships.cfm) though it’s undated.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/4 "2014-09-13T23:50:37Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> It looks like Cunard is the only line that allows pets, and only on their transatlantic routes. Not sure how they figured out how to accommodate pets while no other line has.
They have a kennel belowdecks, with a kennel staff that feeds and deals with the byproducts of the other end.
If you have a service dog on many other cruise lines, they set up a toilet area for the dogs on a back service section of the deck, though a friend of mine carries along an indoor [pet potty](http://s509427567418c.img.gostorego.com/809E82/cdn/media/s5/09/42/75/67/41/8c/Pee_Wee_Photo_2.jpg). They leave it set up in the bathroom [apparently they come in assorted sizes, who knew - hers is not too much larger than a basic cat box] and the waste gets dumped in the toilet and flushed, and washed off in the shower, and the shower hosed down thoroughly. If you deal with everything immediately, there is no smell.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/5 "2014-09-14T01:16:57Z")
White Star Line used to allow pet dogs. There were 12 dogs on the Titanic, for example – only 3 of them survived.
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### Author:  [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/6 "2014-09-14T01:20:17Z")
From Carnivals site
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> Service Animals
> Carnival Cruise Lines does permit guests to travel on board with specially- trained service dogs (e.g., dog guides, hearing-ear dogs, working dogs). Please note that many of our ports of call have established strict entry requirements for animals. Therefore, guests who wish to disembark in ports of call should contact their service dog’s veterinarian office or [www.pettravel.com](http://www.pettravel.com) to determine the policy of each destination regarding admission of service dogs to the particular country. Pets are not permitted onboard.
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### Author:  [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-cruise-ships-allow-pets-such-as-dogs/698365/7 "2014-09-14T01:21:17Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> Not sure how they figured out how to accommodate pets while no other line has.
Simple…price.