Out of curiosity, Heald took a poll to see how many of his followers would actually like to see Carnival host a dog-friendly cruise. Surprisingly, only 3% of people voted in favor of a Carnival dog cruise. Another 31% of people who participated in the poll, which also included other topics, voted “no dog cruise for me.”

When cruise lines came back from the Covid pandemic, the ships had all sorts of new procedures. In the earliest days, those protocols included social distancing, vaccines and new filtration systems. The rules were a bit fluid as masks were required in some indoor situations and not in others.

Carnival Cruise Line's policy falls somewhere in the middle and Brand Ambassador John Heald recently explained how his cruise line's passengers should handle their luggage once they board the ship. Sign up for the Come Cruise With Me newsletter to save money on your next (or your first) cruise.