I have just read in the cruise news today that Royal Caribbean has now banned emotional support animals from all cruises for bookings after 30th July 2018.
Royal Caribbean issued a statement regarding the change and why it was implemented, “We are updating the policy to differentiate emotional support animals from service animals that are trained to perform a function for a person with a disability. It is important to us that all our guests enjoy their vacation, which is why we put into practice this new policy. Royal Caribbean’s policy remains the same for service animals travelling with guests that have a physical or non-physical disability. Moving forward, emotional support animals cannot be added to existing or new reservations. Confirmed guests who already have emotional support animals noted in their reservation will be permitted to bring the animal.”
What is an emotional support animal?