Boats or Minecarts disappear when broken

I'm not sure if there is some weird setting the realms owner has on but, one day when working in the realm suddenly whenever I break a boat or minecart it just disappears. There is nothing to pick up so I can't reuse the minecart or boat it just disappears completely. Transporting villagers in minecarts just got a lot more expensive. I would love to know if this is some bug or is there a setting causing this to happen.