pixielizzie
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I can't remember if I can bring a small fan for my stateroom? Hot flashing is an issue for my partner. What about battery powered devices? Thanks!
You mean they supplied you with an air purifier? I had no idea that was an option?!
I bought a small 6" fan for the cruise. I honestly never used it after the first night. The AC was awesome. It was a plug in and I had no questions or concerns from the staff or room steward. I packed it in my checked luggage so I didn't have to worry about the security check. I'm sure you can bring a handheld fan. The port security may ask what it is but once they see it's not a weapon you should be fine.I guess I was confused because you can't bring irons so I thought all plug-in items were forbidden but now that I think about it you can bring lap tops, cameras, mp3 players...duh!
Anyone know about battery powered device i.e. hand held fans? I guess I'm paranoid that it will be considered a weapon...
Allowed:
• A small portable fan. However, please contact Guest Services to have the Chief Electrician approve the use of your particular appliance in the stateroom.
Great - one more bureaucratic thing to deal with right at the start of a cruise.
We should get a couple of hundred guests of so on the same cruise flooding guest services with phone calls right after getting into their staterooms, all asking for the Chief Electrician to come make sure they are in complaince when they plug in their half watt whatever. The complaints about delays in said Chief Electrician getting around to a given cabin (and the fact that particular staff member would be less than happy after going to the 80th cabin or so) would put a quick end to that policy.
Better than a few thousand people flooding the life boat stations due to an electrical fire. I've seen the condition of some cords and appliances that people think are "okay" and it's frankly quite scary.
Modern cruise ships are not wired like a 19th century tenement. Two words that describe one of the primary differences:
CIRCUIT BREAKER.
And I've seen these trip on cruise ships, when a neighboring cabin plugged in something with a large enough amperage draw (like a standard household iron). If individually inspecting passenger plugs ins that have made it onboard through prior outside other screening was critical to cruise ship fire safety, every line would do it.
And if you study cruise ship fires, the overwhelming majority are caused by accidents outside cabins. The one noteworthy one that was caused by a passenger in their cabin has nothing to do with with an electrical item. Instead, it was the result of something that Disney should but still stubbornly refuses to ban:
BALCONY SMOKING.
And here is an example of the results of a fire started by the latter, what a smoker on a baclony caused on the Star Princess on March 23, 2006:
One person died as a result of this. Several others were hospitalized with serious smoke inhalation injuries. The final cost to Princess owner Carnival (in terms of damage and cancelled cruises) was over $34 million dollars.
The final report on this determined the general area in which the fire started and that the smoker who started the fire in all likehood knows they were responsible.
But to no surprise, that person has never come forward.
I saw at least one butt on my balcony each morning on our last cruise. It scares the crap out of me.
The reasoning behind no irons is of course the fire hazard. As long as your fan isn't running at over !00 degrees, you'll be fine
Many fires are caused but fans falling over, the the motor over heating due to the resistance to the fan blades.