I thought you could bring a power strip on board??

[kkmcan]

We brought one in our luggage on the 2 night Wonder a few weeks ago and when we never got our luggage dh called and found out that it was sitting in a holding room on deck 1.

he went down to get it and they told him it was there because they found a power strip in there and not to use it. We said okay but we thought everyone on here recommended you bring one.

It was a small power surge protector. Are these not allowed?

 

[KrisannB]

I have one that is attacted to my suitcase (it is a PorterCase - hard side) and I take it on EVERY cruise and no one has ever said a word to me - and I always plug it up - maybe it is a new rule, not sure. I will be using it as my carry on this month for our Dream cruise . . .

 

[trimix]

I don't know about power strips, but I have single-outlet surge protectors for each of my notebook computers. They went through security without issue.

 

[pxlbarrel]

Are you saying that they kept your luggage because you had a power strip in it? Or, did they keep it because of other reasons and by the way, don't use the power strip?

We had something, not a power strip but the principle is the same ... and we plugged it in and left it plugged in out in the open throughout our cruise. Nobody said anything to us about it. That was Dec 09.

 

[riggins]

We always take a power strip and have never had a problem. We were most recently on the Magic in December and no one said a thing about it. I sure hope this isn't new. With the wave phone charger, there is even more of a need for the extra outlets.

 

[cakesnjammom]

Because I use a CPAP we brought and extension cord and a power strip....np problems

 

[Thistle]

I used a power strip on the Maiden, no issues.

 

[truck1]

I called and asked DCL about power strips, and there is nothing either in the faq section of the webpage or that an agent could find, that says no.

The one thing I can tink of, since I had a similar situation prior to 911 with a dive knife,(My case security brought me my dive bag, had me open the bag, and left the knife in the terminal for when we got back) is that they are supposed to call the room, and electrician is supposed to look at it and say yes or no.(Ive seen that printed somewhere, I just dont remember where). Personally, Ive never had a problem with one either. Never had anyone stop me for it.

 

[Reenie]

I was planning on bringing one too because I have so many electronics I need to recharge! I guess I'll pack it in my carry-on so I don't have any problems.

 

[ssanders79]

An extension cord and power strip always get packed. Never had a problem.

 

[bubbasmom99]

We had a 6 plug power strip and a long 3 plug extension cord and nobody said anything. Both my DH and my DS have to have fans blowing in their face to sleep. Our cabin steward saw all the cords laying out and didn't say anything either.

 

[kcashner]

I usually bring a 6 plug strip on an extension cord to handle all DD's electronics. Never had an issue.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Hmm
I've brought one on several cruises and I use it on the desk and the stateroom host just unplugs everything (until I remember/catch the hint and start unplugging them myself. the only time annoyed is when she unplugged my iphone that was charging LOL can't THAT stay plugged in same as the lamps? I even tried plugging it directly in the wall- not on the power strip and she still kept unplugging it. LOL) -so clearly they know it's there.. not a "snuck by security" type thing.

This is odd.

 

[kkmcan]

They actually said they kept our luggage because they came across the power strip on the security scan. They said you must have forgotten it was there, please don't use it. Dh thought we messed up on the rules so he said that we wouldn't use it (which we didn't really need it for such a short cruise anyways)

On another note, my moms suitcase was held as well because she had a small portable fan in there. They told her it was ok for her to use her fan. So why hold the luggage if it's okay to use it?

All I can think of is that this was on the 2 night cruise when there were a lot of new crew members on board and they didn't know all the rules on whats allowed and what isn't so they kept the bags.

 

[Rogillio]

They obiously thought it was a bomb! And when they saw they had erred, to save face, they acted like it was not something that you should have. Security people are probably contractors and don't work directly for DCL so they are not necessarily experts on what is and is not allowed to be used on board.

I will say this, as an electrical engineer, the outlets in the rooms are only rated for small (low current) items. They are not 20A outlets like you have in your house. So be careful about overloading the circuits like most of us do at home.

 

[RRBB]

We brought one in our luggage on the 2 night Wonder a few weeks ago and when we never got our luggage dh called and found out that it was sitting in a holding room on deck 1.

he went down to get it and they told him it was there because they found a power strip in there and not to use it. We said okay but we thought everyone on here recommended you bring one.

It was a small power surge protector. Are these not allowed?

We were on the Wonder right before you - the 15 night from FL - and had no problem with our little powerstrip.

Maybe it's a California thing? I wonder if anyone on the cruise after you had issues?

 

[paraflier]

I do recall reading somewhere that the ships engineer needs to inspect all surge protectors and approve their use. Not sure what they are looking for but perhaps that particular one didn't meet their standards?

 

[TDC Nala]

I brought one (a very small one, only 3 outlets and no surge protector) on the 15 night PC transit right before the cruise the OP was on.

 

[pixie08]

We also bring one as well.

One thing to note, someone once upon a time (please do not make me remember who or when) but please search if you'd like, said that it had to be one with a surge. You know the type with the on/off switches that will power off in the event of an issue. For fire safety.

Now not sure if this is just hearsay, or not enforced or whatever, but I am just throwing it out there.

 

[pxlbarrel]

I will say this, as an electrical engineer, the outlets in the rooms are only rated for small (low current) items. They are not 20A outlets like you have in your house. So be careful about overloading the circuits like most of us do at home.

What would typically overload the circuit? For example: our usual collection of electronics would be two iPhones, one netbook, 3 charging camera batteries

(You often wonder how we 'survived' without our electronics in the "old" days)