Stateroom hairdryers??

[linco711]

I know this has been covered before, but was wondering if I should bring my own persoanl hairdryer? How good is the one in the stateroom? Thanks for the info in advance!

 

[missyoh8]

I would highly reccomend bringing your own. I have very thick hair and the one in the room was useless to me. On our first cruise I just ended up putting my hair up every night so I would not have to spend 60 minutes drying it! You can plug your own in next to the mirror in the main part of the cabin as I recall.

Missyoh8

 

[aprilgail2]

It depends on your hair...the stateroom one was fine for us, I wouldn't bother taking up packing room by bringing one. I have shoulder length hair and the stateroom dryer was fine.

 

[ericamanda01]

I think it all depends on your hair. The in room dryer did not work well for me, but I have somewhat thick hair. I have one that I use for travel, small and works great.

 

[UGAFan0829]

I brought my own dryer as well. I was just too worried that the one in the room wouldn't cut it. I'm glad that I did, since the one in the stateroom could only be used in the bathroom, and I liked the fact that I could plug mine up and use it while sitting in front of the vanity.

 

[pppiglet]

The one in our stateroom had enough power for long hair, but did not get hot at all. I was glad I brought a small one from home. I plugged it in by the desk.

 

[mmouse37]

Obviously you will get different responses as hair dryers can be one of the personal preference things...

The type of hair dryer in the cabin bathroom is the kind found in most hotel rooms....attached to the wall and has a swivel hose.

Here is a pic of a similar looking one, not the exact one in the cabins....

http://www.corbypress.com/product_hotels_hairdryers.asp

For me, I like to bring my own and plug it in by the mirror on the desk....the bathroom gets to hot to dry hair in there. Note there is no outlet in the bathroom to plug your own hairdryer in or any other electric device except a shaver.

 

[bbowers]

I liked it just fine (like the wider nozzle) and was glad I hadn't taken up room with my own.

 

[tvguy]

I gather that the dryer in each cabin performs differently.
My daughter has long thick hair and found the dryer in our cabin was too hot. Sort of burned her scalp. Took less than 10 minute to dry her hair.

 

[mrsfuzzmo]

I was thrilled to have taken my own little travel dryer. Ours was the strength of someone breathing on me. Would have taken a week to dry my hair. If I remember correctly, it was warm, but there was virtually just a light breeze blowing out of it.

 

[Aisling]

If the ship's blowdryers are anything like the ones at the WDW hotels, I'd want to bring my own.

 

[LITTLEKID58]

Each person hair is different.. It worked fine for me but for my sister in law's is just did not cut it.. they will be bringing there own in the future.

Liz

 

[HooKooDooKu]

The most significant thing about the onboard hair driers is their power (or lack-there-of).

The onboard hair driers have 900 watts of power. That's compared to the typical home hair drier that is usually 1500-1800 watts of power. Even the typical mini-traveler's hair drier is about 1200 watts.

That being said, I find these driers to be plenty of power when I get a haircut just before we leave on our cruise. My wife, with shoulder-length hair, usually used the on-board driers rather than bothering to dig out the travel drier we had packed.

 

[Jestocost]

The hair dryers provided aren't the greatest, but it's my recollection that they ask that you NOT use your personal hair dryers on board the ship. The in-cabin dryers don't work as well because they don't draw as much electricity; something that's done to avoid the risk of fire and any problems with overloading the ship's electrical systems. The outlets are supposed to be used only for personal shavers, not for hair dryers, curling irons, etc.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

The outlets are supposed to be used only for personal shavers, not for hair dryers, curling irons, etc.

The outlets to which I assume you refer are the ones that are actually in the bathroom. They are very low power outlets and are specifically labeled for shavers.

However, when someone wants to use their personal powerful hairdryer, they usually use the outlets at the desk. I'm not sure what the power rating of these outlets are, but I would assume they are the same as a standard U.S. Household Outlet and therefore CAN handle the power of a standard hairdryer.

I can understand your point that Disney would prefer that these more powerful hairdryers not be used, but with the exception of the warning about the outlets in the bathrooms, I've never seen any warnings in the cabins or DCL liturature asking that personal hair dryers not be used. Of course then again, I don't remember any statements about using irons in your cabin, but as most of us here know, bringing an iron onboard to use in your cabin is a big NO-NO

 

[missyoh8]

The hair dryers provided aren't the greatest, but it's my recollection that they ask that you NOT use your personal hair dryers on board the ship. The in-cabin dryers don't work as well because they don't draw as much electricity; something that's done to avoid the risk of fire and any problems with overloading the ship's electrical systems. The outlets are supposed to be used only for personal shavers, not for hair dryers, curling irons, etc.

I don't think they advise against hair dryers in the room, only irons. Being married to a I am sure he would have noticed that regulation if it were posted. As stated here the plug at the desk is where I used it.

Missyoh8