Can I bring a heating pad?

[SunSandSea]

 Bring a heating pad? 
 

[1025cruise]

Unfortunately, no.

[leaveitallbehind]

You don't mention which cruise line but as indicated by @1025cruise with most that I am aware of the answer is no. Typically any electrical appliance with a heating element is prohibited as it could pose a fire hazard. 

Edited March 1 by leaveitallbehind

[shipgeeks]

Would a hot water bottle work?  Plenty of hot water in the bathroom to fill it up.

[Donald]

Plugging a heating pad into a 110v outlet on a cruise ship will nearly guarantee a blackout for your cabin and the cabins around you.

A 220v heating pad might work, but since it is a dangerous heat source, the cruise lines will not allow it. Hot water bottle is the way to go.

[chengkp75]

1 hour ago, Donald said:

Plugging a heating pad into a 110v outlet on a cruise ship will nearly guarantee a blackout for your cabin and the cabins around you.

A 220v heating pad might work, but since it is a dangerous heat source, the cruise lines will not allow it. Hot water bottle is the way to go.

Never seen that myself, as a heating pad draws only about 250 watt, while hair dryers are typically 1500-1800 watts, and unless more than one of those is plugged into the 110v circuit you generally don't trip the breaker.

[14Terry]

On our last cruise, one of my wife’s luggage bags wasn’t delivered along with the others. I asked her if there was anything in it that might be prohibited 🙂. The reply was “no”. Long story short, she’d packed a heating pad and it got confiscated. We were on a B2B cruise and after the first cruise ended we saw it, along with the other confiscated heating pads, set out on a table, for the departing cruisers, (we were debarking along with the other B2B cruisers to go to Customs and immediately re-board). When our second cruise ended, she went to claim her’s and it was no where to be seen / found. I hopes this helps someone in the future so they won’t experience what my DW did. 

Edited March 2 by 14Terry