New prohibited item for cruises?

[Charles4515]

48 minutes ago, Anonymous234 said:

Google says a "multiplug outlet" is AKA power strip so I'm not going to worry about this unless RCL puts out a clarification with photos of what they are talking about, which they will probably never do, or we get some real world reports of passengers getting their item discarded/confiscated.  I know people are saying "multi USB" are still OK but USB is still a plug/outlet so presumably nothing would be OK.  I'm hoping this is just clarification of the rules we all know (no extension cords, no surge protection)

RCL probably won't clarify I think they don't mind some confusion. I think real world reports will clarify somewhat. 

Edited Thursday at 06:04 PM by Charles4515

[Charles4515]

3 minutes ago, Anonymous234 said:

it doesn't matter what either of us thinks is OK.  It matters what the security guard thinks, and without clear instruction or photos from RCL either one of us could have materials confiscated.  Again I'm hoping this is just a website thing that is not going to affect the real world.

I know the difference between a plug and a port. I believe RCL does too. They always refer to plugs. They have never prohibited ports. In any case I won't have devices confiscated because I don't use the multiplugs or multiports anymore. I use 3x1 MagSafe and Qi2 chargers.

 

 

[Tigermad]

5 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

This is bad news for me if it is expanded to Celebrity! I always cruise with one or more of these power blocks that convert EU outlets to US outlets, plus some additional USB ports:

 

 

I think that’s ok. There’s only one place for the plug not multiple plug sockets in one 

[Tigermad]

4 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

 

My understanding is that one would now be banned on Royal Caribbean, because of the multiple outlets, just like the ones I posted above that my husband and I have used on dozens of cruises.

It shouldn’t be banned. It’s actual Multi socket ones with usb they don’t like. That one is only one socket. 

[JamieLogical]

5 minutes ago, Tigermad said:

I think that’s ok. There’s only one place for the plug not multiple plug sockets in one 

 

There are two plug outlets on those... one on top and one on the front.

[Tigermad]

Just now, JamieLogical said:

 

There are two plug outlets on those... one on top and one on the front.

Oh sorry thought they were usb sockets. I’m from the UK 

[HMSDingy]

On our past Princess cruise, I brought his onboard because, as per the manufacturer, it was cruise approved. 

 

Edited Thursday at 08:26 PM by HMSDingy

[JamieLogical]

17 minutes ago, HMSDingy said:

On our past Princess cruise, I brought his onboard because, as per the manufacturer, it was cruise approved. 

 

 

I do not believe that would be allowed under the new Royal Caribbean rules. We will have to wait and see if other cruiselines follow suit on their new restrictions.

[HMSDingy]

Just now, JamieLogical said:

 

I do not believe that would be allowed under the new Royal Caribbean rules. We will have to wait and see if other cruiselines follow suit on their new restrictions.

What about this one/

 

[JamieLogical]

22 minutes ago, HMSDingy said:

What about this one/

 

 

That looks like it only has one outlet on the front. as long as there are no outlets on the two sides we can't see in the pic, it seem like it should be okay.

[markeb]

24 minutes ago, HMSDingy said:

What about this one/

 

It should be allowed, but I’d go 3:1 that it would fall out of the outlet…

[HMSDingy]

1 minute ago, JamieLogical said:

 

That looks like it only has one outlet on the front. as long as there are no outlets on the two sides we can't see in the pic, it seem like it should be okay.

Sorry bad pic. I has 3 outlets; a European, UK and a US

[Tigermad]

16 minutes ago, HMSDingy said:

Sorry bad pic. I has 3 outlets; a European, UK and a US

But you cant use them at the same time so should be ok. 

[SausPud]

I think this all comes from Royal Caribbean's lovely new mega-ship Utopia of the Seas having a power outage and the aircon not working and lifts (elevators) stuck without power. 

Maybe the new design of these mega-ships can't support that many extra outlets being used.

 

The older ships that have fewer outlets should be fine but a new modern ship should have USB sockets by the bed, on the table and plug sockets for all nations (UK, USA, Europe) and then we wouldn't need to bring extra adapters with us.

 

I saw one cruise line that had a refit of the cabins and they put in a plug socket that had all three types in one socket. Simple switch of the panel to upgrade to this type. That should become the normal for all cabins, but that will take time (and money). 

[rollie]

My DW and I both use CPAP's, so need an outlet on each side of the bed.  I the past the multi outlet devise serve us well.  Now we'll need an extension cord run across the floor.

 

Rollie