Costa Magica - Electrical Outlets

[NancyJewel92]

First let me write a big THANKS for Cruise4Andy for his detailed and lively review of this ship. We're experienced cruisers, but the 1/29th sailing will be our first on Costa.

 

The one detail I wanted to check was about the electrical outlets in the cabins. Somewhere in my surfing, I seem to recall reading that a European converter was required. However, I find that hard to believe. Can anyone confirm to me that the outlets are indeed US standard. (I want to be sure we'll be able to charge our cell phones.)

[bchbum641]

I'm not great with electrical things but in our inside cabin there were no outlet that I could plug my hair dryer to. At the mirror in the bedroom there was 1 outlet. So I just used that one and we also used it to charge our phones and computer. They had a different type of outlet in the bathroom that was for electric shaver I think. We never used those. Hope this helps-- have a great time.

 

Shauna

[joetrizeo]

from costa's web site

 

"Hair dryers are provided for your use in all staterooms. Your stateroom is equipped with standard 220/110 volt AC current. "

 

unless i'm mistaken 220 is what they use in europe, and 110 is what we use in the USA, so if your cell phone charger/DC converter takes in 110v make sure you plug it into that one ;)

 

-Joe

[bchbum641]

Sorry - I was meaning my curling iron- I did use the hair dryer that they provided. It was in the top drawer in the stateroom. I had to look for a bit. I expected it to be in the bathroom.

 

Shauna

[TravelGuy2]

My wife used her curling iron (110V) on the Magica two weeks ago during our cruise. Not a problem!

[NancyJewel92]

Thanks for the info, everyone. Obviously I missed the specs on Costa's site.

[joetrizeo]

thats ok, just make sure you plug it into one that looks like it fits. i think a 220 and 110 have slightly different configurations, but if you somehow smush a 110 curling iron into a 220 socket, bad things will happen :)

[JeanG]

I always bring a power strip with us. This way I can plug in a clock, battery charger, hair dryer, etc. My husband did use the outlet in the bathroom for his razor.